Will Smith's box-office superpowers prove formidable again with a $66 million opener for his superhero "Hancock" this weekend.

An Oregon man touches down in a pasture in Cambridge, Idaho, some 235 miles from where he lifted off -- in a lawn chair.

It was a high-flying 62nd birthday Sunday for President George W. Bush.

Officials in Pakistan say at least 15 people were killed in Islamabad when a suicide attacker detonated explosives near a police station.

Tropical Storm Bertha is approaching warmer waters and is likely to strengthen during the next couple of days.

Firefighters battling hundreds of blazes in California are stretched thin, but they are getting help from the weather.

A state news agency says 21 workers are dead after an accident at a coal mine in northern China.

Police say former Chargers safety Terrence Kiel has died in a car accident.

The government says the record outbreak has now sickened 943 people, putting at least 130 in hospitals.

Crews have planned an aggressive air attack on a wildfire threatening thousands of homes in California.

The second storm of the Atlantic Hurricane season big enough to rate a name is barreling across the ocean.

The funeral for former Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina is planned for Tuesday in Raleigh.

Former Sen. Jesse Helms has died, the Jesse Helms research center says.

Michael Phelps chalks up another world record on Independence Day during the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.

Protestors at a Fourth of July ceremony for new citizens cry for President George W. Bush's impeachment.

In an effort to cut energy use, Utah will become the first state to switch to a four-day workweek for thousands of government employees.

The federal government has issued a voluntary recall of two styles of children's beds after the death of a 22-month-old California boy.

After insisting for the months the unit would come home on time, the Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan.

Police say a father in suburban Chicago has admitted to locking his two young daughters in a cage in his pickup truck.

An internal State Department investigation suggests that employees may have been snooping on the passport records of celebrities far more than previously disclosed.