PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – A federal agent was gunned down outside a Pembroke Pines post office Tuesday, and dozens of police officers are searching for the the shooter. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection special agent was killed after he got into an argument in the parking lot, police spokesman …

POTI, Georgia – Russian forces blocked the only land entrance to Georgia’s main port city on Thursday, a day before Russia promised to complete a troop pullout from its ex-Soviet neighbor. Armored personnel carriers and troop trucks blocked the bridge to the Black Sea port city of Poti, and Russian …

Gruesome details surrounding the disappearance of a four-year-old girl have been released by Israeli police. Rose Ron, who has not been seen for three months and is now believed to have been murdered, has been the victim of Israel’s worst case of domestic violence in history, detectives say. After two …

STEINHATCHEE, Fla. – Tropical Storm Fay crossed into the Florida Panhandle on Saturday, becoming the first storm of its kind in recorded history to hit the state four different times. Fay’s center made landfall around 1 a.m. EDT about 15 miles north-northeast of Apalachicola, Fla., according to the National Weather …

QUINCY, MASS. – One person is dead after the leg of a giant crane collapsed at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy. The giant crane known as the Goliath was being dismantled in preparation to be shipped to Romania. A mayoral aide says preliminary reports indicate that everyone else is …

WASHINGTON – Iran has emerged “a winner” as a result of fighting in Iraq, a lawmaker said Wednesday during a hearing featuring President Bush’s top deputies in Iraq. “The most disturbing strategic development of the war is that Iran, the most dangerous state in the region, so far has emerged …

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Marine scientists in New Zealand on Tuesday were thawing the corpse of the largest squid ever caught to try to unlock the secrets of one of the ocean’s most mysterious beasts. No one has ever seen a living, grown colossal squid in its natural deep ocean …

NEW YORK – Rosie Perez says shooting a steamy sex scene with her good friend John Leguizamo for their new movie, “The Take,” was “very awkward.” “This is not my first time working with John, we are friends, I’ve known him very long. … It was very easy working with …

ANKARA, Turkey – Predominantly Muslim Turkey’s integration into Europe would offer “a powerful alternative” to radical Islam throughout the world, EU chief Jose Manuel Barroso said Thursday. Barroso, on the first day of a three-day visit to this country vying for EU membership, said however the country must strengthen democracy …

COVENTRY, Conn. – A man accused of shooting his pregnant girlfriend in front of their two children told police the gun went off accidentally during an argument, according to a police report released Tuesday. Police responded to the Bidwell Tavern parking lot in Coventry on Monday afternoon on a report …