Iraq officials eased the curfew imposed in the capital ahead of Saddam Hussein's conviction and death sentence, with residents once more allowed to walk the streets and
The Shiite-dominated Iraqi government declared a major concession to Saddam Hussein's Sunni Muslim backers that could see thousands of purged Baath Party members reinstated to their jobs.
The USS Intrepid got stuck in deep Hudson River mud Monday as powerful tugboats fought to pull free the legendary World War II aircraft carrier, which is now a floating museum, and down river for a $60 million overhaul.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas traveled to Gaza on Monday for negotiations with Hamas to put what he hoped will be the finishing touches on a national unity government made up of independent experts.
An al-Qaida operative, Dhiren Barot, involved in a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange and the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington and to use a dirty bomb in London was sentenced in London on Monday. Judge Neil Butterfield had ruled that publishing details of the sentencing hearing could prejudice trials of Barot's seven co-defendants.
A wind-driven wildfire burned 300 acres of brush Monday, torching stacks of pallets in an industrial yard, threatening as many as 100 homes and choking the sky with gray smoke in Rialto, Calif.
Penn State coach Joe Paterno had surgery on his broken left leg and two torn knee ligaments, and plans to coach next weekend -- possibly from a box above the field.
Snoop Dogg was booked on one felony count of possession of a deadly weapon, filed Monday after security officers at John Wayne International Airport found a collapsible baton in his carry-on luggage.
