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An artist from Allentown, Pennsylvania, made a life-sized bust of actor Kevin Bacon out of bacon bits. It is for sale now, on eBay. All proceeds will go to charity.

The suit centers on rules and fees the companies impose on merchants. They are charged with making it difficult for businesses to allow alternative forms of payment.

Steinbrenner rebuilt the Yankees into a sports empire. For more than 30 years, Steinbrenner lived up to his billing as "the Boss," a nickname he earned as he ruled with an iron fist. The Yankees won six World Series titles during his reign.

An oil rig, 90 miles off the Gulf of Mexico, is on fire, the U.S. Coast Guard reports. Thirteen people on board the rig are accounted for. An explosion was reported shortly after 10:30 a.m. ET.

Because they lived outside the city limits, the local fire department required the Cranicks and their neighbors to pay $75 for their services. The Cranicks didn't. Their house was destroyed.

A British magazine has published the poem, called "Last letter," which was discovered in the British Library's archives.

In what is perhaps the longest traffic jam -- in terms of length and time elapsed, cars have been crawling along a 60-mile stretch of the Beijing-Tibet Expressway.

After a conversation with a retired Supreme Court justice, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduces legislation that would allow the Supreme Court to use retired justices when an active justice recuses himself or herself from a case.

The change will take effect on October 1.

Below the surface of the sprawling, modern metropolis is a different world. Archaeologists are gaining insights into the city's ancient past by examining the basements of ordinary buildings.