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Mayor Charles Burkett tells NPR that video of the collapse shows that "it was obvious that these buildings just sort of came straight down on top of each other."

A large slice of icing from one of the nearly two dozen official 1981 wedding cakes will go up for auction next week. The auction house says it's in good condition, "but we advise against eating it."

Johnson is best known for leading a legal review of the U.S. drone program, as well as crafting a report that led to the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell." He was the former top lawyer at the Pentagon.

The secretary of state told a top official in New Delhi that a row over the strip-search of a U.S.-based Indian female diplomat should not come between the two countries.

The Washington Post says CIA documents and diplomatic memos expose one of the worst-kept secrets of recent years: That while they condemn them in public, Pakistani leaders privately endorse U.S. strikes aimed at terrorists in their country.

The National Weather Service warns of "life-threatening wind chill" in the North and Central U.S. On top of the extreme temperatures, heavy snow is expected Sunday in parts of the Midwest.

Comcast Corp. on Wednesday made a $65 billion offer for much of the Hollywood holdings of 21st Century Fox. The bid tops the $52.4 billion offer made by Disney in December.

Best known for Top Gun and other action movies, Scott was 68. Witnesses say he jumped from a bridge in Los Angeles County. Law enforcement sources tell news outlets that a suicide note has been found.

Andrew Rannells says he didn't want to "dumb down" his role in the new TV series The New Normal with "over-the-top, gay flash and sass." Critic Ken Tucker says that some of Tempest's songs are as precisely crafted as any Bob Dylan has written.

The administration has created a "strange, secret trial in a way," by which it determines which suspected terrorists get marked for death, The New York Times' Scott Shane reports.