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Built for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, the Space Needle was meant to be a beacon of the future. To celebrate the needle's 50th anniversary on Saturday, its sloped roof is being repainted its original shade. Some call it sienna — designers have dubbed it Galaxy Gold.

Culture Minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth is under fire for smilingly cutting into a cake in the shape of a naked African woman. The artist who made it says it was meant to call attention to the problem of female genital mutilation.

In their ranks for the top 20 best small towns in the US, the Smithsonian Magazine gives props to Taos, NM, for outdoor activities and artistic draw.

The legendary coach won 1,098 games and eight NCAA titles. Eight months ago, Summitt revealed she had early-onset Alzheimer's.

In a unanimous ruling, the court decided only individuals can be sued under the Torture Victim Protection Act.

A British comedy that was the fastest selling ticket in the history of London's West End opens on Broadway tonight with its original cast. As Jeff Lunden reports, One Man, Two Guvnors is full of whimsically portrayed stereotypes — and is based on 500-year-old comic traditions.

Newly-published photos show U.S. troops in Afghanistan posing with the dead bodies of insurgents. The incident, first reported by The Los Angeles Times, occurred in 2010. It's the latest setback for the military's counterinsurgency strategy, which depends on winning the hearts and minds of the Afghan people.

Jonathan Gottschall is an English professor fed up with academia's ugly jargon. He recommends three books that help writers with their prose. Has a book ever helped you with your composition skills? Tell us about it in the comments.

The agents were on the advance team working on President Obama's visit to Colombia.

Now that he's all but certain to be the Republican challenging President Obama in November, Mitt Romney has begun to bulk up his operations. The president's campaign is already well-staffed and spread across the map, so it's become a game of catch-up for Romney.