A suicide car bomber targeting a NATO convoy killed eight civilians and wounded 22 others Thursday in southern Afghanistan, an official said.

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors has changed its mind about allowing a paranormal team to look for ghosts at a one-time mental asylum.

Party on, Mike Myers. The star of the "Wayne's World," "Austin Powers" and "Shrek" films will host the 2008 MTV Movie Awards.

A dethroned Miss Nevada USA agreed Wednesday to pay fines for five misdemeanor traffic violations in exchange for prosecutors dropping a charge of resisting arrest.

UCLA coach Ben Howland says All-American Kevin Love and teammate Darren Collison have not yet decided whether they will make themselves available for the NBA draft.

A retired police officer who screamed obscenities at a train passenger who was talking on a cell phone and who hit the hand of another passenger who intervened was acquitted Tuesday of misdemeanor charges stemming from the confrontation.

Cedella Booker, the mother of Jamaican music legend Bob Marley, has died, a family spokesman said Wednesday. She was 81. Booker died in her sleep Tuesday night at her home in Miami, apparently from natural causes, spokesman Jerome Hamilton said.

Court documents say teenage girls were required to have sex in the soaring white temple after they were married at a polygamist compound.

Barack Obama is joining Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in calling for President George W. Bush to boycott the opening ceremonies for the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Officials said President George W. Bush will announce that Army units heading to war after Aug. 1 will serve 12-month tours rather than the 15 months that soldiers are currently deployed.

The carrier has canceled more than 900 additional flights to inspect and fix faulty wiring in hundreds of its jets.

The Fish and Wildlife Service is asking for volunteers to help clean up the Mississippi flood plain after last August's flash floods.

The movement of cattle and bison from Minnesota to other states will be restricted to prevent the spread of bovine TB, but restrictions may only affect northwestern Minnesota.

Two legislature-sponsored studies show that a warming, drying climate would threaten the ability of peat bogs to store carbon and that Minnesota's geology is not appropriate for storing carbon dioxide underground.

Northeastern Minnesota and northernWisconsin are bracing for another spring storm that could bring afoot or more of new snow by Friday night.

The final report of the Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group isn't even out yet, but it's already coming under fire.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking the public to help clean up the flood plain from last year's flash floods.

The Minnesota Department of Health is seekinga $10,000 fine against the Minneapolis Golf Club, after its investigation of the swimming pool accident that led to the death of 6-year-old Abigail Taylor found numerous safety problems in the pool.