(CNN) — Billy Powell, keyboardist with the rock bank Lynyrd Skynyrd, has
died of a heart ailment at his condo in the Jacksonville, Fla., suburb of
Orange Park, police said Thursday. He was 56.

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp is battling to survive collapsing auto demand, tight credit and uncertain prospects for recovery in its biggest markets.But its most-pressing crisis is simpler: too much debt.

The awards for the 59th Berlin International Film Festival were handed out on Saturday, Feb. 14. Winning the prestigious Golden Bear was a Peruvian film "The Milk of Sorrow."

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 72, had surgery on Thursday for pancreatic cancer, a court spokeswoman said.

Jewish groups, the press and politicians all praised German Chancellor Merkel's criticism of the rehabilitation of a Holocaust-denying bishop. Now the Vatican has called on him to distance himself from his statements.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Record-setting Olympic champion Michael Phelps has been banned for three months by USA Swimming amid controversy over a photograph published in a British newspaper purportedly showing him smoking marijuana.

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Yahoo announced a new mobile service on Tuesday that will deliver an iPhone-like experience for people who cannot or will not splash out for the iconic but pricey Apple device as times get hard.

(CNN) -- Since the days of George Washington, U.S. presidents have carved out a long tradition of official road trips, if not by motorcade, then by railroad or horse and carriage.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has emerged as President Barack Obama's top choice for health secretary, a key post in helping to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing Obama advisers.

(CNN) — This year’s ozone hole over Antarctica is larger in both size and ozone loss than last year, but not as large as in 2006, the European Space Agency said Tuesday.

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Making music just got easier. A Japanese game maker has teamed up with the nation's leading cellphone network carrier to enable users to play an orchestra with their fingertips.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The allure of heavily-battered stocks has grown so strong that some of Wall Street's most prominent investors are dipping their toes into the market, suggesting the brutal declines may be over the worst.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Saying Bernard Madoff enjoys a "gilded penthouse incarceration," civil rights activist Al Sharpton led a rally outside the accused swindler's Manhattan home on Saturday urging equal justice for the rich and poor.

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - A dream job looking after a tropical island in Australia has attracted over 11,000 applicants -- including Osama bin Laden who failed to make the shortlist.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Millions of youngsters across Europe could suffer permanent hearing loss after five years if they listen to MP3 players at too high a volume for more than five hours a week, EU scientists warned on Monday.

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