COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The U.S. Department of Transportation is investigating an incident on Friday in which passengers on a United Express flight were diverted from Denver International Airport to the Colorado Springs Airport and spent nearly six hours on the tarmac before they were allowed to leave the aircraft. …

FARMINGTON, N.M. – A middle school student in northwest New Mexico says she was sent to the principal’s office and asked if she sold drugs or was involved with a gang after she wore her rosary to school. Eighth-grader Latanyia Clah tells KOB-TV (http://bit.ly/1JD1mZR ) that she and her sister …

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The last known surviving member of the German engineering team that came to the United States and designed the rocket that took astronauts to the moon has died. Oscar Carl Holderer died Tuesday at age 95 in Huntsville, Alabama. Son Michael Holderer says his father suffered a …

Sony Music Gets Ready | Oscar Coverage | Gangs of New York Sony Music Gets Ready for Black Friday Sony Music’s new president, Andy Lack, must be dreading the next two days. Lack, whom Sony Chairman Howard Stringer brought in to replace Tommy Mottola, will be issuing almost 400 pink …

NEW YORK – Two women who took a writing class at Columbia University found that their own stories were better than fiction. They were sisters born to the same teenage mother in the early 1980s and adopted by different families. The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/1Ebw3NL ) reports that Lizzie Valverde …

UNITED NATIONS – A contentiousUnited Nations (search)debate is brewing — and this time it’s not over Iraq. It’s all about who paysto maintain the U.N. itself. The U.N.’s two 50-year-old buildings in New York City are basically falling apart — decaying pipes and crumbling ceilings are now commonplace — and …

NEW YORK – Young man, turn on your television. Please. The networks are begging you. Due to an exodus of 18- to 34-year-old male viewers, the networks’ new TV shows are getting booted off the air faster than “Survivor” contestants this season. Hyped programs like NBC’s “Coupling” and Fox’s “Skin” …

Clive Davis Rocks New York With Spectacular Show The Grammy Awards are tonight, but they’re going to have to be awfully incredible totop Clive Davis‘ annual gala. The unbelievable mix of A-list diners and top-notch entertainment converged at the Regent Wall Street ballroom in the midst of some of the …

As the days of the Obama presidency dwindle down, bad actors everywhere are in a rush to grab what they can. After all, they are not likely ever again to get such a weak president as Barack Obama, and they know it. The latest aggression comes from China, with reports …

KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s parliament has voted to suspend military cooperation with Russia in a long-anticipated move signaling a further break in relations between the once-close partners. The five cooperation agreements scrapped Thursday by the Verkhovna Rada include one giving the Russian military transit rights to reach Moldova, whose territory …