Nation and World
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High number of West Nile cases worry health officials but it's too} early to call the seasonJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- The nation is on pace to have its worst West Nile virus season in years, federal health officials said Thursday. So far this year, there have been nearl...
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General, diplomat want timeJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, and Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. general in Iraq, warned Thursday against cutting short the American troop bui...
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Bulgaria rejects protests
Jul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Bulgaria on Thursday rejected Libyan protests over the presidential pardons it gave six medical workers freed earlier this week from life imprisonment...
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Court hits immigration law
Jul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - HAZLETON, Pa. -- A federal judge on Thursday struck down Hazleton's tough anti-illegal immigration law, ruling unconstitutional a measure that has been copied around the...
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Study: 1 in 25 online youths asked for sexual photos while on 'NetJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Four percent of American youths online have been asked to send a sexually explicit photo of themselves over the Internet, researchers say in a new study. ...
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Lawsuit says VA betrayed veterans
Jul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Frustrated by delays in health care, injured Iraq war veterans accused VA Secretary Jim Nicholson in a lawsuit of breaking the law by denying them disabili...
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Chopper crashes at wildfire
Jul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - YREKA, Calif. -- A helicopter delivering water to firefighters battling a blaze in the Klamath National Forest crashed Monday, killing the pilot, authorities said. Inves...
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Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez attend "El Cantante" openingJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico Monday to attend the opening of "El Cantante," a film biography of salsa pioneer Hector Lavoe. The husba...
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Border clash in Pakistan
Jul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan -- Suspected militants clashed with security forces Monday near Pakistan's northwestern border with Afghanistan, killing at least 20 insurgents and ...
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3 dead in home invasion
Jul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - CHESHIRE, Conn. -- At least two men broke into a prominent doctor's home early Monday, kidnapped a female family member to withdraw money from a bank and then killed his...