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Nineteen-year-old Ashima Shiraishi may be one of the most talented rock climbers in the world, but lofty titles aside, she wants kids to know that most of climbing — and life — is "just falling."

Photographer Lizzie Chen traveled to Sweetwater, Texas, for the annual rattlesnake festival. Families have been participating in the community event for generations.

It is "a sensual, popular and monumental gesture," says Carine Rolland, the deputy mayor of Paris in charge of culture. The artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude came up with the idea before they died.

Quant made playful clothes for young modern women they could wear to work and "run to the bus in." Her London shop was an epicenter of youth culture that popularized hot pants and miniskirts.

This year's back-to-school shopping season lands in the middle of the highest inflation in four decades — how will this affect spending?

In a late-night filing, prosecutors blasted what they called "wide ranging meritless accusations leveled against the government."

In its 33rd year, Mariachi USA continues to center a genre that's rooted in folk traditions and has become a symbol of Mexican culture.

Kurdish authorities are trying to preserve an ancient citadel above Irbil that local historians say has been a site of human habitation for 7,000 years. But in order to preserve it, they've had to relocate its most recent habitants — refugee Kurds.

Intelligence officials Thursday showed members of Congress videotape and other evidence to support their case that Syria was building a nuclear reactor with help from North Korea. The site was bombed by Israeli planes last year.

Critics of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac say the mortgage giants are too big and far too willing to take risks. They also say the companies have too close a relationship with Washington lawmakers, and that the entities shielded themselves from tighter regulation.