Sen. Kennedy recovering in hospital after seizure
BOSTON (AP) -- Out of immediate danger, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy remained hospitalized as doctors worked to determine what caused one of the nation's best-known senators to suffer a seizure in his Cape Cod home....
Police: Gunman wounds 3 outside California church
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said....
Bus overturns in Calif. desert, 1 dead, 22 hurt
LUDLOW, Calif. (AP) -- A casino trip turned deadly when a charter bus overturned on a Mojave Desert freeway, killing a woman and injuring 22 others....
3 NIU shooting victims to get posthumous degrees
DEKALB, Ill. (AP) -- Hundreds of students ran screaming from the lecture hall three months ago to escape a gunman who had opened fire inside. On Saturday, while much of the rest of the campus celebrated graduation, a somber Laurel Dubowski stood outside the building's glass doors....
Train derailment, acid leak forces La. evacuation
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -- Six cars of a freight train derailed Saturday, causing a hydrochloric acid leak that forced thousands of people to leave homes, businesses and a nursing home within one mile of the wreck....
Search for China earthquake survivors bleak
BEICHUAN, China (AP) -- The search for survivors in the rubble of China's powerful earthquake grew bleak Sunday, with rescuers in some areas no longer listening for trapped victims....
Aid agency: Starvation possible for Myanmar's kids
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Thousands of children who survived Myanmar's cyclone will starve to death in two to three weeks unless food is rushed to them, an aid agency warned Sunday....
Bush urges Mideast leaders to advance democracy
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) -- Israel got glowing praise from President Bush earlier this week. On Sunday, the Arab world got a stern lecture, on the need to spread freedoms and isolate state sponsors of terror that he said are holding the region back....
Talks between feuding Lebanese bog down
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Feuding Lebanese factions meeting in Qatar for high-level talks in the country's 18-month political crisis are trading accusations....
Religious hardliners gain in Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY (AP) -- Kuwait's parliamentary elections showed strong gains for Muslim hardliners, official results found Sunday, but women candidates failed to win a single seat....
CDC: Syringe reuse linked to hepatitis C outbreak
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A hepatitis C outbreak was caused by workers improperly reusing syringes and medicine vials at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health officials said Friday....
Survival of quake victims depends on many factors
NEW YORK (AP) -- A nurse survived eight days in the wreckage of a Turkish hospital destroyed by an earthquake in 1992. A newborn was rescued after more than a week in the rubble of Mexico City's 1985 quake. Now, in China, rescuers are pulling out victims days after they were buried by a powerful earthquake....
FDA stresses birth defect risks with Roche drug
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Health regulators warned again Friday that Roche and Novartis drugs prescribed to organ transplant patients can cause miscarriages and birth defects when used by pregnant women....
Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer, study finds
Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found - adding to evidence the "sunshine vitamin" has anti-cancer benefits. The results are sure to renew arguments about whether a little more sunshine is a good thing....
More cancer patients having whole breast removed
A growing number of women with early stage breast cancer seem to be choosing to have the whole breast removed instead of just the cancerous lump, doctors are reporting....
