LAS VEGAS – Casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) said Tuesday that first-quarter earnings declined from last year due to a number of charges, but operating profit beat Wall Street expectations. Net income for the owner of The Venetian hotel-casino in Las Vegas fell to $7.1 million, or 2 …

What do American women wish they could do to improve their health? It’s not buying more health insurance or stocking up on healthy foods. According to a survey released Monday, it’s reducing their stress and having more time. According to the National Women’s Health Resource Center, the survey shows that …

WASHINGTON – Health care providers can charge the government for emergency care provided to illegal aliens beginning Tuesday. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (search) issued final guidance Monday that sets up a system for reimbursement. Lawmakers set aside $1 billion over four years for the program, created by …

WASHINGTON – The Senate’s former top lawyer got bipartisan support Thursday for a seat on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (search), putting him in line to become the first of President Bush’s second-term appellate nominees to be confirmed. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 14-4 to advance Utah lawyer Thomas …

WASHINGTON – The nation’s top military officer on Friday defended a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy (search) that has led to the discharge of 9,500 gay members of the armed forces since 1993. “We try to implement the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy as best we can,” Air Force Gen. …

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Police said Friday that two American missionaries had been found slain at a farm they rented in southwestern Guyana (search) near the border with Brazil. Residents of the San Jose district, about 12 miles outside the regional capital of Lethem (search), speculated robbery was the likely motive. …

NEW DELHI, India – Following a cricket match with talks aimed at improving ties, the leaders of India (search) and Pakistan agreed Sunday to set up joint committees to boost trade and explore ways to reduce the military presence on a Himalayan glacier, Indian officials said. During their nearly two-hour …

ARLINGTON, Va. – One child was killed and 14 were injured Monday when their school bus collided with a garbage truck at a busy intersection. Horrified bystanders helped remove students from the wreckage. The drivers of the bus and truck were hospitalized in critical condition, as was one of the …

KATONAH, N.Y. – Her middle name is Helen. She likes to spend a lot of time with eggs. And she has no use at all for that clunky black gizmo on her ankle. In the month since Martha Stewart (search) was released from prison, after serving five months for her …

JAKARTA, Indonesia – A strong undersea earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Sumatra (search) on Sunday, sending thousands of people fleeing from their homes in panic, but no tsunami was triggered, seismologists said. The 6.8-magnitude temblor smashed scores of windows in the west Sumatran city of Padang (search), state news …