VIENNA, Austria – The U.N. atomic watchdog agency has found evidence of secret nuclear experiments in Egypt that could be used in weapons programs, diplomats said Tuesday. The diplomats told The Associated Press that most of the work was carried out in the 1980s and 1990s but said the International …

Genes probably don’t deserve the blame for high blood pressure in African-Americans (search). Studies have consistently shown that in the U.S., African-Americans tend to have higher rates of high blood pressure than whites. However, the same isn’t true of blacks overseas. According to the researchers, conventional wisdom has led to …

LUBBOCK, Texas – A district attorney charged with misdemeanor methamphetamine (search) possession on Wednesday denied having the drug and said he would mount “a vigorous defense” during an initial appearance in federal court. Rick Roach, district attorney for Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts and Wheeler counties, was arrested Tuesday while at …

“Dynasty” (search) is back — for one evening. On Sunday, at 9 p.m. EST, ABC will air “Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure,” (search) a two-hour dramatization that takes a behind-the-scenes look at the hit ’80s soap that reflected the excess and glamour of the decade. According to abc.com, …

NEW YORK – Alicia Keys (search), always an open book, will hit the road in a newly announced “Diary Tour” (search) of 34 U.S. cities. Keys will perform at “intimate venues” to play hits from her Grammy-nominated sophomore album, “The Diary of Alicia Keys.” (search) Keys will kick off her …

WASHINGTON – Federal Communications Commission (search) Chairman Michael K. Powell (search), who opposed tight regulation of telecommunications but backed unprecedented fines against broadcast indecency, announced Friday he is resigning. Powell, who has held the job for four years, said in a statement that he informed President Bush that he would …

NEW YORK – Internal U.N. audits sent to the director of the Iraqi Oil-for-Food program (search) uncovered extensive mismanagement of multimillion-dollar deals with contractors and fraudulent paperwork by its employees, according to copies of some of the reports obtained by The Associated Press. More than 50 audits, which were carried …

ATLANTA – A Vietnamese immigrant who lives in Gwinnett County is facing possible deportation after being arrested for punching a Vietnamese official during protests of a historic visit last month. Federal authorities arrested Tuan Phuoc Le (search) and accused him of assaulting Nguyen Quoc Huy (search), vice chairman of the …

WIMBLEDON, England – Andy Roddick (search) is 1-8 against Roger Federer (search) and has lost their last four meetings, including last year’s Wimbledon (search) final. So does Roddick have something new in mind for Sunday’s rematch at the All England Club? “I might try to push him into a wall …

An experimental drug may be able to reverse the course of Parkinson’s disease in the brain, according to a preliminary report. An analysis of the brain of a man who took the experimental drug called GDNF (glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor) showed regrowth of the nerve fibers lost in the …