Sep 26 - By Associated Press
Police say a bank teller in Long Island, New York, had a simple question for a would-be robber: Are you serious? The skeptical teller's question was apparently enough to spook the female suspect, who fled the Roslyn Savings Bank in Centereach late Thursday afternoon without a dime.
Nov 21 - By Salah Nasrawi, Associated Press Writer
Arab countries are warming — slightly — to next week's U.S.-brokered Mideast peace conference despite worries about being pressured to make too many concessions.
Dec 6 - By Will Weissert, Associated Press Writer
American troops in one of the most dangerous corners of Iraq welcomed plans for change Wednesday as the Pentagon prepared for a new chief and a bipartisan commission urged a new war strategy. But many of the soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment were skeptical they'll be going home anytime soon, despite a high-level U.S. panel's recommendation that most combat troops leave Iraq by early 2008.