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Baggage fees, first imposed in summer of 2008, helped financially desperate carriers stay aloft as the U.S. economy was spiraling down. Today, baggage fees are not only the norm but are heading higher still.

Eleven of those killed by a gunman Friday during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises have been identified by the Arapahoe County Coroner's Office. A 12th victim hadn't yet been definitively identified.

Under fire for his comments about rape and abortion, the Missouri Senate candidate is under pressure from his own party to drop out before the end of the day. His Democratic opponent is one of the few voices urging him to stay in.

Many of the world's best marathoners come from a highland region where they run along mountainous dirt roads at 8,000 feet above sea level. They're competing for Olympic gold, but real gold inspires them, too.

Epic, colorful and fascinating, the nearly 6,000-mile Trans-Siberian railroad can also be a bit of an ordeal — as can much of life in Russia. It's a long-suffering place where national pride often grows from the most difficult times.

Automakers will report U.S. sales for 2011 on Wednesday. When final figures are calculated, sales of new cars and trucks are expected to reach 12.7 million, up from 11.5 million in 2010 and 10.4 million in 2009, the worst year since 1982. For 2012, analysts expect sales to top 13.6 million.

In 2010, the former Massachusetts governor paid an effective tax rate of 13.9 percent. Romney and his wife also gave $7 million to charity.

Researchers wanted to take a census of all of the insects living in a small section of rainforest in Panama. To do this, they went up in a balloon, hung from a crane and walked atop the canopy in a huge tree raft. All told, they collected almost 130,000 specimens from more than 6,000 species.

Donors mingled with the president indoors without masks after being screened with rapid tests, which aren't always reliable. Health experts say he shouldn't have gone after an adviser tested positive.

The diagnosis — delivered at a distance of 6 feet in the doctor's office — was a shock. It brought back memories of my work in the Ebola ward. Then as now, an intimate touch was a rare thing.