CHICAGO (AP) — Kids on both sides of the Atlantic are smoking less pot and going out less often with friends at night, a study of 15-year-olds in 30 countries found. The double declines occurred...

VIENNA, Austria (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI's decision to promote a pastor who called Hurricane Katrina divine punishment for sin in New Orleans was criticized by Austrian priests and church groups...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Allies of Iraq's U.S.-backed prime minister appeared Sunday to have made gains in the provincial elections, rewarding groups credited with reining in insurgents and militias, according...

MONROE (AP) — Economists at the LSU AgCenter say falling future prices for farm commodities combined with the high cost of fuel and fertilizer and the leftover effects of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Mexican-American pediatric surgeon will become the nation's first Hispanic to preside over a major university system when Dr. Francisco Cigarroa takes the helm at the University...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said he's pulling for the Pittsburgh Steelers over the Arizona Cardinals in football's biggest game on Sunday — and he did so with a politician's touch....

BATON ROUGE (AP) — U.S. Sen. David Vitter will travel to the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba next week with a group of Republican members of Congress who object to the detention center's closure. Vitter's...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen apparently targeting political candidates staged attacks around Iraq on Thursday, leaving at least three people dead as Iraqi forces began imposing a full-scale security clampdown...

BATON ROUGE (AP) — The national economic stimulus proposal approved Wednesday by the U.S. House would provide billions of dollars in bailout aid for Louisiana and help stave off some of the state's...

Switzerland (AP) — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabo brought cautious optimism to the World Economic Forum Wednesday, predicting that his country will achieve its target of 8 percent economic growth this...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Civil libertarians urged the Obama administration to release dozens of memos under its control that could shed light on secret Bush-era interrogation, detention and surveillance...

JERUSALEM (AP) — As Israeli-Hamas violence flared, President Barack Obama's new Mideast envoy promised on Wednesday a vigorous push for peace, saying Gaza militants must end their weapons smuggling...