Tropical Storm Noel triggered mudslides and floods in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, pushing the death toll to 81 on Wednesday and forcing some parents to choose which children to save from the surging waters. ...more

November 1, 2007

October is on course to record the second consecutive decline in U.S. military and Iraqi civilian deaths and U.S. commanders say they know why: the U.S. troop increase and an Iraqi groundswell against al-Qaida and Shiite militia extremists. ...more

October 24, 2007

A storm drenched China's southeast on Sunday after killing five people on Taiwan and prompting the evacuation of 1.4 million people on the mainland, officials said. ...more

October 8, 2007

When Steve Austin talks about his current tour's 'death toll' and suggests 'bringing dead animals' to his show, there's a temptation to take him at face value. ...more

October 5, 2007

Tropical Storm Melissa weakened into a depression Sunday far out in the open Atlantic, while the remnants of Tropical Storm Karen dwindled away in the central Atlantic, forecasters said. ...more

October 1, 2007