INDIANAPOLIS - Arleen East started the year in a rut overweight, sedentary and plagued by bouts of depression only deepened by her unflattering extra bulk. Since those dark days of winter, the 47-year-old single mother has dropped 16 pounds from her 5-foot-7 frame. She's down to 192 and is pressing ahead with her goal to slim down to 145.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Coal, the dominant fuel for electric power in the US, China and elsewhere, faces an uncertain future amid growing concerns about global warming and a race for new ways to curb emissions.
KABUL, Afghanistan - A car bomb exploded near a three-vehicle U.S. Embassy convoy on a busy road in Kabul on Monday, wounding several people, one seriously, officials said.
RANCHI, India (AFP) - Furious Indian cricket fans stormed the home of national wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to protest a five-wicket rout by Bangladesh in their opening World Cup match, police said.
INDIANAPOLIS - Arleen East started the year in a rut overweight, sedentary and plagued by bouts of depression only deepened by her unflattering extra bulk. Since those dark days of winter, the 47-year-old single mother has dropped 16 pounds from her 5-foot-7 frame. She's down to 192 and is pressing ahead with her goal to slim down to 145.
PHILADELPHIA - With the skies and runways clear, US Airways struggled to accommodate a backlog of weary travelers stranded at Philadelphia International Airport days after a paralyzing ice storm struck the Northeast.
FRANKFURT, Germany - It may trail the historic impact of Charles Lindbergh's 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic, but the Spirit of St. Louis did not have a wingspan wider than a football field or space for more than 500 passengers.
SYDNEY (AFP) - Tens of thousands of Australians thronged the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday, to mark the 75th birthday of the iconic landmark which has come to represent the city to millions around the world.
A research firm has reported that Nintendo sold as many Wii game consoles in February as both of its rivals put together. The NPD Group's latest report found that Nintendo sold 355,000 units during the month, with Microsoft selling 228,000 of its Xbox 360 units, and Sony coming in third place with just 127,000 of its PlayStation 3 consoles.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A mix of mud, acidic water and rocks tore down the slope of a volcano in New Zealand on Sunday, bursting through a 23-foot wall of volcanic ash and sand built up in an eruption 12 years ago.
WASHINGTON - When climate scientist Andrew Weaver considers the idea of tinkering with Earth's air, water or sunlight to fight global warming, he remembers the lessons of a favorite children's book.
INDIANAPOLIS - Arleen East started the year in a rut overweight, sedentary and plagued by bouts of depression only deepened by her unflattering extra bulk. Since those dark days of winter, the 47-year-old single mother has dropped 16 pounds from her 5-foot-7 frame. She's down to 192 and is pressing ahead with her goal to slim down to 145.
CHILTON, Wis. - Lawyers for a man who spent 18 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit say he has been wrongly convicted for a second time, this time in the murder of a photographer whose charred bones were found in a burn pit outside his home.
FRANKFURT, Germany - It may trail the historic impact of Charles Lindbergh's 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic, but the Spirit of St. Louis did not have a wingspan wider than a football field or space for more than 500 passengers.
KABUL, Afghanistan - A car bomb exploded near a three-vehicle U.S. Embassy convoy on a busy road in Kabul on Monday, wounding several people, one seriously, officials said.
LONDON (AFP) - Prince Charles and his wife Camilla are to become grandparents as the Duchess of Cornwall's son and his wife are expecting a baby, according to the Mail on Sunday.
LONDON - Fewer than one in five Iraqis has confidence in U.S.-led coalition troops and they are evenly split on whether they have confidence in Iraq's government, according to a poll published Monday.
WASHINGTON - Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee say the Bush administration needs to be more straightforward about the White House's role in the dismissals of eight federal prosecutors.
HAVANA - Laura Garcia doesn't have a car, and the change in her pocket won't cover the 15-cent bus fare. But standing by a crumbling overpass, sweating in her shorts, sunglasses and skimpy top, the 18-year-old says a free ride is only an outstretched thumb away.
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday staunchly defended going to war in Iraq, but acknowledged the Bush administration likely erred by failing initially to send enough troops to quell the civil strife that followed the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
MILWAUKEE - Dilip Kotecha figured his working days were over when he retired from the food-manufacturing industry. But after an unused patent for instant yogurt landed in his lap, he couldn't resist turning the dormant technology into a business.
RALEIGH, N.C. - Davidson College announced Monday it will do away with loans when awarding need-based financial aid, a move school officials said would allow students to graduate debt-free.
MEXICO CITY - The daughter of a retired Mexican general and her husband were shot to death in a wealthy Mexico City neighborhood, raising fears the army is being targeted for attacks because of its broadening role in law enforcement, police said.
SABAYOI, Thailand - Suspected Muslim separatists shot and killed three Buddhist women involved with a project for victims of Thailand's insurgency Monday, just two days after three Muslim children were killed in an attack on a boarding school.
WASHINGTON - An Army contract to privatize maintenance at Walter Reed Medical Center was delayed more than three years amid bureaucratic bickering and legal squabbles that led to staff shortages and a hospital in disarray just as the number of severely wounded soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan was rising rapidly.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Police found the decapitated and bound bodies of nine policemen in an al Qaeda stronghold in Iraq on Sunday, as U.S. commanders blamed the militant group for chlorine gas bombs that poisoned hundreds in the same province.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dr. Carla Pugh seems an unlikely patron of porn shops.
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Many Pakistani archaeological sites from its thousands of years of rich history are crumbling away as officials tussle over who should look after them.
HANOVER, Germany (AFP) - As television sets grow to mammoth proportions and computers gobble energy at work and at home, the consumer electronics industry is slowly coming around to the idea of ecology to stay competitive.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court considers on Monday its first major dispute on student free-speech rights in nearly 20 years, a case about the power of school authorities to censor what they viewed as a pro-drug message at a school-sponsored event.
CHICAGO - Lon Kruger was beaming. Happy as a coach, proud as a dad. Thanks to a shooting surge by his son Kevin, the UNLV Runnin' Rebels rallied for the school's biggest win since the 1991 team made the Final Four.
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