Half of college students consider suicide
More than half of American college students have considered suicide at some points in their lives, a new survey reveals.

Fay strengthens over Florida

Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwelcome houseguest, gaining power and threatening — once again — to become a hurricane.

Researcher: 'Bigfoot' just a gorilla suit

Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice — handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it — was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit.

Credit squeeze hits college students
With the price of some top-priced colleges and universities north of $50,000 a year and lenders cutting back on student loans, financing a college education is getting harder.

More women having fewer kids
More women in their early 40s are childless, and those who are having children are having fewer than ever before, the Census Bureau reports.

Russia makes moves toward pullback

Russia took the first steps toward a troop pullback from Georgia on Tuesday but at the same time paraded blindfolded and bound Georgian prisoners on armored vehicles and seized four U.S. Humvees.

Veep speculation at fever pitch

American voters should know this week who will join Barack Obama as No. 2 on the Democratic presidential ballot.

Ten French soldiers die in Afghan fight

Taliban insurgents killed 10 French soldiers in a major battle east of the Afghan capital, the French president's office said on Tuesday, the biggest single loss of foreign troops in combat since 2001.

NYT: Ethics worries dampen convention fun
Republican and Democratic convention party planners are scrambling to comply with new sweeping ethics rules that prohibit lobbyists from paying for gifts for members of Congress and their staffs. Corporations and convention party planners are scrambling to comply with sweeping ethics rules in the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 that prohibit lobbyists from paying for gifts, including meals and music, for members of Congress and their staffs.

Colleges rethink U.S. drinking age

College presidents from about 100 of the best-known U.S. universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 18.