BAGHDAD, Iraq – Two U.S. soldiers were killed in the Baghdad area when roadside bombs struck their Humvees on Saturday in separate attacks, the military said. One soldier, whose unit was not identified, died in Baghdad’s Sadr City, according to a statement. The soldier’s name was being held pending notification …

SALT LAKE CITY – Neighbors and friends gathered outside the home of 5-year-old Destiny Norton and asked how the girl’s body could have gone undiscovered when it was so near. Police Chief Chris Burbank said the body of the child missing since July 16 was found at 8:30 p.m. Monday …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – One of five prison guards charged in a sex-for-contraband scandal that ended in a deadly shootout with federal agents pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Alfred Barnes, 42, of Thomasville, Ga., agreed to cooperate in the prosecution of other defendants. In exchange, the government …

Scientists say they have created a stem cell line from a human embryo that had stopped developing naturally, and so was considered dead. Using such embryos might ease ethical concerns about creating such cells, they suggested. One expert said the technique makes harvesting stem cells no more ethically troublesome than …

NEW YORK – News Corp., the parent company of book publisher HarperCollins and the FOX network, has canceled publication of the O.J. Simpson book and television special “If I Did It.” “I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project,” News Corp. Chairman Rupert …

NAIROBI, Kenya – The chief U.S. climate negotiator on Monday defended Washington’s stand against compulsory caps on global-warming emissions, and said the Bush administration was unlikely to change its policy. At the opening of a two-week U.N. treaty conference on climate change, Harlan Watson told reporters the United States is …

PHOENIX – When billionaire oilman and investor T. Boone Pickens launched his plan this summer to boost the use of wind and natural gas to ease American dependence on foreign oil, gasoline prices were at a record $4.11 a gallon and oil prices were at $147 a barrel. Now oil …

Paris Hilton is the queen of break-ups. On Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS F.M radio program Friday, the hotel heiress denied reports that she had dumped boyfriend Benji Madden, and went one step further, saying she was “still in love with him.” “You know, I love him,” she told Seacrest. “He’s such …

New research from a Singapore – U.S. team provides more evidence that sleeping too little — or too much — may be bad for your heart. The investigators also noted that diabetes and hypertension may contribute to this relationship. Among 58,044 men and women 45 years of age or older …

HONOLULU – Frank Mundus, the legendary shark fisherman said to have inspired the Captain Quint character in the movie “Jaws,” has died. He was 82. Mundus died Wednesday at The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu after a heart attack, his wife said. It was his second heart attack in four …