3 hours ago - By Foster Klug, Associated Press Writer
The United States on Friday pushed for an immediate cease-fire in a fast-unfolding conflict between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia.

10 hours ago - By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press Writer
They're not exactly rooting for Barack Obama, but prominent white supremacists anticipate a boost to their cause if he becomes the first black president. His election, they say, would trigger a backlash — whites rising up, a revolution of sorts — that they think is long overdue.

10 hours ago - By Pamela Hess, Associated Press Writers
Top Bush administration officials are pressing the president to direct U.S. troops in Afghanistan to be more aggressive in pursuing militants into Pakistan on foot as part of a proposed radical shift in regional counterterrorism strategy, The Associated Press has learned.

9 hours ago - By Beth Fouhy, Associated Press Writer
John McCain's efforts to define Barack Obama have been well cataloged in recent days, from the substantive (calling Obama a tax raiser slow to offer an energy plan) to the silly (comparing the Illinois senator to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.)
15 hours ago - By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Writer
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has endorsed a new five-year, $17 billion plan to increase the size of the Afghan army by about 50,000 troops.

22 hours ago - By Curt Anderson, AP Legal Affairs Writer
A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court Thursday on charges he threatened to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
19 hours ago - By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Writer
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt attempted to ease concerns Thursday that the Bush administration is planning to issue new rules that would limit women's access to birth control.
20 hours ago - By David Dishneau, Associated Press Writers
Computers seized last week from a Frederick, Md., library may hold clues about the 2001 anthrax letters and the Army scientist accused of mailing them, the FBI said Thursday.
20 hours ago - By The Associated Press
The following recalls have been announced:
21 hours ago - By Beth Rucker, Associated Press Writer
Being linked to "big oil" turned into a big problem for Tennessee Republican freshman Rep. David Davis, who became the first congressman from that state to lose in a primary in more than four decades.
22 hours ago - By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Writer
A federal judge ruled Thursday that American Indian plaintiffs are entitled to $455 million in a long-running trust case, a fraction of the $47 billion they wanted.

22 hours ago - By Pete Yost, Associated Press Writer
John McCain's campaign said Thursday it is returning $50,000 in contributions solicited by a foreign citizen. The move follows the disclosure that the money was being raised by a Jordanian man who is a business partner of prominent Florida Republican Harry Sargeant III, who has collected hundreds of thousands of dollars for McCain.

Aug 7 - By Dina Cappiello, Associated Press Writer
Two years ago with fanfare, President Bush declared a remote chain of Hawaiian islands the biggest, most environmentally protected area of ocean in the world.
Aug 7 - By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press Writer
Planning appeals, White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers asked a judge on Thursday to delay enforcement of his ruling that they must testify before Congress.

Aug 7 - By Associated Press
Pancakes to go?

Aug 7 - By Beth Fouhy, Associated Press Writer
Republican John McCain called Thursday for a federal investigation into plans by the DHL shipping company that could cost 10,000 jobs here, as he and his campaign manager took criticism for helping DHL complete a key corporate merger in 2003.

Aug 7 - By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press Writer
Among the many details that have emerged about Bruce Ivins, a deeply troubled Army scientist suspected in the anthrax attacks in 2001, few are as strange as his apparent obsession with the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.