German Nobel laureate Guenter Grass dies at age 87

Guenter Grass, the Nobel-winning German writer who gave voice to the generation that came of age during the horrors of the Nazi era but later ran into controversy over his own World War II past and stance toward Israel, has died. He was 87.

Matthias Wegner, spokesman for the Steidl publishing house, confirmed that Grass died Monday morning in a Luebeck hospital.

Obama-Castro meeting overshadows anti-US line at summit

As usual when Latin America leftist leaders get together with U.S. officials, there were plenty of swipes at the U.S. during the seventh Summit of the Americas.

Pakistan frees on bail alleged mastermind of Mumbai attacks

The suspected mastermind of the deadly Mumbai attacks in 2008 was released on bail Friday by a Pakistani court — a move likely to further strain relations with India, which has accused Islamabad of turning a blind eye to Islamic militancy.

The release of Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, who has been held since his arrest in 2009, drew expressions of concern from both India and the United States.

Suicide bombing kills 5 at Pakistan police complex

A suicide bomber trying to enter a police complex in eastern Pakistan killed five people Tuesday, officials said, in a rare attack on the relatively peaceful city of Lahore.

The city is the power base of Pakistan's prime minister. The bombing claimed by a Pakistani Taliban splinter group further destabilizes a country already struggling to deal with its militancy problems following the assault on a school in December that killed 150 people and horrified the country.

Train derails after hitting boulder in India, killing 11

A train derailed after hitting a boulder that had fallen on the track in southern India on Friday, killing at least 11 people and injuring dozens, officials said.

Railways Minister Suresh Prabu said the boulder fell from a nearby hill and derailed nine coaches and one food car.

7 Romantic And Practical Apps For Couples

Technology is so often the foil to romance: illicit texts are discovered; Netflix shows are covertly watched apart; apps like Tinder threaten to take all the romance out of sex. But there are some apps out there that help, rather than hurt, romance. Here are a few of the virtual equivalents to a dozen red roses.

Couple

Couple is, as advertised, an app specifically designed for couples, and it's incredibly comprehensive. There's private messaging, date planning, shared lists, a live drawing feature, and an almost too cute thumbprint to thumbprint feature. It's free for iPhone and Android.

Crashed AirAsia's tail hoisted from sea in search for boxes

Investigators searching for the crashed AirAsia plane's black boxes lifted the tail portion of the jet out of the Java Sea on Saturday, two weeks after it went down, killing all 162 people on board.

It was not immediately clear whether the cockpit voice and flight data recorders were still inside the tail or had detached when the Airbus A320 plummeted into the sea Dec. 28. Their recovery is essential to finding out why it crashed.