A solemn marker outside the Pentagon conveys a simple message: "We will never forget." True words, judging by the lines of people _ from all corners of the country, even the globe _ who took time on a sun-splashed weekend

The USS Texas, the Navy's newest attack submarine, was commissioned at the Port of Galveston Saturday as first lady Laura Bush gave the traditional command: "Man your ship and bring it to life!" The submarine's commanding officer, Capt. John Litherland,

A Manhattan firehouse glistened with a fresh coat of red paint on Saturday, memorial quilts were put on display, and an enormous American flag billowed from the George Washington Bridge, all parts of the preparations for the approaching fifth anniversary

Politicians called for calm on Saturday, a day after coordinated bombings killed dozens of Muslim worshippers and sparked renewed fears of violence across India's fragile religious divides. Thousands of police and paramilitary soldiers have swept into the streets of the

American journalist Paul Salopek was released Saturday from a prison in the war-torn Darfur region where he was held for more than a month on espionage charges. A judge in the North Darfur capital of el-Fasher released the Chicago Tribune

Italy's prime minister said Saturday that Syrian President Bashar Assad has agreed to the deployment of European Union personnel along Lebanon's border with Syria. Syria's official news agency denied news reports that the EU personnel under discussion would be border

NATO and Afghan forces killed more than 40 militants Saturday on the fifth anniversary of the death of a legendary mujahedeen commander killed by al-Qaida days before the Sept. 11 attacks. The insurgents were killed in Kandahar province's Panjwayi district

A woman who spent 29 years as a teacher and counselor at the city high school has left $1.3 million to the school district. Edna Diehl left the money when she died at age 88 in July. The Davison Educational

A former fugitive suspected of fatally shooting a state trooper and wounding two others made his first court appearances Saturday, a day after surrendering in a field over the Pennsylvania state line following a five-month manhunt. Ralph "Bucky" Phillips, who

A woman who won $1 million from a state lottery game four years ago has improbably hit the jackpot again. Valerie Wilson, who works at a Long Island deli, said she won another $1 million on a lottery scratch-off game

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Barry Bonds is certainly making a case for the San Francisco Giants to keep him around past this season. Bonds hit his 731st career home run, Mark Sweeney drove in Ray Durham with a fielder's choice

Brady Quinn threw three touchdowns and the Notre Dame offense returned to fantastic form in a 41-17 victory over No. 19 Penn State on Saturday. The defense and special teams chipped in, too, for the fourth-ranked Fighting Irish (2-0), who

Bermuda's residents stock up as officials warn that approaching storm Florence could become a hurricane.

A national strike by hundreds of thousands of civil service workers is likely to go ahead, a union is to warn.

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, continuing a nostalgic visit to the German city where he served as archbishop, on Sunday celebrates an outdoor mass expected to draw hundreds of thousands of people.

The Falcons came back from 16 points down at home to Worcester to win 20-19 with a last-play try from Dutch debutant Tim Visser.Visser replaced the injured Jonny Wilkinson in the second half, and he and Joe Shaw inspired the

The Senate is expected to this week take up President Bush's proposal limiting the punishable offenses that CIA interrogators may face when questioning "high-value" terrorist suspects. [!]

Last time this year, the Phoenix Coyotes watched as Keith Ballard, Zbynek Michalek, Fredrick Sjostrom and David LeNeveu , all prospects, made the team out of training camp. Of the three, only LeNeveu was returned to San Antonio in order

Ralph Bucky Phillips , a long-time New York fugitive, has been caught. He was arrested on Friday in Warren County, Pennsylvania at about 8:15 pm ET . He was unarmed and unhurt when he surrendered. The police had cornered him

DimeVision - Vol 1: That's The Fun I Have", the recently released DVD tribute to late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, has been officially certified gold in Canada, according to an online posting by Darrell's brother Vinnie Paul Abbott, whose