NEW YORK — New England's fall foliage typically peaks in late September and early October. But around the country, leaf-peeping season runs longer than you might think.

Vacation months, when couples are together all day, every day, for several days can send the best relationship into an acrimonious tailspin.

The mood at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is running through Monday and includes a record 2,088 shows, seems oddly subdued.

A series of 24-hour strikes by workers at Stansted, Gatwick and Manchester airports are called off.

Accident investigators are to scour the wreckage of the plane that crashed at Madrid's Barajas airport, leaving 153 dead.