China_departs

Chinese Authorities are scrambling to make sure the best use of the post-Olympic spotlight. They want to avoid the ... fate of other Olympic hosts that were left with empty, debt-burdened facilities.

UK_bus_crash

Officials say one person has died and more than 60 others are injured after a coach bus crashed through ... a bridge and overturned as it landed in a garden below in central England Monday.

Russia_georgia

Thousands of Georgians demanded that Russian troops leave the outskirts of this strategic Black Sea port on Saturday and ... took to the streets in protest, while a top Russian general said his country's forces would keep patrolling the area.

Pakistan_latest

Pakistan's ruling coalition wrangled Tuesday over restoring judges fired by Pervez Musharraf, signaling potentially dangerous divisions just a day ... after their united front forced the ex-general to quit the presidency.

Georgia_latest

Russia's president said troops would begin pulling out of Georgia on Monday. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said the former ... Soviet republic would not relinquish South Ossetia or Abkhazia.

Madrid_plane_crash

A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke ... into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 153 people on board, officials said.

UK_plane_crash

Two planes collide in midair, killing the five people on the two aircraft. The collision happened about near the ... English town of Coventry, about 90 miles from London.

Clerk_abducted

Authorities say a body found in a remote area was been identified as the clerk whose abduction from a ... store in a small North Texas town was recorded by security cameras.

Titanic_relics

The Georgia Aquarium aims to bring the ill-fated journey of the Titanic to life with an exhibit called, 'Titanic: ... Aquatic'. 190 artifacts from the disaster site will be on display, some for the first time.

Phelps_petes_grill

In Michael Phelps' hometown, some fans feel like he earned those medals just for them. Sports fans turned out ... in force in Baltimore to cheer on the Maryland native as he earned his record-setting 8th Olympic gold medal.

Propane_explosions

In Toronto, Canada, 1 firefighter is reported dead after explosions at a propane facility forced thousands of people to ... evacuate. The cause us under investigation.

Misty_Kerri

The U.S. beach volleyball team of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh are defending Olympic gold medalists. They are favored ... to repeat in Beijing. May-Treanor and Walsh have won 103 consecutive matches.

Burger_king_bath

The Burger King employee who took a soapy bath in a utility sink at work and then posted a ... video of it online doesn't work at Burger King anymore.

MS_bus_crash

Authorities in Mississippi say three people have died and several others have been injured after a casino bus overturned.

TN_church_shooting.avi

An unemployed truck driver accused in a fatal church shooting plans an insanity defense for the rampage that left ... two people dead and six wounded.

Guantanamo_sentence

Osama bin Laden's driver could be out of jail in as little as five months, or maybe not. A ... U.S. military jury at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, gave Salim Hamdan a stunningly lenient sentence of five and a half years.

CA_chopper_crash

Nine people are missing and feared dead in a helicopter crash in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. The crash happened Tuesday night as the helicopter was transporting firefighters battling a wildfire in Trinity County, California.

Assassination_plot

A Maryland prosecutor says police found a Camp David map with a presidential motorcade route at the home of ... a teen held on firearms charges. He said that Colin McKenzie-Gude had a document that describes how to kill someone 200 yards away.

Anthrax_investigation

Army scientist Bruce Ivins 'was the only person responsible' for anthrax attacks in 2001 that killed five and rattled ... the nation, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

Big_diamond

A 72.22-carat diamond, so large it could fill a tablespoon, is expected to bring up to $13 million when ... it goes on auction next month.

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New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson turned to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Saturday for help in pressing for the ... release of three Americans held hostage by Colombian rebels.

Kilpatrick_charges

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is now charged with exchanging romantic text messages with additional women in the scandal that ... has him fighting allegations that he lied under oath about an intimate relationship with his ex-top aide.

Tomato_growers

Florida tomato growers want the federal government to compensate them for millions of dollars in lost revenue when a ... nationwide salmonella outbreak occurred and the government first focused on raw tomatoes.

Diesel_stolen

Police in Lyme, Connecticut say somebody stole 500 gallons of diesel fuel out of a tank that was recently ... filled. They have yet to name a suspect.

Soldier_located

Police say a Fort Bliss soldier's husband kicked her in the face, stabbed and raped her before abducting her ... from her off-post apartment to Nevada.

Ggw_francis_plea

Joe Francis, the founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" video series, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of ... federal tax evasion in a Los Angeles court.

MO_fire_standoff

Charred remains have been found in the rubble of a home where someone ambushed emergency workers, killing a firefighter. ... The St. Louis County medical examiner says it's unclear whether there were enough remains for a dental identification.

AZ_severe_storms

The town of Mesa, Arizona is cleaning itself up after an isolated monsoon storm. It damaged homes and businesses, ... and forced officials to issue a flash flood warning for the Phoenix, Arizona area on Monday evening.

Vw_tennessee

As other automakers cut back, Volkswagen says it will invest almost a billion dollars in a new plant near ... Chattanooga, Tennessee. The factory will make a new midsize car designed for American drivers.

Singer_arrest

Steven Page was arrested on drug charges in Fayetteville, New York on Friday. Police say they found Page and ... two women allegedly with cocaine and marijuana.

Mexico_flooding

Thousands of people in in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Tamaulipas are experiencing floods, after several days of ... sever rains. Some areas are under a State of Emergency.