CAIRO (AP) - At least 500 Egyptians have taken the first step to run for president, a sign of the excitement generated by the country's first presidential elections in which the outcome is in doubt, election...

(AP) - Some Louisiana public school systems are canceling a day of classes as teachers prepare to head for the state Capitol, where battles are brewing over Gov. Bobby Jindal's education proposals. The...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Thanks to treatment by researchers at the University of Virginia Medical Center, the world's tallest man may have reached his peak. Measuring at eight feet three inches, 29-year-old...

SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) - The tigers are emaciated and the 180 pelicans packed so tightly they cannot unfurl their wings without hitting a neighbor. Last week, a giraffe died with a beachball-sized wad...

CHICAGO (AP) - Prison-bound former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he has faith in his appeal and that his legal saga "is not over." Blagojevich spoke to reporters outside his Chicago home Wednesday,...

NEW YORK (AP) - A matchmaking recruiter charged with helping to run a big-money brothel turned herself in Tuesday to face charges - and a growing media frenzy surrounding the case. Dozens of reporters...

CHICAGO (AP) - Hours after Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. announced it will stop publishing print editions of its flagship encyclopedia for the first time in more than 200 years, someone among the editing...

JENNINGS, La. (AP) - An abandoned industrial facility just northeast of Jennings has been proposed for listing as a federal Superfund site, a designation reserved for some of most difficult hazardous waste...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Is the purported burial box of Jesus' brother James fake or authentic? Seven years of trial, testimony from dozens of experts and a 475-page verdict Wednesday failed to come up with an...

NEW YORK (AP) - The players' union wants the NFL to delay announcing any punishment to the New Orleans Saints for their bounty program until it can conduct its own investigation. NFLPA spokesman George...

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia has no intention of curtailing military cooperation with Syria despite calls from the West to stop arming President Bashar Assad's regime, a senior Russian government official said...

LONDON (AP) - In a new claim of British complicity in rights violations overseas, a human rights group took legal action Monday against the British government, accusing it of passing on intelligence to...