WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Rep. Joe Wilson is known as a mild-mannered congressman fond of making short speeches. His shortest got the most attention. "You lie!" Wilson blurted out during President...
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi television reporter who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush in one of the more bizarre episodes of the Iraq war might use his new iconic status in Iraq to...
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Spokane police on Thursday raided a medical marijuana store, shutting it down, arresting the owners and warning similar operations to close, too. Police said it was the first...
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — More than 200 people, including many schoolchildren returning from holidays, were missing and feared dead Thursday, a day after a wooden boat capsized at sea, authorities...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said Wednesday he is collecting information on possible war crimes by NATO forces and the Taliban in Afghanistan. Luis Moreno...
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) — Grenada has sold some 100 Venezuelan-built houses at a deep discount to people left homeless by Hurricane Ivan in 2004, the island's leader said Wednesday. More than...
LAFAYETTE (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit that accuses a Louisiana school district of illegally segregating male and female students. ACLU lawyers filed the federal...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A South Carolina Republican lawmaker shouted "You lie" at President Barack Obama as he addressed Congress on Wednesday. The congressman later apologized for his "lack of civility."...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Bolivian religious fanatic briefly hijacked a jetliner from the beach resort of Cancun as it landed in Mexico City on Wednesday, police said. All passengers and the crew were...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two years after Las Vegas chapels hit the wedding date jackpot with lucky sevens, it's all eyes on the nines for 9-9-09. Wedding officials in Sin City and elsewhere staged a marathon...
(AP) — Checks for $250,000 have been delivered to five families of Louisiana National Guard soldiers who died while on active duty. National Guard Maj. Michael Kazmierzak said Wednesday that the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Shuttle Discovery's astronauts aimed for a Thursday evening landing to wrap up their successful space station delivery mission, but late summer storms threatened to keep...
