Paul McCartney and Oprah Winfrey among Kennedy Center honorees; ‘Tangled’ tops weekend box office; Bristol Palin says mother didn’t force her to dance. (Dec. 6)
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Funerals were held Monday for two South Korean civilians killed in last month’s North Korean attack on an island near a disputed sea border. And South Korea was conducting a new round of military drills. (Dec. 6)
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A community held a candlelight vigil for three young southern Michigan brothers last seen at their father’s home on Thanksgiving. The search for Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton has been temporarily suspended. (Dec. 6)
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Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber attracted a huge mob of fans in London while promoting his autobiography, ‘First Step 2 Forever: My Story.’ (Dec. 6)
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Police say a small plane crashed into a northern Utah neighborhood, causing an explosion that set at least two homes ablaze. The pilot was critically injured. No one on the ground was hurt. (Dec. 6)
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Jefferson Davis dies in New Orleans; Four people die at a free Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway in Livermore, California; America’s first attempt to put a satellite into orbit fails; Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck is born. (Dec. 6)
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Mexico City’s main square, the Zocalo, became a winter festival village Sunday with an over-sized ice rink, a snow-covered hill for sledding, a track for snowmobiles and a giant igloo that also serves as a museum. (Dec. 6)
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A cargo ship that broke down in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands is continuing its slow journey to a safe harbor. A tug boat with a Coast Guard escort is pulling the 738-foot ship through rough seas and up to 25-foot waves. (Dec. 6)
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Lured by unsupervised, third-party brokers with promises of steady work and a chance to sightsee, an untold number of exchange students experience an ugly side of the US. The AP’s Jason Bronis explains. (Dec. 6)
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A small group of recipients around the globe have undergone a “beating heart” transplant an experimental operation in which the donor heart is hooked up to a special portable machine during transport to keep it ticking outside the body. (Dec. 6)
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