JERUSALEM – French President Nicolas Sarkozy has told Israel’s parliament that a nuclear-armed Iran is “unacceptable” to his country. Israel has repeatedly warned that it believes Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. In Monday’s address, Sarkozy said Israel is not alone. He said the entire European Union is concerned about Iran’s …

MONTCLAIR, New Jersey – A man shot and killed a woman in front of their 11-year-old daughter inside a YMCA recreation center while a swimming class for preschoolers was going on nearby, officials said. Authorities said Monica Paul, 31, argued with the suspect, Kenneth A. Duckett, 37, before he allegedly …

ROME – An Italian suspect in the slaying of a British student received his university degree Saturday in a Perugia prison where he and his American former girlfriend have been held for three months. Raffaele Sollecito was awarded a degree in computer sciences after defending his thesis on genetic programming …

Tornadoes have been blamed for five deaths in Arkansas and for looting at a mall in Memphis, as parts of the South were hit by severe storms Tuesday. About a half million dollars in merchandise has been stolen from Hickory Ridge Mall in Memphis that was hit by a possible …

The growing use by terrorist groups of women — some disguised as expectant moms — to deliver deadly homicide bombs has prompted the Department of Homeland Security and FBI to issue a rare warning that such attacks could take place on American soil. The joint security assessment cited recent female …

WASHINGTON – The Marine Corps has asked the Pentagon’s inspector general to examine allegations that a nearly two-year delay in the fielding of blast-resistant vehicles led to hundreds of combat casualties in Iraq. The system for rapidly fielding needed gear to troops on the front lines has been examined by …

BAGHDAD – Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced Friday that he has extended a cease-fire order to his Shiite Mahdi Army by another six months, giving Iraq a chance to continue its fragile recovery from brutal sectarian violence. His message was delivered by Shiite clerics during prayer services in mosques dominated …

WAHPETON, N.D. – A sunflower seed company says it has shipped nearly 6,000 bags of its salty snacks to USA Network to try to save a science fiction show. And the actor whose seed-spitting character inspired the campaign is loving every minute of it. Fans of “The 4400” asked Wahpeton-based …

Masked thieves drilled a tunnel and broke into a jewelry showroom as employees were preparing for a VIP showing, making off with gold, diamonds and rubies in a brazen daylight heist, the jeweler said. The bags of jewels stolen Sunday from Damiani — maker of the diamond bracelet that graced …

WINDER, Ga. – Four black former employees of a north Georgia restaurant say they were unfairly strip searched by white managers and that three of them were fired after they complained. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit on their behalf, seeking back wages plus interest. The federal …