SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea released a photograph showing leader Kim Jong Il smiling and watching a football game — the latest apparent attempt to calm intense speculation over the health of the country’s absolute ruler. Kim, 66, reportedly suffered a stroke and underwent brain surgery in August. North …
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LOS ANGELES – Outside the gates of a Mormon temple, Kai Cross joined more than 2,000 gay-rights advocates in a chorus of criticism of the church’s role in a new statewide ban on same-sex marriage. Once a devout Mormon who graduated from Brigham Young University, the 41-year-old Cross was disowned …
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LONDON – The Queen Elizabeth 2 is docked safely in Southampton harbor after briefly running aground just outside the British port. A Cunard spokesman says the venerable ocean liner was heading into her home port on Tuesday around 5:30 GMT when the ship hit a sand bank. Two tugboats and …
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NAIROBI, Kenya – The U.N., African Union and Arab nations struggled to respond Thursday to a surge of pirate attacks, authorizing sanctions and calling for international peacekeepers to address the chaos in Somalia that has spawned an upsurge in sea banditry. The economic reverberations of the attacks widened as the …
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BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. – Murder charges are expected this week in the death of a Hatfield woman who had been missing since Nov. 7. Authorities in Jackson County say 27-year-old Alisha Sidie’s body was found late Saturday and her former husband has been arrested in her death. The Jackson …
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Four southern California schools were placed on lockdown Thursday after two assault suspects on the loose were spotted in the area, according to FOX affiliate KTTV-TV in Los Angeles. Los Angeles County sheriffs told FOX News they were serving a search warrant on robbery and assault charges when the suspects, …
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WASHINGTON – The government will sell $55 billion in bonds next week as part of a massive borrowing to pay for its financial rescue programs. The Treasury Department says it is bringing back its three-year notes to help cover the increased borrowing needs, and will auction $25 billion of them …
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WASHINGTON – A juror who vanished during Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens’ corruption trial told the judge Monday she lied about her father dying and flew to California to see horse races. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered Marian Hinnant, identified as juror No. 4, to return to court to explain …
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When Diana Levine turned 63 recently, her daughter made her a birthday card, drawing on Greek mythology with an illustration of Diana the Huntress, her bow string drawn taut, an arrow ready to fly. But the arm pulling at the bowstring was amputated below the elbow — just like Diana …
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – A judge has brushed off a Connecticut woman’s claim that L’Oreal Inc. ruined her social life when she accidentally dyed her hair brunette with one of its products. Charlotte Feeney of Stratford said she can never return to her natural blonde hue, a shock that left her …
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