Titanic survivor dies aged 96

LONDON (AP) — Barbara West Dainton, believed to be one of the last two survivors from the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died in England at age 96.

Dainton died Oct. 16 at a nursing home in Camborne, England, according to Peter Visick, a distant relative. Her funeral was held Monday at Truro Cathedral, Visick said Thursday.

Elizabeth Gladys “Millvina” Dean of Southampton, England

Risky spacewalk will test astronaut’s skill

HOUSTON, Texas (AP) NASA officials hustled Friday to finish planning a riskier-than-usual spacewalk to save a ripped solar wing at the international space station.

Astronaut Scott Parazynski will attempt a repair to the damaged solar array on Saturday.

NASA says

Saudi king: UK ignored terrorism warning

LONDON, England (CNN) — Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has stirred up controversy ahead of a rare visit to Britain which begins Monday, accusing British authorities of ignoring intelligence that could have prevented the 2005 London bombings

King Abdullah accused Britain of not doing enough to fight international terrorism.

In an interview

Microsoft signs two-part Facebook deal

NEW YORK (Fortune) — With its $240 million equity investment announced Wednesday, along with a commitment to expand its pre-existing relationship as exclusive third-party representative for advertising on Facebook, Microsoft has

Bush wants another $42 billion for wars

WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Bush administration on Monday asked for an additional $42.3 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, bringing the 2008 request for total war funding to $189.3 billion.

President Bush says Monday he is requesting billions more for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The request comes on top of $147 billion already sought for in the wars. Most of the money goes to Iraq, which is costing the Pentagon an estimated $2 billion a week.

“Parts of this war are complicated, but one part is not — and that is that America should do what it takes to support our troops and protect our people,” President Bush said in an appearance with members of veterans groups at the White House.

Dumbledore is gay, ‘Harry Potter’ author reveals

NEW YORK (AP) — Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay.

Dumbledore, played by Michael Gambon, was in love with his male rival, the author of Harry Potter books says.

J.K. Rowling

Photos show mystery child sex man

PARIS, France (CNN) — Interpol on Monday took the unprecendented step of making a global appeal for help to identify a man from digitally reconstructed photos taken from the Internet that it said showed him sexually abusing underage boys.

This moving image shows how police used software to unscramble the image. (Source: Interpol)

The man’s

Sticking it to tragic ‘Unfitney’ Spears

Mother: Britney Spears drives from a family court in Los Angeles, where a commissioner granted her one supervised overnight visit a week with her sons. Picture: AP

In her bestselling memoir

‘From Here to Eternity’ actress Kerr dies

LONDON, England (AP) — Deborah Kerr, who shared one of Hollywood’s most famous kisses and made her mark with such roles as the correct widow in “The King and I” and the unhappy officer’s wife in “From Here to Eternity,” has died. She was 86.

Deborah Kerr was

Apple loosens grip on iPhone software

SAN JOSE, California (AP) – In an apparent about-face, Apple Inc. will allow third-party applications to work directly on the iPhone, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in a posting on the company’s Web site Wednesday.

A software development kit will let coders create applications to work directly on the iPhone.

Apple infuriated developers and some iPhone users when it issued a software update September 27 that disabled unofficial programs installed on