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A group of Native American students created a video to show that their community is about more than alcoholism, broken homes and crime. The students are in Washington, D.C., Monday to lobby Congress for increased funding for schools on reservations.

On of the last stops on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's latest overseas trip was Tunisia to meet with other world leaders about the bloodshed in Syria. Clinton said the United States and other countries and organizations are trying to facilitate humanitarian aid into Syria.

Travelers in Sacramento, Calif., got a surprise when they approached airport security and no one was at the metal detector. Five passengers went on through without any screening. Finally, officials noticed the unattended metal detector and shut down the terminal until the passengers were found and screened.

The plan has been for U.S. and NATO military personnel to be be in Afghanistan at least another two years to advise the Afghan military. Attacks and protests, though, are making it increasingly difficult to perform that mission.

The "don't ask, don't tell" policy that barred openly gay men and women from serving in the U.S. military ended last September. Some personnel returning from overseas are celebrating their new-found permission to kiss by posting photos and videos.

More than half of children of women under 30 in the U.S. are born out of marriage, according to the research group Child Trends. In an op-ed in Slate magazine, writer Jessica Olien says she wants to raise a child alone, without a husband to complicate the process.

For the first time, the Pritzker Prize has been awarded to an architect based in China. Wang Shu, 49, is interested in preservation, working slowly and tradition — ideals that are often at odds with today's booming China.

Drug cartel violence, riots and fires have killed more than 400 inmates in Mexican and Central American prisons recently. The deaths underscore the problems of corruption, overcrowding, prison gangs and crumbling infrastructure that prisons face throughout the region.

It was the first time an aid group had gone into the besieged city of Hama in more than a month. Teams delivered food and other aid for 12,000 people.

Terry Francona, who led the Sox to two world championships, said players will just find a way around the ban. Drinking in the clubhouse became an issue after the Red Sox's disastrous September.