VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia – Teenagers in black T-shirts bearing the words “Anti-Terror” lined up Friday at the burned-out shell of School No. 1 to remember the 333 people, more than half of them classmates, who were killed in Russia’s worst terrorist attack. Sobs echoed through the ravaged husk of the red-brick …

UNITED NATIONS – Iraq’s president said Friday the government will not talk about a timetable for withdrawing U.S.-led forces until the Iraqi armed forces are capable of ending terrorism and maintaining security. President Jalal Talabani told the U.N. General Assembly that terrorist operations are not only killing innocent people and …

SAUK VILLAGE, Illinois – A 14-year-old girl accused of suffocating her newborn daughter and leaving the infant’s body in a trash can was charged with murder. The teenager was also charged Friday with concealment of a homicide, said Thomas Mountford, deputy police chief of the Sauk Village Police Department. The …

A nail in the casket is hardly the end for some stars. Instead, their work, as well as their iconic images, continues to appeal to fans who remember them, and to those born long after they died. The 13 icons on our sixth annual Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list collectively earned …

BOSTON – On the surface, it would appear a foregone conclusion. Health-care costs will eat up most if not all current and future retirees’ nest eggs. Consider, for instance, that a 65-year-old couple retiring today will spend an estimated $200,000 if not more on health-care bills in retirement. Meanwhile, the …

SEOUL, South Korea – A U.S. military plane capable of detecting radiation was deployed over the Korean Peninsula amid concerns over a threatened nuclear test by North Korea, a U.S. official said Thursday. The Kyodo News agency reported that the atmosphere detection plane — a WC-135W Constant Phoenix — took …

SAO PAULO, Brazil – President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a second term in a landslide victory Sunday with Brazilians rewarding their first working class leader after he helped ease grinding poverty while improving the economy of Latin America‘s largest country. With 94 percent of the votes counted, President …

WASHINGTON – The number of U.S. workers lining up for jobless benefits unexpectedly fell by 10,000 last week, the government said on Thursday in a report underscoring a relatively stable job market. The Labor Department said a seasonally adjusted 299,000 workers filed new claims for state unemployment insurance benefits in …

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Scientists at the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry are developing a way to add wood fiber to plastic to make it stronger. The process focuses on extracting nanocrystals of cellulose out of woody materials, like trees and willow shrubs, and mixing …

BEIJING – The price of Internet satire in China is going up. A major city is threatening to fine Web surfers up to $625 for online defamation amid a surge in short satirical Internet films, a news report said Monday. The new rules enacted in Chongqing, a major industrial city …