American Eric Volz was freed by a judge Friday despite an uproar in Nicaragua, after an appeals court overturned his conviction and 30-year-sentence in the slaying of his Nicaraguan girlfriend. ...more

December 22, 2007

The Florida Strawberry Festival experienced a major computer glitch just as tickets to its headline acts went on sale Dec. 10. ...more

December 17, 2007

NEW YORK - Don Imus returned to the airwaves today, eight months after he was fired for a racially charged remark about the Rutgers women's basketball team, introducing a cast that included two black comedians. The show was broadcast on TanTalk 1340, WTAN-AM in the Tampa Bay area this morning. ...more

December 3, 2007

Thousands of Sudanese, many armed with clubs and swords and beating drums, burned pictures of a British teacher Friday and demanded her execution for insulting Islam by letting her students name a teddy bear Muhammad. ...more

December 1, 2007

Top-ranked Ohio State's national title hopes teetered on a timeout, the ball inches from a first down for Illinois. ...more

November 11, 2007

Just a month after the Soviet Union stunned the world by putting the first artificial satellite into orbit, it boasted a new victory - a much bigger satellite carrying a dog named Laika. ...more

November 3, 2007

Turkey delivered a tough message to Iraq and Western allies Tuesday: A cross-border attack on Kurd guerrilla bases is coming unless the U.S.-backed government in the Iraqi north cracks down soon. ...more

October 24, 2007

Civil rights leaders called Tuesday for a march on the Justice Department and an economic boycott next month because they think the federal government has been sluggish in dealing with hate crimes. ...more

October 24, 2007

With an empty martini glass at her elbow, teenager Serena van der Woodsen, star of the CW's 'Gossip Girl,' leans against the tony Manhattan bar and blithely downs another vodka concoction, unscathed. ...more

October 21, 2007

President Bush, reacting to a congressional uproar over the disclosure of secret Justice Department legal opinions permitting the harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects, on Friday defended the methods, declaring, 'This government does not torture people.' ...more

October 5, 2007