WASHINGTON – The Senate will hold hearings soon into an alleged Marine execution of Iraqi civilians, a committee chairman said Tuesday as Republicans and Democrats voiced serious concerns about the accusations. “We’ve got our duty and we’ll do it. We’ll go wherever the facts lead,” Sen. John Warner, the Senate …

ATLANTA – A Saudi man who authorities say was upset about being denied a job as an interpreter for the U.S. military in Iraq was charged with threatening to blow up a Delta Air Lines flight. Saleh Al Suwailem, 45, of Boise, Idaho, was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday. …

WASHINGTON – New U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab said Friday it is crucial to wrap up the key elements of a global trade agreement by the end of July. She didn’t say how she would get past sticking points with Europe and developing nations. Schwab, who won Senate confirmation on …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s foreign minister said Saturday the government likely would suggest amendments to a Western package of incentives meant to persuade the Islamic republic to give up its uranium enrichment program. Manouchehr Mottaki would not give any timing for Iran’s response. The Tehran regime previously has said some …

HURST, Tx – A teenager accused of spiking a fellow theater student’s drink with bleach because she wanted the lead role in a school play surrendered to authorities. Katherine A. Smith, 18, turned herself in Wednesday, more than a week after a warrant was issued for her arrest. She was …

MOUNT HOPE, Ohio – Arlie Stutzman was busted in a rare sting when an undercover agent bought raw milk from the Amish dairy farmer in an unlabeled container. Now, Stutzman is fighting the law that forbids the sale of raw milk, saying he believes it violates his religious beliefs because …

In those days, a diagnosis was a death sentence. No one knew how you got it, this mysterious ailment that savaged the human body with almost medieval cruelty. Baffled doctors threw everything they had at skin cancers, brain infections, intestinal parasites and other horrific symptoms. Nothing worked. Twenty-five years after …

WASHINGTON – Wanted: Face time with President Bush or top adviser Karl Rove. Suggested donation: $100,000. The middleman: lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Blunt e-mails that connect money and access in Washington show that prominent Republican activist Grover Norquist facilitated some administration contacts for Abramoff’s clients while the lobbyist simultaneously solicited those …

NEW YORK – Phelps Dodge Corp. (PD) on Monday said it would acquire Canada’s Inco Ltd. (N) and Falconbridge Ltd. (FAL) for about $40 billion in a blockbuster deal to create the world’s largest nickel miner and second-largest copper producer. Phelps Dodge said it would buy Inco for C$80.13 per …

SOLO, Indonesia – A reputed leader of the Al Qaeda-linked terror group blamed for deadly bombings across Indonesia on Thursday accused President Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard of waging wars against Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan. Militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir also called on Bush and Howard to …