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Ohio fire marshal offers tips for safer cookouts

The state fire marshal is urging Ohioans to take safety precautions while grilling outdoors during Memorial Day weekend and throughout the summer. Fire Marshal Larry Flowers says grills led to 130 fires and three reported injuries in the state last year. He says propane and charcoal grills should be used ...

Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert at country fest

Some of country music's big names, including Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker and Zac Brown Band, take the stage at the Bayou Country Superfest at LSU's Tiger Stadium for a Memorial Day holiday jamfest. The festival's producer, Quint Davis, said the talent and the free fan fest held before ...

A bus load of visitors pull up to the Illinois Memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg, Miss., Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Even 150 years later, Vicksburg is still overshadowed by Gettysburg _ so much so, that the Mississippi city is having its Civil War commemoration a few weeks early rather than compete with Pennsylvania for tourist dollars around July 4. History buffs are traveling to battlegrounds to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War from 2011 to 2015. Union forces waged a long campaign to conquer Vicksburg and gain control of the lower Mississippi River. The effort culminated in a concentrated military attack that started May 18, 1863, and a siege that started eight days later. Confederate forces surrendered the city on July 4. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Vicksburg marks anniversary of Civil War siege

Even 150 years later, Vicksburg is still overshadowed by Gettysburg — so much so, that the Mississippi city is having its Civil War commemoration a few weeks early rather than compete with Pennsylvania for tourist dollars around July 4. Union forces waged a long campaign to conquer Vicksburg and gain ...

Freedom rock paintings in Iowa

An artist's annual tribute to veterans has become a Memorial Day tradition.

Kim Kardashian flaunts pregnant bikini body in Greece

Kim Kardashian showed that despite having a baby bump, she can still pull off a bikini.

Retail gasoline prices across Texas up 2 cents

Retail gasoline prices across Texas have risen 2 cents as travelers prepare for the long Memorial Day holiday weekend. AAA Texas on Wednesday reported the average price at the pump reached $3.43 per gallon. Nationwide retail gasoline prices jumped 6 cents this week to hit $3.66 per gallon. Amarillo has ...

FILE - In this May 28, 2010 file photo, the rush hour commute starts in early afternoon and with greater intensity as traffic is jammed in both directions on Interstate 405 on the Westside of Los Angeles as commuters and Memorial Day vacationers hit the road. It’s going to be another busy Memorial Day weekend on the nation’s highways. During Thursday, May 23, 2013 and Monday, May 27, 2013, 31.2 million Americans will drive 50 miles or more to a beach, campground or other getaway, according to car lobbying group AAA. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

AAA: 31.2M drivers to take Memorial Day road trip

It's going to be another busy Memorial Day weekend on the nation's highways. From Thursday through Monday, 31.2 million Americans will drive 50 miles or more to a beach, campground or other getaway, according to car lobbying group AAA. That's a small increase from last year but still well short ...

Visitors take to the heights as they fly their kites during the Blossom Kite Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC. It is the third year for the event.

12 great Memorial Day getaways

We've rounded up 12 convenient Memorial Day escapes from coast to coast to ensure that you spend more time enjoying your blues festival (or pool party) than you do deciding where to go. Thinking about taking a break for Memorial Day? Now is the time to start planning. To point ...

Tea party groups call IRS process a 'nightmare'

Anger over President Barack Obama's policies drove businessman Tom Zawistowski to file paperwork with the Internal Revenue Service nearly three years ago to create the Ohio Liberty Coalition. His nonprofit organization largely attracted conservatives who were new to politics but concerned about the growth of government, fiscal issues and perceived ...

In this May 14, 2013 photo, Tom Zawistowki, founder of the nonprofit Ohio Liberty Coalition, one of the region’s largest groups affiliated with the national tea party movement, poses with a binder of documents he gave to the IRS, in Kent, Ohio. For years, Ohio Liberty Coalition would raise thousands of dollars to bus activists to rallies, run phone banks, rent a tent at a local fair, and knock on roughly 40,000 doors across Ohio to challenge the president and his fellow Democrats in the 2012 elections. All the while, the organization was locked in a battle with the nation’s tax enforcement agency over whether it should be granted tax-exempt status. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Tea party groups call IRS process 'nightmare'

Anger over President Barack Obama's policies drove businessman Tom Zawistowski to file paperwork with the Internal Revenue Service nearly three years ago to create the Ohio Liberty Coalition. His nonprofit organization largely attracted conservatives who were new to politics but concerned about the growth of government, fiscal issues and perceived ...

