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An anti-government protester cuts a lock on a gate outside Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday.

Thai Anti-Government Protesters Claim 'Partial Victory'

Police allowed them to swarm into the prime minister's compound and shout slogans. Demonstrators want Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down. Three people have been killed and more than 230 wounded since the protests turned violent two days ago.

Mystery Blast Rattles South Church Street Area of Murfreesboro

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- A loud explosion yesterday evening had Murfreesboro residents flooding emergency phones lines with calls and puzzled…

Mid-State Political Scientist Weighs in on Ukraine Unrest

KIEV, Ukraine (AP/WMOT) — A mid-state political scientist who specializes in the study of the former Soviet states says the current tug-of-war between…

Recent remarks by a Turkish official have rekindled talk that the Hagia Sophia may be reconverted into a mosque. The most famous Byzantine structure in Istanbul, it was built as a Greek Orthodox church in the fifth century, became a mosque in the 15th century, and has been a museum since 1935. Other Christian sites are already being converted into mosques.

Some Turkish Churches Get Makeovers — As Mosques

A fifth century Byzantine monastery in Turkey is finally slated for renovation. But the government wants to turn it into a mosque. It's just one of several conversions of historically Christian sites that the government is considering, a move the country's dwindling number of Greeks decry.

NASA's latest mission is one small step for turnips, one giant leap for plant-kind.

Moon Turnips? NASA Takes Gardening to New Heights

The space agency has announced plans to grow turnips, basil and cress on the moon by 2015. The experiment could be good news for astronauts sick of their freeze-dried fare. But researchers say the real goal is to see if humans could one day live — and farm — on the moon.

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 2002.

French Experts Say There Is No Proof Arafat Was Poisoned

The finding adds more confusion to the case, because two other teams — Swiss and Russian — came to different conclusions.

Washington is the second state to adopt rules for the recreational sale of marijuana. Some entrepreneurs see state-licensed pot as a golden ticket, but other growers aren't sure applying for a license makes good business sense.

Washington State Growers Roll The Dice On New Pot Licenses

The deadline to apply to legally grow and sell pot is coming up in Washington, but growers are finding there are pros and cons to going legit. Applicants must invest big money to qualify for a license, and it's unclear what the new system will mean for existing medical growers.

Televangelist Paul Crouch, Who Started Trinity Network, Dies

Televangelist Paul Crouch, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, died Saturday at the age of 79. The Pentecostal minister's broadcasting network came to be the world's largest Christian television system with Praise-a-Thon fundraising efforts that brought in as much as $90 million a year in mostly small donations.

A view of a B-52 about to have its tail section cut at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz.

Once A Mighty Bomber, A B-52 Meets Its End In The Desert

The Air Force on Thursday destroyed the last B-52 bomber required under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia. A crew used a circular saw to cut through the plane's aluminum skin, the tail section separating from the fuselage with a loud thunk and officially rendering the bomber useless.

A server dishes up a slice of deep-dish pizza at Lou Malnati's Pizzeria in Chicago. The 1-1/2-inch thick legendary pie, loaded with sausage, mushrooms, pepperoni and onions, was invented in Chicago.

Deep Dish Or Thin Crust? Even Chicagoans Can't Agree

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart recently ranted against a culinary signature of Chicago: "Deep dish pizza is not only not better than New York pizza — it's not pizza," said Stewart, calling it "tomato soup in a bread bowl." Some Chicagoans protested. Others turned to their thin-crust pie, and took another bite.

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