Google unveiled its much-anticipated digital music store Wednesday, opening a new front in its battle with Apple to provide services over mobile devices.

For the first time, Google Inc. will sell songs on the Android Market, its online store for apps, movies and books. The service is available over the next few days to customers in the U.S., but it aims to roll it out eventually to some 200 million Android users globally.

Germany, Britain and France are pressing for a U.N. resolution that would strongly condemn Syria's human rights violations and call for an immediate halt to all violence in the country.

The three European countries decided to move ahead with the General Assembly resolution after the Arab League confirmed its suspension of Syria Wednesday and gave Bashar Assad's government three days to halt the violence against civilians and accept an observer mission or face economic sanctions.

Karl Slover, one of the last surviving actors who played Munchkins in the 1939 classic film, "The Wizard of Oz," has died. He was 93.

The 4-foot-5 Slover died of cardiopulmonary arrest Tuesday afternoon in a central Georgia hospital, said Laurens County Deputy Coroner Nathan Stanley. According to friends, as recently as last weekend, Slover appeared at events in the suburban Chicago area.

Like so many New Yorkers making the move from Manhattan to Queens, the Theatre Development Fund was after one thing: closet space.

That's a serious concern when your wardrobe includes 75,000 outfits and accessories. You can't just call up U-Haul.

Former Olympic 400-meter champion Michael Johnson doubts Usain Bolt will be able to win four gold medals at the London Games.

Bolt, who won the Athlete of the Year award on Saturday, said he would like to add the 1,600-meter relay to his repertoire for next year's Olympics. Bolt won the 100, 200 and 400 relay golds at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Britain's Defense Secretary Philip Hammond is ruling nothing out to protect London during the 2012 Olympics, including the possible use of surface-to-air missiles.

Hammond — responding to a question from his predecessor Liam Fox, who resigned as defense secretary last month — told Parliament Monday that if the military recommends it, "appropriate ground-to-air defense" could be in place.

Rap mogul Diddy and the Rev. Al Sharpton will speak at late rapper Heavy D's funeral on Friday, and BET Networks plans a tribute for him at the Soul Train awards.

Diddy said in a statement that he was "heartbroken by the passing of my dear friend."

A federal terrorism case arrest warrant mistakenly gave the name, address and driver's license number of the Lebanese-American head of a popular Arab-American group, leading to his wrongful arrest, a suburban Detroit police chief said Monday.

Dearborn police arrested Ali Hammoud on Friday night. He was released Saturday after the FBI found he was the wrong man.

A look at some of the major differences between Amazon.com Inc.'s tablet computer, the Kindle Fire, and Apple Inc.'s popular iPad:

Price: The Kindle Fire, which connects to the Internet over Wi-Fi networks, costs $199. The iPad costs $499 to $829, depending on storage capacity and its wireless capabilities. Some iPad models can access cellular networks.

A museum in Taiwan says two employees made and sold unauthorized copies of a 220-year-old Buddhist scripture written in the Tibetan language, one of the museum's most treasured pieces.

In January, the National Palace Museum unveiled 500 copies of the 100,000-page book "Tripitaka in Manchu," written in gold and painted with Buddha statues just like the original. Each sells for 1.88 million New Taiwan dollars ($62,000).