Glen Johnson | 2:31 PM PDT
HYANNIS PORT, MA -- A spokeswoman for Sen. Edward Kennedy says he is
conscious and talking to family after he suffered a seizure in his
Cape Cod home and was flown to a Boston hospital.
Jennifer Loven | 12:21 PM PDT
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA -- Saudi Arabia's leaders made clear Friday they see no reason to increase oil production until customers demand it, apparently rebuffing President Bush amid soaring U.S. gasoline prices.
LOUISVILLE, KY -- Republican Mike Huckabee is apologizing
for an unscripted attempt at humor.
KINGMAN, ARIZONA -- Lawyers for imprisoned polygamist leader
Warren Jeffs will ask a judge to drop incest charges this afternoon
in an Arizona courtroom.
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. -- A five-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after taking his grandmother's truck on a joy ride that ended in a crash in New York.
Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much
more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients
getting enough of the nutrient, a study found - adding to evidence
the "sunshine vitamin" has anti-cancer benefits.
CANOVANAS, PUERTO RICO -- For thoroughbreds in this U.S.
Caribbean territory, being fast enough to win, place or show is a
matter of life and death - losers often don't even make it off the
racetrack grounds alive.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Even as same-sex couples across California
begin making plans to tie the knot, opponents are redoubling their
efforts to make sure wedding bells never again ring for gay couples
in the nation's most populous state.
BEICHUAN, China -- Rescuers pulled survivors from the rubble
Friday who had been buried for four days as a strong aftershock
sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week's powerful
earthquake.
YANGON, Myanmar -- Torrential rain lashed victims of Cyclone Nargis on Friday as Myanmar's junta admitted more than 130,000 people were dead or missing, putting the disaster on a par with a 1991 cyclone that killed 143,000 in neighboring Bangladesh.
Glen Johnson | 11:22 AM PDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- John McCain visited a gun shop Friday -- but bought just a rod, bobbers and other fishing equipment -- during the first stop in a day of courtship of the National Rifle Association and Second Amendment devotees.
Mike Glover | 11:19 AM PDT
WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama rebuked Republican rival John McCain and President Bush for "dishonest, divisive" attacks in hinting that the Democratic presidential candidate would appease terrorists, staunchly defending his national security credentials for the general election campaign.
LOS ANGELES -- A federal grand jury has indicted a 49-year old woman for allegedly "cyber-bullying" a 13 year old girl into committing suicide.
LONDON -- The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking.
MUSKOGEE, Okla. -- A 19-year-old freshman at the University
of Oklahoma was elected mayor of Muskogee, a city of 38,000
in the northeastern part of the state.
BEX, Switzerland -- Who needs a plane when you have your own
jet-powered wings?
Anna Nicole Smith's mother has filed a second lawsuit related to accusations that her daughter's former lawyer tried to defame her.
ATHENS, Greece -- A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday.
Juliet Williams | 8:48 PM PDT
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday
released a $144.3 billion state budget that eliminates a massive
deficit by selling lottery bonds and cutting billions in state
programs.
Dee-Ann Durbin | 8:49 PM PDT
DETROIT -- The lights dimmed, the sold-out hall grew hushed
and out walked the conductor - shiny, white and 4 feet, 3 inches
tall.
Astronomers have discovered the
youngest known supernova in the Milky Way galaxy, still just a baby
at 140 years old.
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. Federal prosecutors unsealed an
indictment Monday accusing a man and woman of training the woman's
child to be a dominatrix, selling her sexual services and
photographing some of the acts.
Eric Gorski | 10:33 AM PDT
VATICAN CITY -- Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday.
ONTARIO, Canada -- An 11-year-old Ontario boy who was forced to continue chemotherapy treatments against his wishes will be returned to his family.
H. Joseph Hebert | 5:13 PM PDT
WASHINGTON -- The Interior Department declared the polar
bear a threatened species Wednesday because of the loss of Arctic
sea ice but also cautioned the decision should not be viewed as a
path to address global warming.
TRENTON, N.J. -- For the first time, it appears that more
than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription
medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows.
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- A 23-month-old toddler is
back with family members after becoming separated from them at an
airport in Vancouver, British Columbia.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Police say they've arrested a man who was seen sparking a small blaze in a town on Florida's Atlantic coast where wildfires have gutted at leat 40 homes.
Starting next year across the country, rape
victims too afraid or too ashamed to go to police can undergo an
emergency-room forensic rape exam, and the evidence gathered will
be kept on file in a sealed envelope in case they decide to press
charges.
Verne Gay | 8:29 PM PDT
What the -- -- was Sue thinking?
A weeping Remy Ma was sentenced to eight years
in prison Tuesday for shooting a woman outside a Manhattan
nightclub.
Reports that popular hip/hop singer Nate Dogg had died are apparently false.
FAIRFIELD, OH -- A man ordered by a judge to make sure his
daughter hit the books has found himself in jail because she failed
to earn a high school equivalency diploma.
New York -- A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit on the toilet for more than three hours on a flight from California.
Houston -- Prom night is something that high school girls look forward to all year.
The Pentagon is recommending changes in the
handling of troops' remains, after it was revealed that a
crematorium contracted by the military handles both human and
animal cremations.
Indianapolis -- A man whose 5-year-old son accidentally shot and killed his sister was arrested at the cemetery before the little girl's burial.
New Orleans - A puppy recently born at an animal shelter is really standing out among his siblings, all because of his color.
Houston -- Three Texas teens have been arrested after police
say one told them that they had dug up a skull and fashioned it
into a bong to smoke pot.
JC Penney is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the those who have burglarized 11 stores in the past year.
Houston -- Geologists said a 260-foot-deep sinkhole
that grew to the length of three football fields over just two days
seemed to be slowing down Thursday, but that it could take months
before it's clear whether surrounding areas are stable.
Veronika Oleksyn | 9:17 AM PDT
Vienna, Austria -- Josef Fritzl said he knew it was wrong to
hold his daughter captive in a locked cellar for 24 years but said
he tried to care for her and their children by bringing them
flowers, toys and books, according to comments published Thursday.
Houston -- They say everything is bigger in Texas, and Sheyla Hershey is no exception.
The leader of an apocalyptic sect in northeastern New Mexico was arrested Tuesday and charged with felony sex crimes against children.
By Eric Bailey | 3:39 PM PDT
An animal protection organization is throwing back the curtains on the West Coast's largest distributor of eggs.
Bradley Brooks | 2:37 PM PDT
About 3,500 American soldiers are scheduled to
leave Iraq in the coming weeks, the U.S. military announced, as
part of the Pentagon's overall reduction in troop strength
following last year's "surge."
A pursuit suspect in Las Vegas hit a double bogey of sorts when his attempts to steal vehicles led him to another set of wheels-- a golf cart.
A 44-year-old woman was arrested on
suspicion of killing three of her babies after their bodies were
discovered in the family freezer by her grown children looking for
pizza, police said Monday.
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