Robert Vesco, the American fugitive who cooked up moneymaking schemes that allegedly involved everyone from Colombian drug lords to the families of U.S. presidents, died in Cuba and was buried almost six months ago, according to an official document. ...more

May 6, 2008

It was the first dance of a marriage that was not to be. Kim Sjostrom and Teddy Efkarpides had been married for less than an hour Jan. 19 when the bride crumpled in her husband's arms during a rendition of a Greek song that means simply, "Love Me." At 36, Sjostrom was dead from heart disease. ...more

February 10, 2008

U.S. military forces in Iraq were authorized to pursue former members of Saddam Hussein's government and terrorists across Iraq's borders into Iran and Syria, according to a classified 2005 document that has been posted on an independent Web site. ...more

February 4, 2008