In this Monday, May 13, 2013 photo, Wassim Razzouk tattoos an Ethiopian Christian Orthodox pilgrim in a hotel in Jerusalem. The Razzouk family has been tattooing pilgrims with crosses and other religious symbols for hundreds of years, testament to the importance of the ancient ritual. While Catholics can get a written certificate of their pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Orthodox Christians opt for a tattoo, a permanent reminder of their visit. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

Jerusalem family tattoos pilgrims for centuries

Orthodox Christians visiting the Holy Land often return home with more than just spiritual memories. Many drop by a centuries-old tattoo parlor in Jerusalem's Old City, inking themselves with a permanent reminder not only of their pilgrimage but also of devotion to their faith. The same Jerusalem family has been ...

Vt. school board considers ending MLK Day off

The St. Johnsbury School Board is considering making students in the Vermont town attend school on the Martin Luther King Day holiday in January. School Director Tony Greenwood says the school doesn't get days off for presidents such as Abraham Lincoln. Greenwood says he has "no beef with Martin Luther ...

FILE - This Nov. 17, 2011 file photo shows singer Usher Raymond at the "Pencils Of Promise" inaugural gala in New York. The Grammy-winning singer is collaborating with Macy's to curate the concept, music and design behind the company's annual July 4 fireworks extravaganza. Macy's said Thursday, May 9, 2013, it's the first time the company has worked with an artist on the concept. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

Usher to curate music for July 4th fireworks show

Usher will be the spark for Macy's 4th of July fireworks show. The Grammy-winning singer will collaborate with Macy's to curate the concept, music and design for the fireworks, which will be launched from barges off Manhattan. It's the first time the company has worked with an artist on the ...

Mother's Day Glamorous Gift Advice

Looking for something special and glamorous to give and receive this Mother’s Day? “Well a girl can always have more diamonds,” says Redbook Magazine’s merchandising editor, Morgan Thompson. And giving Mom the gifts of diamonds is easy with Elizabeth Taylor’s award winning White Diamond fragrance created by the icon herself.

FILE - In this March 31, 2012 file photo, a firework display lights up the castle of Sleeping Beauty in Disneyland's theme park in Marne-la-Vallee, east of Paris. The Walt Disney Co. reports quarterly financial results after the market closes on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)

Disney drops bid to trademark Day of Dead name

Disney has dropped an effort to trademark "Dia de los Muertos," the name of the traditional "Day of the Dead" holiday celebrated by millions in Mexico and the U.S. The company announced Tuesday that it was withdrawing a trademark request it made on May 1 to the U.S. Patent and ...

'I Paid £54 For Four Ice Creams'

Two British couples were charged £54 (64 euros) for four ice cream cones, while on holiday in Rome.

First lady Michelle Obama signs copies of her book "American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Garden Across America" at the Politics & Prose bookstore in Washington, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Michelle Obama at book-signing: 'Buy away'

Michelle Obama on Tuesday returned to the business of selling her first book, and she started by telling scores of people waiting in line at a popular bookstore to "buy away" because Mother's Day is coming. "It's a great gift," she said of "American Grown: The Story of the White ...

UK Basks in Bank Holiday Sunshine

Many parts of England and Wales experienced a day of sunshine and warm temperatures on May Bank Holiday Monday.

Raw: Cinco De Mayo History Brought to Life

Scores of actors brought Cinco de Mayo to life by reenacting the historic battle that the holiday celebrates. Cinco de Mayo marks the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, when Mexican troops defeated the French army of Napoleon III. (May 6)

Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Church of Egypt, leads the Easter Mass at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, late Saturday May 4, 2013. Egypt's Coptic Christians, who make up about 10 percent of the country's 85 million people, have long complained of discrimination by the state. They are the largest Christian community in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt's Christians celebrate Coptic Easter

Pope Tawadros II led his first Easter Mass as head of the ancient Coptic Church in Egypt praying for security and prosperity on Saturday at the same cathedral that was the site of sectarian clashes weeks earlier. The Orthodox Easter mass, meant to be a religious celebration that marks the ...

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