A Turning Tide?

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Karzai fears backlash after deadly U.S. attack

U.S. troops killed 14 security guards after an encounter in eastern Afghanistan, and the Afghan president said he feared the deaths would only discredit his government in the eyes of Afghans.

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Traffic cop spots suspect driving his truck

A police officer directing traffic outside of a concert in suburban Dallas noticed a familiar-looking truck driving by - his own. The startling sight led to the arrest of James Matthew Herring, police said.

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College tuition up 6.4 percent on average

Amid the economic turmoil, students and their families are getting little relief from rising college costs, which jumped 6.4 percent this fall, according to new figures out Wednesday.

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Iraq denounces U.S. raid on Syria

Iraq's government denounced on Tuesday a U.S. air strike on a Syrian border village in an unexpected rebuke of Washington.

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Britons jailed, fined for sex on Dubai beach

A Dubai judge on Thursday ordered a British couple jailed for three months for engaging in sex on a public beach this summer.

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Judge sentences rap fan to Bach, Beethoven

A defendant had a hard time facing the music.

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Big audience for Biden-Palin debate

Who's running for president, anyway? Far more people watched Thursday's vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin on television than watched the first presidential debate.

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Iraqi police: Bombs kill 24 near Shiite mosques

Suicide bombers targeted Shiite worshippers as they left morning prayers Thursday at two Baghdad mosques, killing 24 people and wounding more than 50 others, police said.

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Ex-fianc� to missing tot's mom: 'Tell the truth'

Casey Anthony's former fiance appealed to the mother of missing Orlando toddler Caylee Anthony to tell the truth about what happened to her daughter. "Casey, tell the truth. This isn't about you anymore," Jesse Grund said.

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Palin facing voters who doubt her readiness

A new poll finds just 25 percent of likely voters believe Palin has the right experience to be president. That's down from 41 percent just after her debut at the GOP convention.

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Trial of ex-FBI agent charged in mob hit starts

Former FBI agent John Connolly made a corrupt career out of protecting Boston mobsters, including passing along critical information leading to the 1982 slaying of a gambling executive, a prosecutor said as Connolly's murder trial opened Monday.

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Senators concerned about new FBI rules

Proposed rules to help the FBI catch terrorists could lead to innocent Americans being spied upon by government agents "all without any basis for suspicion," a group of Democratic senators said.

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Ex-President Clinton to fight AIDS in US

Former President Bill Clinton said Monday that his foundation is going to focus its efforts on fighting AIDS in the United States, especially among blacks.

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Texas school to enforce strict dress code

Violating Gonzales High School's dress code is not a crime, but some of the offenders are about to start looking a lot like convicts.

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United ties pilots' actions to canceled flights

United Airlines is asking a federal judge to stop four of its pilots and the Air Line Pilots Association from what the airline says are unlawful job actions.

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Chilean mother kills daughter over homework

A Chilean woman beat her daughter to death after she refused to do her homework, police said on Tuesday.

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No Charges Filed In Case Of Patient Left To Die In ER

Los Angeles County prosecutors will not file criminal charges in connection with the May 2007 death of a woman who was ignored as she screamed in pain on an emergency room floor at Martin Luther King-Harbor Hospital.

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Politicians find ways to play on racial fears

A GOP candidate runs ads trying to tie his Democratic rival with Barack Obama's former pastor. Democrats distribute fliers accusing him of wanting a statue to honor the founder of the Ku Klux Klan.

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Trump lashes out at Anne Hathaway

"She hasn't remained very loyal to him, has she?" Trump told "Access Hollywood's" Billy Bush. "So when he had plenty of money, she liked him, but then after that, not as good, right?"

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