If we look to benefits only, we'll do darn near anything because there's always a benefit. ...more

February 23, 2008

Crews on Saturday found another body in the remnants of a sugar refinery plant devastated late Thursday by an explosion and fire, raising the death toll to five, with three others still missing, officials said. ...more

February 10, 2008

The suicide bomber walked straight to the Sunni Arab leader of a group battling al-Qaida in Iraq, shook his target's hand and detonated the explosives wrapped around his body. ...more

January 8, 2008

Kenya's president and his chief rival made key concessions Monday to end their election dispute, calling off protests and agreeing to talks under pressure from the United States as the death toll from a week of violence neared 500. ...more

January 8, 2008

Sunny skies on Monday helped road crews deal with the remnants of a blustery snowstorm that blacked out thousands of homes and businesses and was blamed for at least 22 traffic deaths in the upper Midwest. ...more

December 25, 2007

Aid workers struggled Friday to help hundreds of thousands of survivors of a cyclone that blasted Bangladesh with 150 mph winds, killing a reported 1,100 people, savaging coastal towns, and leaving millions without power in the deadliest such storm in more than a decade. ...more

November 17, 2007

A United Nations human rights envoy entered Myanmar for the first time in four years Sunday on a mission to uncover how many people were killed and detained since September's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. ...more

November 12, 2007

The death toll of the fish killed in a koi pond has risen to 39, and is expected to rise further, Carl White, the owner of the pond, said this morning. ...more

November 6, 2007

PALM HARBOR – The death toll of the fish killed in a koi pond has risen to 39 and is expected to rise further, Carl White, the owner of the pond, said this morning. ...more

November 5, 2007

The United Nations envoy to Myanmar opened his second visit in recent weeks by meeting Saturday with the top U.N. diplomat in the country, whom the regime just said it wanted to expel. ...more

November 4, 2007