Police chiefs ordered binmen to act as spies by sifting through rubbish to look for pamphlets produced by Islamic terror groups. Town halls responsible for areas with large Muslim populations were summoned to London and told to get their refuse

A study concludes that bear spray works a great majority of the time in warding off bear attacks.

A man suspected of engaging in a road rage incident in Tempe accidentally shot himself while driving near 14th Street and Mill Avenue Friday night.

The sun is shining, the fields are clear, and the sheep - a jittery trio of fluff - are just getting comfortable.

Montana wildlife officials hoping to strengthen the state's sensitive population of white-tailed prairie dogs want to obtain some of the squirrel-like rodents from Wyoming, which has a lot more of them.

Happy is he who says: I am a Turk.'''

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Baghdad Sunday ahead of a summit with Iraq's neighbors in Kuwait, the state department said.

The U.S. military in Afghanistan wants more operational authority in Pakistan, but the new Pakistani government fears militant reprisals, sources say.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has stood up to the White House on several issues, but a key test comes in the pending war funding measure, lawmakers say.

U.S. President George Bush said he held to his position that North Korea needs to disclose its entire nuclear program at a meeting with South Korea's president.

A 52-year-old mother and her 24-year-old son are both being deployed to Iraq with the Massachusetts National Guard, a military official says.

Clashes between U.S. troops and the Mehdi Army killed at least seven Shiite militants in the Sadr City suburb of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Sunday.

That's how how far and how long it took the Siberian husky, Moon, to find her way home to Ely from Railroad Valley .

Eight former Guantanamo detainees plan to sue the British security services, claiming that MI5 and MI6 assisted in their illegal abduction.

Thousands of Chinese-Americans rallied in Los Angeles Saturday, calling on CNN to fire commentator Jack Cafferty.

The flood of cash sent by immigrants in the United States to relatives in Mexico has dried up because of the economic slump and crackdown on illegal immigrants.