Barack Obama competed with Hillary Rodham Clinton in Kentucky and Oregon primaries on Tuesday, the latest contests in a historic Democratic presidential race moving inexorably his way. Before vote counting began, Obama...

Republican John McCain, speaking to a raucous crowd on Cuba's independence day, hammered Democrat Barack Obama for saying he would meet with President Raul Castro and called Obama a "tool of organized labor" for...

Barack Obama is well known for his ability to draw large crowds, but 75,000 in Portland, Ore.? The mass of people who converged by foot and by boat on a Willamette River park on Sunday was the largest rally to date for...

IN THE HEADLINES Obama bids for a delegate milestone in Oregon, Kentucky primaries ... Veterans' college aid bill a likely issue in presidential campaign ... Obama's crowds reflect enthusiasm, but also careful crowd...

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New York Gov. David Paterson has been diagnosed with acute glaucoma in his left eye and is undergoing an outpatient laser procedure. Paterson's office says in a statement that Tuesday's procedure "will not have any...

The House has passed a bill that would authorize the Justice Department to pursue energy antitrust and price fixing cases against members of the OPEC oil cartel. Critics said such attempts would likely be fruitless and...

House members have declared "Frank Sinatra Day," but did it their way. Lawmakers didn't get around to voting until Tuesday on a resolution supporting May 13, 2008 _ last Tuesday _ as the day honoring the late singer...

A Justice Department audit of terror interrogations at three military bases overseas concluded Tuesday that FBI agents refused to participate when detainees were questioned under harsh and potentially illegal methods. ...

Thieves, feuding tribesmen and Taliban militants are creating chaos along the main Pakistan-Afghanistan highway, threatening a vital supply line for U.S. and NATO forces. Abductions and arson attacks on the hundreds of...

A Cuban dissident acknowledges receiving $2,400 cash from an anti-Castro group in Miami, but says she doesn't know who brought it to the island. Laura Pollan says she was given the money by fellow political opposition...

Arab mediators scrambled Tuesday to salvage Lebanese crisis talks in Qatar, offering rival factions two proposals on how to end their country's 18-month political deadlock. They gave the feuding camps a day to consider...

More than 30 sources of radiation were buried by debris from the massive earthquake in central China last week and all have either been recovered or safely cordoned off, state media reported Tuesday. A French nuclear...

The alleged "20th hijacker" in the Sept. 11 attacks tried to kill himself at Guantanamo last month, his lawyer disclosed Tuesday, saying the Saudi prisoner was distraught over a possible death sentence for charges later...

Wall Street tumbled Tuesday after oil prices spiked to a new record above $129 a barrel and a government report raised investors' concerns about the impact of inflation on consumer spending. The Dow Jones industrials...

Oil prices spiked to a new trading high Tuesday, sweeping toward $130 a barrel as supply concerns intensified the momentum buying that has lifted crude deeper into record territory. Gasoline, meanwhile, reached an...

Stocks that are moving substantially or trading heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Home Depot, down $1.63 at $27.24 A big one-time charge and a slumping housing market...

A few years ago, drums of used french fry grease were only of interest to a small network of underground biofuel brewers, who would use the slimy oil to power their souped-up antique Mercedes. Now, restaurants from...

Strong sales of delivered office products to corporate customers at home and overseas helped Staples Inc. post a 1.5 percent increase in its first-quarter profit, and rebound modestly from small profit declines the...

A prosecutor in the child pornography trial of R. Kelly warned jurors Tuesday they would have to watch a videotape depicting an "underage child performing sex acts that you have never seen before." "A child doesn't...

A fire broke out Tuesday at the Berlin Philharmonic's home, sending thick smoke pouring from the crest of the iconic downtown building as firefighters and musicians rushed to save instruments. The blaze broke out...

Pregnant with twins, Angelina Jolie says the story behind her latest drama hits close to home: the loss of a child. Jolie stars in Clint Eastwood's "Changeling," the true story of a Los Angeles woman who endured...

Kristi Yamaguchi is clearly the most talented contestant on "Dancing With the Stars." But the question still looms heading into Tuesday's finale: Can a woman win the celebrity dance-off? Men have won the mirrorball...

A photographer convicted of assaulting Heather Mills won an appeal Tuesday because Mills didn't attend a court hearing. Jay Kaycappa had been sentenced to 140 hours of community service for allegedly grabbing Mills by...

