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Beginning on Dec. 12, the Vatican says, Pope Benedict XVI will be answering questions about faith. Can he say much in 140 characters or less? Well, the Church does have Ten Commandments that each come in under that length.

The decision comes nearly 70 years after India's independence from Britain, which gave its former colony $362 million annually.

Researcher say parents don't need to worry about their babies being emotionally scarred by crying while they're learning to sleep. Techniques like controlled comforting and camping out for managing infant sleep are quite OK, they say.

Frank Tanabe, who was in a California internment camp when he volunteered to serve in the U.S. Army, was 93. A photo of him voting from his deathbed went viral this month.

The Cypriot finance minister is in Moscow for meetings aimed at securing a Russian alternative to the bailout.

Mitch Seavey is 53. His son Dallas holds the record as the youngest musher to win the race. He was 25 when his team finished the 1,000-mile course first in 2012.

The second unmanned commercial space mission to the International Space Station returns with more than 1 ton of cargo.

Ford says the vehicles' cruise control cables can cause the gas pedal to stick.

There was a slight increase in the number of households where lack of money or other resources made getting food difficult at times.

Violence is increasing in Syria, with activists reporting multiple clashes in cities. The U.N. Security Council is meeting Friday to discuss a resolution on the conflict there. It's also likely to ask President Bashar Assad to step down.