One of the world's rarest stamps is going up for auction this weekend and could fetch a record-breaking price, the head of a Geneva auction house said.
The Swedish Treskilling Yellow is believed to be the only surviving misprint of an 1855 three shilling stamp that was supposed to be green.
It has fabled status among collectors and is considered one of the world's most valuable objects pound for pound.
"I'm hoping it will be a new record," auctioneer David Feldman said. He oversaw its last official sale in 1996 for 2.875 million Swiss francs (then about $2.3 million).
Andrew Lloyd Webber selling home
A New York City condominium owned by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is back on the market for a third time with a price tag of $19 million.
Christie's Great Estates announced that the 5,000-square-foot duplex overlooking Central Park is up for sale.
The property is located on the 59th and 60th floors of Trump Tower.
Intelligence candidate Clapper
The White House's leading candidate to replace Dennis Blair as national intelligence director is James R. Clapper, the Pentagon's top intelligence official, current and former US officials said.
Two current officials said another candidate is Mike Vickers, the Pentagon's assistant secretary for special operations.
But a Defence Department official said Mr Vickers has not been contacted for an interview.
Suspect priest arrest
A judge in Brazil ordered the arrest of a Polish priest suspected of sexually abusing a teenager in a Rio de Janeiro suburb.
State prosecutors accused 44-year-old Marcin Michael Strachanowski of handcuffing the 16-year-old former altar boy to a bed three years ago in the parish house where the priest lived and threatening to kill the youth if he spoke of the abuse.
"I already know the flowers I will place on your coffin," Strachanowski warned, according to prosecutors.
Gay leader honoured
California and other states were gearing up to honour murdered gay rights leader Harvey Milk on what would have been his 80th birthday.
Over the objections of some fellow Republicans, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill last year establishing May 22 as an annual holiday of sorts that simply encourages schools to conduct commemorative activities in Mr Milk's honour.
Mr Milk was the first openly gay man elected to public office in a major US city. He was serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1978 when he was assassinated along with the mayor by a former colleague.
Boy, 13, reaches Everest peak
A 13-year-old American boy became the youngest climber to reach the top of Mount Everest.
A spokesman for Jordan Romero said the boy's team called by satellite phone from the summit yesterday.
The record for the youngest climber to scale Everest was previously held by Temba Tsheri of Nepal. He reached the peak at the age of 16.
Jordan was climbing Everest with his father and three Sherpa guides. He left for the peak from the base camp on the Chinese side.
Baseball star dies
A former star of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League who helped inspire the lead character in the film A League of their Own has died.
A coroner said Dorothy Kamenshek died of natural causes at her home in Palm Desert, California. She was 84.
Kamenshek, played by Geena Davis in the film, played for the Rockford Peaches from 1943 to 1953. The left-handed infielder was named in the top 100 female athletes of the century by Sports Illustrated.
Dogs kill girl, 3
Four attack dogs have bitten a three-year-old girl to death in eastern Germany and badly injured her great-grandmother, who tried to rescue her.
Prosecutors opened an investigation for negligent homicide against the dogs' owner, the girl's aunt, police said.
The 70-year-old great-grandmother and the girl were visiting the aunt in her house in Oldisleben-Sachsenburg in Thuringiae when the dogs, Staffordshire bull terriers, attacked the girl. The aunt managed to stop the dogs, which were later destroyed.
Ship sinking probe
The UN Command's Military Armistice Commission has started an inquiry into whether the sinking of a South Korean naval ship blamed on North Korea broke the Korean War truce.
UN Command spokesman Kim Young-kyu said representatives from 11 countries will review the findings of a multi-national probe into the sinking of the ship to determine the scope of any North Korean armistice violations.
South Korea has announced that the probe determined that a North Korean torpedo sank the ship in March.