The NFL owners voted unanimously Tuesday to end their agreement with the players' union in 2011, two years before the deal was to expire. The league, however, emphasized that it will keep negotiating with the NFL...

Disgraced basketball referee Tim Donaghy told investigators in the NBA betting probe that relationships among officials, coaches and players "affected the outcome of games," his attorney said. The league said the...

A title defense endures for the playoff-savvy San Antonio Spurs. Manu Ginobili scored 26 points, hitting four free throws in the final minute, sending the Spurs to the Western Conference finals with a 91-82 victory over...

Even with blood caked on his red beard and his lower lip badly swollen, Kris Draper was still smiling. Taking a puck to the face to get back into the Stanley Cup finals? No problem. "It went off my chin. It went in....

Tony Parker swished a crucial jumper with 50 seconds on the clock. Manu Ginobili followed with four key free throws, essentially booking the San Antonio Spurs a date in the Western Conference finals. This wasn't the...

Sister Catherine Mulkerrin, who pressed Roman Catholic church leaders in Boston to warn parishioners about priests who had been accused of sexually abusing children, has died. She was 73. Mulkerrin died Saturday at...

Sister Catherine Mulkerrin, who pressed Roman Catholic church leaders in Boston to warn parishioners about priests who had been accused of sexually abusing children, has died. She was 73. Mulkerrin died Saturday at...

TAYLORS, S.C. (BP)--I have been speaking recently about the upcoming Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Indianapolis, where our North American Mission Board will share a national evangelism strategy. Almost...

HOUSTON (BP)--When several thousand people walked out of church in their stocking feet at Fellowship of the Woodlands near Houston, Texas, they made a simple but huge difference in their community."A big church makes a...

NEW ORLEANS (BP)--When ABC network television's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition producers brainstormed about the 2008 season finale, their thoughts turned to New Orleans.Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is a television...

They're the cold cases of medicine, patients with diseases so rare and mysterious that they've eluded diagnosis for years. The National Institutes of Health is seeking those patients _ and ones who qualify could get...

A hepatitis C outbreak was caused by workers improperly reusing syringes and medicine vials at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health officials said Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was contacted by...

A hepatitis C outbreak was caused by workers improperly reusing syringes and medicine vials at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health officials said Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was contacted by...

A nurse survived eight days in the wreckage of a Turkish hospital destroyed by an earthquake in 1992. A newborn was rescued after more than a week in the rubble of Mexico City's 1985 quake. Now, in China, rescuers are...

Health regulators warned again Friday that Roche and Novartis drugs prescribed to organ transplant patients can cause miscarriages and birth defects when used by pregnant women. The Food and Drug Administration last...

Preparing for the eventual extinction of its DVD-by-mail rental service, Netflix Inc. on Tuesday introduced its first solution for subscribers who want entertainment delivered directly to their television sets with just...

Strong, versatile little "nanotubes" made out of carbon are considered future stars in nanotechnology research in medicine and industry. Now a study finds that longer threads of the stuff mimic the toxic qualities of...

A Cisco Systems Inc. executive told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday that comments in an internal document about China's goal to "combat" a religious group did not reflect the company's views on censorship. The PowerPoint...

Attorneys for Yahoo Inc. want information in a shareholder lawsuit over Microsoft's bid for the Internet pioneer to remain confidential, but attorneys for the shareholders say the records should be public. Chancellor...

Napster Inc. begins selling MP3s Tuesday, a move the online music service hopes will lure iPod users and turn around Napster's sliding fortunes. The company is the latest to make the switch to the unrestricted file...

A low pressure system in the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys was expected to bring showers and thunderstorms as it moves east Tuesday across the Mid-Atlantic. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue over the...

Rainy, cold weather was forecast Monday for the Northeast, with the heaviest rainfall projected for northern Maine. A southbound cold front was expected to bring wet weather to the Northern Plains and parts of the...

Rain was forecast Sunday for the Ohio Valley and parts of the Northeast. Thunderstorms were possible in an area extending from Alabama to the Mid-Atlantic states as a cold front moves through the region. A lingering...

Showers and thunderstorms were expected in Florida and parts of the Southeast Coast on Saturday. Showers were also expected in the coastal areas of New England, while scattered showers were predicted for the Great...

Wet weather was expected Friday from New England all the way south to the Gulf Coast. Severe thunderstorms were anticipated along the coastline of the Southeast, with damaging winds and a few weak tornadoes forecast in...