Mountain lion attacks hiker in Calif.

"Wildlife officials on Thursday credited a woman with saving her husband's life by clubbing a mountain lion that attacked him while the couple were hiking in a California state park. Jim and Nell Hamm, who will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary next month, were hiking...

Potential 'issues' on the road to Turkey

The fact that the Roman Pontiff is scheduled to receive the president of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos, in audience ten days before his departure from the Holy See for Turkey seems not to be designed to pacify the violent-minded minority of the Turkish population--nothing does...