MUNICH, Germany – Lingering anger in Europe over the U.S. invasion of Iraq explains why some allies are reluctant to heed U.S. calls for more combat troops in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday. It was his first public acknowledgment of such a link to the Iraq war. Gates …

NEW YORK – Comcast Corp. told the Federal Communications Commission in formal comments Tuesday that hampering some file-sharing by its subscribers was a justifiable way to keep Web traffic flowing for everyone. The comments are the fullest accounting yet of how Comcast manages its network. Comcast’s network management is the …

This is a rush transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” February 26, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Meanwhile, exposing Barack Obama’s tax record. Republicans say it ain’t good. A new report says he supported more than 300 …

WASHINGTON – As the battle for the labor vote between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is heating up in the crucial March 4 primary battleground of Ohio, Clinton leveled new charges on Saturday of unfair attacks by her Democratic presidential opponent. Clinton’s claims are based on two Obama campaign mailers, …

WINDER, Ga. – Four black former employees of a north Georgia restaurant say they were unfairly strip searched by white managers and that three of them were fired after they complained. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit on their behalf, seeking back wages plus interest. The federal …

LOS ANGELES – Criminal charges have been filed against officials of two Los Angeles area companies that allegedly imported and distributed more than 70,000 tubes of Chinese toothpaste containing a poisonous substance. Vernon Sales and Selective Imports allegedly sold toothpaste containing diethylene glycol, a chemical used in antifreeze and as …

LANCASTER, Calif. – A man was found dead on a street Tuesday with an arrow in his chest, authorities said. The victim, believed to be in his 60s, was found about 1:45 a.m., after motorists reported a possible traffic accident, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Deputy Oscar Butao said. “I got …

LOS ANGELES – Video game publisher Activision Inc. has asked a federal court to declare that its popular “Guitar Hero” game does not violate a patent held by real-guitar maker Gibson Guitar Corp. Gibson’s 1999 patent covers a virtual-reality device that included a headset with speakers and that simulated participating …

LOS ANGELES – Rescue crews responding to a wreck on a San Fernando freeway found a driver fatally shot in the head, while another driver was shot and wounded in a separate attack about 30 miles (48 kilometers) away in Long Beach, authorities said. The incidents were the latest in …

BALTIMORE, Md. – A man with a history of mental problems was charged with drowning his three children in a Baltimore hotel room over the weekend and had threatened to kill them more than a year ago, his former wife said in court documents. Mark Castillo, 41, was charged Monday …