AP - A European Vogue cover model fell to her death from her Manhattan apartment building Saturday in an apparent suicide, published reports said.

AP - Police on Sunday were investigating vandals' spray-painting of dozens of city vehicles here, some with disparaging messages about the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

AP - Fresh-faced cadet candidates arrive Monday for buzz cuts, measurements for gray uniforms and a crash course in toeing the line, West Point style.

AP - A makeshift barrier holding back the Mississippi River failed early Saturday, swamping the low-lying part of the small community of Winfield and ending a valiant but ultimately doomed battle against the surging river.

AP - A lonely little robot made millions of friends during the weekend — and even outgunned Angelina Jolie.

AP - Making cannoli is serious business in New York. It's a dessert so tempting that even a hit man in the "Godfather" couldn't leave a box behind.

AP - Revelers at San Francisco's gay pride parade are celebrating their newfound freedom to marry as the city's 38th annual march got under way with a matrimonial touch.

AP - Firefighters are making slow progress against more than 1,000 wildfires throughout Northern California as the region braces for more lightning storms.