Diplomatic push to end ethnic strife in Kenya

NAIROBI (AFP) - Diplomatic efforts accelerated Wednesday to resolve the crisis in Kenya, where post-election violence has threatened to escalate into tribal war, with tens of thousands displaced and hundreds murdered. The dispute over last week's president... full story

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Twins invent wedgie-proof underwear

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Wedgie-proof underwear earned 8-year-old twin boys a spot Friday on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." ...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Cops learning how to extend beats online

ARLINGTON, Va. - Raise your hand if you've heard of "Second Life," police Lt. Charles Cohen asks a room of about 75 law enforcement officers from around the co...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Wall Street waffles after jobs report

NEW YORK - Wall Street waffled Friday after a surprisingly strong October jobs report failed to alleviate escalating worries about the beleaguered financial se...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Arrest in abuse case at Oprah school

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A former employee of Oprah Winfrey's school for disadvantaged girls in South Africa has been arrested on charges of abuse and sexu...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Deadly Atlantic storm parallels US coast

NASSAU, Bahamas - Hurricane Noel, the deadliest storm to hit the Atlantic this year, paralleled the U.S. coast on Friday, losing strength as it headed north to...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Teacher, student may have fled to Mexico

OMAHA, Neb. - A female teacher and a 13-year-old boy believed to be on the run may have crossed the California border into Mexico, a police investigator said F...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Rice presses diplomats on Iraq posts

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the U.S. envoy to Baghdad reminded diplomats on Friday of their duty to serve their country amid a revolt ...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Bush vetoes water projects bill

WASHINGTON - An increasingly confrontational President Bush on Friday vetoed a bill authorizing hundreds of popular water projects even though lawmakers can co...

updated Sat November 03, 2007

Mexico fears disease outbreak from flood

VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico - Military trucks hauled bottled water, food and clothing to Mexico's flooded Gulf coast Friday as rescue workers in helicopters and boats...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

Europeans charged over child 'abductions' in Chad

ABECHE, Chad (AFP) - Sixteen Europeans charged over the alleged abduction of 103 children sat in a dusty cell in eastern Chad Tuesday, as a row escalated in F...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

Suicide blast kills seven near Musharraf's HQ

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AFP) - A suicide bomber killed seven people near Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf's army office in Rawalpindi as the presid...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

Pope's "morning after pill" speech criticized

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Politicians and pharmacists in Italy responded angrily on Tuesday to an appeal by Pope Benedict for pharmacists to refuse to dispense...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

Astronauts install solar unit on space station

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronauts made a tricky job look easy on Tuesday when they used a robot arm to latch a 17.5 tonne solar power girder to its new home at t...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

North Korea nuclear disabling on track, U.S. says

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea is on track to disable its nuclear program by the end of this year as its differences with the United States have mostly been ...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

Google plan sees phones by mid-2008: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc is expected to announce advanced software and services enabling handset makers to bring Google-powered phones to market by mid-2008, the Wall Street Journal rep...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

Blackwater guards offered immunity deals: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. State Department investigators looking into the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad last month offered immunity deals to Black...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

Iran defiant ahead of nuclear talks with Russia

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will not back down in a nuclear dispute with the West and is not interested in talks with the United States, its president said on Tue...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

Paparazzo offered Diana crash pictures to tabloid: court

LONDON (Reuters) - A photographer rang a British newspaper from the Paris road tunnel where Princess Diana lay dying to offer exclusive pictures for 300,000 p...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

White House: Energy price too high but economy firm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House reiterated on Tuesday that it considered energy prices too high but said the economy would weather the impact. ...

updated Tue October 30, 2007

Girardi agrees to manage Yankees

NEW YORK - Joe Girardi has agreed to a three-year contract to manage the New York Yankees. ...