Musharraf's exit unlikely to affect nukes
Pervez Musharraf's departure from the presidency is unlikely to have a significant impact on how Pakistan's nuclear weapons are controlled.
Scoop: Phelps, schmelps! J.Lo in training too
Michael Who? Jennifer Lopez is training for a triathlon, and she can't understand why Mr. Eight Gold Medals is getting all this attention.
Attack on Algerian police kills dozens
A suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into a line of applicants at an Algerian police academy Tuesday, killing at least 43 people in the deadliest terror attack to jolt this energy-rich U.S. ally since the 1990s.
Veep speculation at fever pitch
American voters should know this week who will join Barack Obama as No. 2 on the Democratic presidential ballot.
1 in 2 believe prayer saves the dying
When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans.
Zambia's president dead at 59
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa died in a French hospital Tuesday at 59, nearly two months after he was hospitalized for a stroke, the country's vice president said.
'Living goddesses' have rights, court says
Nepal's Supreme Court has ordered the government to ensure basic health care and education for virgin girls worshipped as "living goddesses" in a centuries-old tradition in the Himalayan nation.
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.
Snatched cigarette catches killer
A convicted rapist admitted to a 1998 murder and was sentenced to a long prison term Monday as another man once blamed for the crime called him a coward who ruined lives.
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.
