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The 2011 British Wildlife Photography Awards feature the U.K.'s resident animals as they roam their terrain and swim in their waters.

Work has begun to have engineers examine, up close, the sides of the Washington Monument to inspect for damage from the Aug. 23 earthquake that shook much of the eastern U.S. There's live video.

Mark Thompson is a former BBC executive, and he will face a different business model from the non-profit British broadcaster. The paper is run by a board that's largely elected by a family trust. Thompson will start in November. The paper has been without a chief since last December.

The giant insurance company Aetna plans to get a little bigger. It's buying Coventry Health Care for more than $5.5 billion. Medicaid is expanding under President Obama's health care law, and Medicare is expanding as Americans grow older — presenting many opportunities for private insurers.

The bank lost $2 billion — and counting — on some risky bets. But could it ever lose $1 trillion? Only if there's a celestial catastrophe, its CEO quipped today.

Singer Santi White says her father steered her artistic development by introducing her to the music of Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti at a young age.

Wolf Blitzer's show will expand to three hours to cover the gap.

The markets were weighed down by worries about a global economic slowdown.

State fair season brings a lot of weird and fried food. The Indiana State Fair decided on spaghetti-and-meatballs ice cream as its official food — gelato noodles, strawberry-tomato sauce , chocolate meatballs and a sprinkle of white chocolate "cheese." The Iowa State Fair — home of last year's hit, deep-fried butter — now offers a double-bacon corn dog.

Separate mass shootings at opposite ends of North America have left dozens wounded and at least two people dead.