SACRAMENTO – The McClatchy Co. has approached potential buyers to sell The Miami Herald, one of its most prestigious properties, The New York Times reported Saturday. McClatchy, the nation’s third-largest newspaper chain, is courting potential buyers to unload one of its largest assets as it struggles with debt and advertising …

CAIRO, Egypt – Al Qaeda’s No. 2 leader has praised the three Bali bombers recently executed in Indonesia and criticized Saudi and other Arab leaders for participating in a U.N. interfaith conference. Ayman al-Zawahiri says in an audio recording posted Monday on an Islamic Web site that Indonesia and other …

Playboy magazine apologized for a controversial cover featuring a scantily-clad woman resembling the Virgin Mary, Reuters reported. The December edition was published Thursday, just before the Mexican festival honoring Mary known as the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Playboy Enterprises Inc., based in Chicago, released a statement Friday explaining …

Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world’s top killer by 2010, part of a trend that should more than double global cancer cases and deaths by 2030, international health experts reported Tuesday. Rising tobacco use in developing countries is believed to be a huge reason for the shift, particularly …

ST. LOUIS – The winless St. Louis Rams fired coach Scott Linehan on Monday, the day after a fourth straight lopsided loss to start the season. Defensive coordinator Jim Haslett, once the coach of the New Orleans Saints, will replace Linehan on an interim basis. The Rams scheduled a news …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A pregnant woman who lost her baby the day after being arrested by police was suffering from a bacterial infection so severe that prompt medical attention would not have saved the baby, according to medical records filed in federal court. Sofia Salva has filed a wrongful …

“Hannah Montana” star Miley Cyrus denied a report Monday that she’s trying to get fired from the Disney TV show that made her famous. “I am fully committed to ‘Hannah Montana.’ It’s what gave me this amazing opportunity to reach out to so many people,” Cyrus told FOXNews.com through her …

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – When Hala al-Masaad invited her girlfriends over to celebrate her 18th birthday with cake and juice, the high school student was stepping into an unusual public debate. Is celebrating birthdays un-Islamic? Saudi Arabia’s most senior Muslim cleric recently denounced birthday parties as an unwanted foreign influence, …

Having your kids cool off in an outdoor pool during those hot summer months could do more harm than good. Belgian researchers found swimming in outdoor chlorinated pools appears to increase the odds a child will develop asthma, Reuters reported. “The more you swim, the higher the risk,” said Alfred …

Calcium is the most abundant mineral in our bodies –- but too much of it can be a bad thing, especially for men. U.S. researchers found men with elevated levels of calcium in their blood may have a much higher risk of getting fatal prostate cancer, Reuters reports. For the …