LONG BEACH, Calif. – A penny saved is not necessarily just a penny earned: One man’s collection of rare American cents has turned into a $10.7 million auction windfall. The collection of 301 cents featured some of the rarest and earliest examples of the American penny, including a cent that …

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Two years ago, Kanye West’s Grammy after-party was a booze-filled, late-night affair with 3,000 screaming guests, bikini-clad women — and his mother, Donda, was in the house. He was more subdued at this year’s party, celebrating four Grammy wins Sunday night in tribute to Donda West, …

LAS VEGAS – A former beauty queen who was stripped of her tiara after racy photos of her appeared on the Internet has been freed from jail following her arrest on traffic offenses. Katherine N. “Katie” Rees, 23, a former Miss Nevada USA, was held for about 12 hours at …

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – A Grand Junction man is being ordered to spend 24 years in prison for possessing a bronze pig statue taken from the city’s Main Street. Forty-two-year-old Daniel Vigil learned his sentence Monday in Mesa County District Court. A jury convicted Vigil in January on one felony …

TEHRAN, Iran – Just days ahead of a new report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog, hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Iran has brought world powers “to their knees” and successfully resisted U.S.-led efforts to get Tehran to halt its uranium enrichment. Ahmadinejad delivered a defiant speech to cheering …

DILI, East Timor – East Timor President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta was wounded in a pre-dawn attack on his home Monday morning, an army spokesman said. It was unclear what condition Ramos-Horta was in, army spokesman Maj. Domingos da Camara said. A guard was killed in the …

PARIS – The United States and other members of an international financial watchdog called Thursday for new financial pressure on Iran, saying the Islamic regime hasn’t done enough to fight money laundering and financing of terrorism. The Financial Action Task Force, in a statement from its annual meeting in Paris, …

LAUREL, Md. – A Laurel woman is under arrest on charges she operated a house of prostitution at the apartment complex where she lived. Anne Arundel County Police say 35-year-old Elizabeth Harrison identified herself on a Website as “Magical Lizzy.” She faces four criminal charges, including receiving money from prostitutes …

LONDON – Prince Harry, home from his abandoned military mission to Afghanistan, said he hopes to return to combat zones as soon as possible. Harry returned to England on Saturday after serving for 10 weeks as a soldier in Afghanistan’s volatile Helmand province. His secret tour of duty — due …

MEXICO CITY – Mexican investigators found two more bodies buried in the backyard of a house in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, increasing the tally of corpses found there to 14, officials said on Monday. Federal agents began digging in the yard of the house in …