U.S. takes N. Korea off terror watchlist
North Korea agreed to all U.S. nuclear inspection demands and the Bush administration responded Saturday by removing the communist country from a terrorism blacklist.
Britain plans rescue of top 4 banks
Britain will launch its biggest retail bank rescue on Monday when the four largest — HBOS, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB and Barclays — ask for a combined $60.5 billion lifeline, the Sunday Times reported.
Norbert weakens on approach to mainland
Hurricane Norbert swept across Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula on Saturday, tearing off roofs and forcing hundreds of people to flee flooded homes.
FBI releases files on Jack Anderson
In caustic comments on internal FBI memos, bureau director J. Edgar Hoover referred to prominent columnist Jack Anderson with undisguised contempt, calling him "a jackal."
Snake bites mailman — who finishes rounds
Forget rain, sleet or snow. The bite of a poisonous snake wasn't enough to keep a Florida mail carrier from his appointed rounds Friday.
No. 17 Okla. St. trips up Daniel, No. 3 Missouri
Unbeaten Cowboys pick off Heisman contender 3 times in 28-23 upset
Zimbabwe president claims key ministries
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, locked in a standoff with the opposition in power-sharing talks, lays claim to all key ministries as he tries to retain his iron grip on the nation.
2,500 flee chemical leak in western Pa.
A corrosive liquid overflows a tank at a chemical plant in western Pennsylvania, evaporating into a toxic cloud that snaked along the ground and forced about 2,500 to flee.
Mexican pot cartels sully U.S. forests, parks
National forests and parks — long popular with Mexican marijuana-growing cartels — have become home to some of the most polluted pockets of wilderness in America.
Man gets prison for killing fan after Bonds' 700th
Confrontation outside Giants ballpark following historic home run