WASHINGTON – More needs to be done to ensure the anonymity of federal air marshals, says a critical new report Congress will look into next week. The draft report, “Plane Clothes: Lack of Anonymity at the Federal Air Marshal Service Compromises Aviation and National Security,” cites the service’s dress code, …

American Express card holders: Beware that pop-up log-in screen, even on the company’s secure Web site. The credit card and travel services company has issued a warning about what it calls a false “security measures” pop-up screen that appears when users log in to its secure site. In an alert …

NEW ORLEANS – Spike Lee is not hiding his anger about New Orleans‘ devastation by levee breaks and the government’s slow response to save lives. He hopes his documentary on the subject will bring attention back to the region, where it’s needed, he said Wednesday. “People are still in dire …

SYDNEY – One turtle’s shell melted and fused to its body. A baby wallaby’s ears were fried to a crisp. And birds scorched by Australia’s worst-ever wildfires plummeted from the sky. More than 180 people were killed in the weekend’s fires, and on Wednesday, the scope of the devastation to …

TOKYO – About 105 gallons of coolant water containing radioactive material leaked from an inactive nuclear power reactor in western Japan, but there was no danger of radiation escaping the plant, its operator said Tuesday. The leak was discovered by a worker who rushed to the scene after an alarm …

NEW YORK – Sen. John McCain defended his support for the Iraq war Tuesday in a commencement speech at Columbia University that had been expected to draw boisterous protests from student activists. But a driving rainstorm dampened much of the expected activity, forcing the 1,064 graduates to listen to the …

LONDON – Tom Robinson had long wondered about his family tree. He never suspected its roots might lie in the Mongolian steppe. The Florida accountant knew that his great, great-grandfather had come to the United States from England — but beyond that his research drew a blank. So he turned …

Weary residents of Somalia‘s war-ravaged capital headed to Friday prayers, bolstered by a week of relative calm since an Islamic militia seized control of Mogadishu and tightened its grip on this lawless nation. It was the first time in more than a decade that residents have observed prayers in a …

HOUSTON – Was she a bad mother, or was she suffering mental illness? Jurors in the retrial of Andrea Yates are getting two different pictures of the woman charged with drowning her children in a bathtub. In opening arguments, prosecutor Kaylynn Williford told jurors Yates knew what she was doing, …

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