A traditional Guyanese dish that reveals a fusion of Asian influences.

Pointing to record profits and unprecedented gasoline prices, President Obama and congressional Democrats want to end subsidies to the oil and gas industry. Republicans and the industry say that would harm the economy.

Storm forensics experts have begun to put into historical perspective the massive twister outbreak that hit Alabama and six other Southern states. The Tuscaloosa twister alone may register as the most powerful long-track tornado in US history.

AP - Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims jammed St. Peter's Square and the streets around it early Sunday for the beatification of Pope John Paul II, a joyful celebration aimed at giving a morale boost to a church scarred by the priestly sex abuse scandal.

AP - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi escaped a NATO missile strike in Tripoli on Saturday, but his youngest son and three grandchildren under the age of 12 were killed, a government spokesman said.

AP - Tornado victims in splintered Southern towns say volunteers are ensuring they're well-fed and warm at night, whether by refilling blood pressure medicine or patrolling neighborhoods in a grocery-filled pickup truck. At least a few, though, say they need more from the government: Help getting into their homes and cleaning up endless debris.