Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) Monday said it will switch its Macintosh computers to the same Intel (INTC) chips used in systems that run Microsoft Windows, severing its long and at times stormy relationship with International Business Machines Corp. (IBM). Apple share were down 3 cents at $38.21 on Nasdaq. IBM …

CAMDEN, N.J. – For two tortured days, searchers combed alleyways and woods, abandoned houses and vacant lots, looking for clues to the disappearance of three young boys. In one heartbreaking moment Friday, the search ended — right where it began — when David Agosto (search) lifted the trunk of a …

WASHINGTON – Dispossessed families of Hurricane Katrina (search) will receive debit cards good for $2,000 to spend on clothing and other immediate needs, the Bush administration announced Wednesday, working to recast a relief effort drawing scant praise from Republicans and scathing criticism from top congressional Democrats. President Bush (search) is …

BOGOTA, Colombia – A father in a wheelchair and his son used two grenades to hijack an airliner Monday, but peacefully surrendered five hours later after allowing the crew and passengers, including one American, to leave the plane, authorities said. The Aires plane, believed to be carrying 20 passengers and …

WASHINGTON – The Yves St. Laurent and Tommy Hilfiger labels may be phony, but the thousands of Hurricane Katrina victims getting knockoff items seized by federal customs officials probably don’t mind. Displaced survivors in the Houston Astrodome can choose from counterfeit and abandoned clothing, toys, and even dog food. More …

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s president has asked Washington for help resolving his country’s longstanding territorial dispute with India over the Kashmir (search) region. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf (search) made the request Tuesday at a meeting with visiting U.S. national security adviser Stephen Hadley (search) near the capital, Islamabad (search). Pakistan …

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NEW ORLEANS – As some New Orleans police officers come under investigation for abandoning their posts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and for allegations of looting, there are murmurings that outgoing Police Chief Eddie Compass (search) was forced to resign by Mayor Ray Nagin (search). “Since I was a …

NEW ORLEANS – The mayor of New Orleans has set up an “extremely problematic” timeline for allowing residents to return to the evacuated city, which is still threatened by a weakened levee system, a lack of drinkable water and heavily polluted floodwaters, the head of the federal relief effort said …

Crude-oil futures surged more than $4 — the biggest one-day price jump ever — amid worries that Tropical Storm Rita (search) strengthening off the Bahamas could hit U.S. oil facilities in the Gulf of Mexico later this week, striking another blow at an industry struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina. …