Albert Veissid stashed stolen marmalade for six fellow prisoners in an Auschwitz bunker, a French Jew helping Polish Christians in a gesture of desperate solidarity. In thanks, they shared spare cups of soup _ and etched his name alongside theirs in a not

The note, written in pencil then rolled up and inserted in a bottle, contains the names of seven young people who probably thought they were doomed to die in the notorious Auschwitz death camp.

University of Florida officials said a man has confessed to sending a mysterious message through the school’s emergency text message system. UF spokesman Steve Orlando told The Gainesville Sun that the man, a former employee of the university’s text messa

North Korea ushered in 2009 with an appeal Thursday to unite around leader Kim Jong Il and bolster the country’s military, but mentioned its nuclear programs only briefly and broke with tradition by not criticizing the U.S.

North Korea issued a New Year’s message vowing to strengthen its military policy amid tension on the Korean peninsula.

A message in a bottle tossed into the ocean off Barnegat Bay has turned up in North Carolina _ 39 years later. The note was sealed in a Schaefer beer bottle. It was dated Aug. 17, 1969 and read: “If found notify the North Haledon Fire Co. 2.”

It would have been easy for Brad Childress to let this one slide.

Sen. Barack Obama’s pledge to supporters that they would be the “first to know” his running mate turned out to be a brilliant but unworkable communications strategy.

Osama bin Laden has released a message saying Arab leaders have sacrificed the Palestinians and Muslim militants should help break the blockade of Gaza.The audiotape appeared on an Islamic militant Web site where al-Qaida leaders issue statements. The...

Osama bin Laden has issued a new message addressed to the Islamic world.The audiotape appears on an Islamic militant Web site where al-Qaida leaders issue their statements. The group’s media wing announced earlier Sunday that bin Laden would release a...