A 24-year-old Philadelphia woman living and teaching in the Dominican Republic was killed in a car accident on Tuesday. Deeply religious, Megan Garven graduated from Cairn University in Langhorne, and had gone on missions in New Orleans, New Mexico, Peru, Mexico and Brazil. She graduated from Council Rock High School North, in Newtown, in 2007. [Philly.com]

44-year-old Washington State resident Kenneth Bae was arrested last November after entering North Korea on a valid tourist visa to lead a tour group of Chinese businessmen. Today North Korea's state news agency reported that the country's supreme court had sentenced him to 15 years hard labor to be performed in one of the country's notoriously brutal prison camps. Though it's unclear exactly why he was charged, Bae was convicted of "hostile acts" against the government. It is also thought that he was interested in helping orphans there and had stored pictures of them in his computer. This is the sixth

Here is live feed footage of the final piece of the 408-foot spire of the 1776-foot-tall One World Trade Center, being raised to the top of the building. The tower is scheduled to open in 2014.

The death toll resulting from the collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh stands at close to 300, making it perhaps the worst such disaster in history. (The famous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which ushered in a new era of workplace safety, killed 146.) The owner of the building, who allowed 3,000 workers to return to work after many raised concerns about the building's safety, remains in hiding. Meanwhile, there's a western bent to this story too, as "activists combing through the rubble here have already discovered labels and documents linking the factories to major European and American brands, like the