Los Angeles' famous Hollywood sign will be covered up Thursday with a sign that reads "Save the Peak", after a conservation group successfully bought the land it sits on to prevent a private development.

State Farm Insurance Company warned U.S. safety regulators of problems with the accelerator system of Toyota Motor vehicles in 2007, according to Tuesday's Washington Post.

Nuns in Montreal, Canada showed an extreme form of forgiveness when they forgave the man who killed their fellow Sister.

An alligator that killed an 11-year-old girl bathing in a creek in northern Brazil was shot dead by searchers with the victim still in its jaws, AFP reported Tuesday.