TEHRAN, Iran – Iran opened the door Sunday for U.S. help in building a nuclear power plant — a move designed to ease American suspicions that Tehran is using its nuclear program as a cover to build atomic weapons. The offer, which did not seem likely to win acceptance in …

NEW YORK – Gwen Stefani, nominated for five Grammy Awards including album of the year for “Love.Angel.Music.Baby.,” is pregnant with her first child, according to Us Weekly. The 36-year-old pop star and Gavin Rossdale, 38, were married three years ago. The baby is due in June, the magazine reported Tuesday. …

SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. – Shayna Richardson was making her first solo skydiving jump when she had trouble with her parachutes and, while falling at about 50 mph, hit face first in a parking lot. Although badly hurt, she survived — and doctors treating her injuries discovered she was pregnant. Four …

TOKYO – Japan‘s ruling party approved a plan Thursday to extend the country’s military deployment in Iraq for one year, Kyodo News agency reported. The plan was set to be approved later in the day by the Cabinet after the government gets the go-ahead from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s …

Things most guys can have around the house: baseballs, basketballs, footballs, softballs. Things guys most definitely shouldn’t have around the house: cannonballs. A collector in McKinney, Texas, kept an antique cannonball that he’d bought from the trunk of a man’s car at a gun show in his apartment as a …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Angry Shiites marched Wednesday and set fire to the offices of a secular politician after a Sunni Arab guest criticized Iraq’s Shiite religious leaders during an Al-Jazeera talk show. The station’s Baghdad correspondent also resigned in protest of the remarks by Fadel al-Rubaei, a Sunni politician living …

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Two 16-year-olds who were expelled from a Lutheran high school because they were suspected of being lesbians have sued the school for invasion of privacy and discrimination. The lawsuit, filed last week in Riverside County Superior Court, seeks the girls’ re-enrollment at the small California Lutheran High …

This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” May 26, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” JOHN KASICH, GUEST HOST: In the “personal story” segment tonight, terror leader Abu Musab …

This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” May 18, 2005, that has been edited for clarity and was rebroadcast on May 30, 2005. SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: Just a couple of hours ago, Alan sat down with the star of “Everybody Loves Raymond,” comedian Ray Romano (search). Video: Romano …

WASHINGTON – Doing nothing about Social Security is not an option, Vice President Dick Cheney (search) told members of a town hall meeting in Smyrna, Ga., on Monday, where he urged Democrats to join in the effort to fix the financial problems in the retirement system. Cheney said Democrats who …