The bodies of the mother and her daughters, ages 15 and 7, were found bound with cords Friday night, after a friend became concerned when the woman didn't show up for work at a daycare center.

The human resources website said employers seldom question the reason for the absence but 31 percent reported they have checked up on an employee who called in sick. Some 18 percent of the employers fired a worker for absenting without

Rear Adm. Mason K. Brown, 14th Coast Guard District commander, awarded the medal to Dacuag at a formal ceremony in the agency's headquarters in Honolulu. Dacuag, the 713th recipient of the award in the Coast Guard's history, said that he

Moyer claimed that Bennison committed fraud when the latter removed him from priesthood in 2002. The bishop, on the other hand, claimed that Moyer refused to recognize his authority.

Popular KATV-TV anchorwoman Anne Pressly, 26, was found inside her home early Monday apparently the victim of a burglary, her purse was missing.

The cheerleaders were returning from a football game when the sport utility vehicle they were riding in hydroplaned out of control on a curve, crashed into an oncoming car, then flipped and caught fire.

Bush signed the protocols at a White House ceremony in Washington on Friday with NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.

Hudson's sister, Julia Balfour, issued the appeal for the safe return of her son Julian King on Saturday.

Clinton is seen to gather the numbers needed for Obama in Florida as Orlando supported his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), during the party's primaries. The Clintons set aside hostilities from the heated primary contest after Obama's nomination during the

Church president Jim Coleman made the announcement Saturday. He read Schuller's statement to some 450 congregants saying that the son, Robert Jr., has "different ideas as to the direction and the vision for this ministry."

WASHINGTON, (AFP) - The Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut key interest rates further at its upcoming two-day meeting, hoping to offer a psychological boost to panic-stricken financial markets, analysts say.

CHICAGO (AFP) - Julia Hudson, the older sister of "Dreamgirls" star Jennifer Hudson, has pleaded for the return of her missing son after two members of her family were gunned down at their Chicago home.

PARIS (AFP) - US economic figures and a string of company results out next week could push panic-stricken traders to drag the world's economies closer to recession, financial analysts said Sunday.

DAMASCUS (AFP) - American helicopter-borne troops launched an assault on Sunday on a building in a Syrian border village with Iraq, killing eight civilians, official Syrian media reported.

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni called for snap elections on Sunday after failing to form a new government, dashing faint hopes of reaching a peace deal with the Palestinians in 2008.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AFP) - Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Sunday brushed off opinion polls indicating he is set to lose against Barack Obama, insisting that his bid for the White House is still afloat.

KINSHASA (AFP) - Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo were reported Sunday to have seized a national park in the east of the country that is home to more than a quarter of the world's surviving mountain gorillas.

Beginning at the Republican National Convention in August, the McCain-Palin ticket has touted the pipeline as an example of how it would help the United States achieve energy independence.

Speaking at a 43-nation Asia-Europe Meeting summit, Wen Jiabao said the milk scandal will spur the introduction of China's first major food safety law and China's food exports will meet international standards.

The announcement comes as doubts have surfaced over whether Ahmadinejad, who faces strong criticism from opponents, will seek re-election next year.