;WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House and the CIA on Tuesday adamantly denied a report that the Bush administration concocted a fake letter purporting to show a link between Saddam Hussein's regime and al-Qaida...

.LOS ANGELES (AP) - The strongest earthquake to strike a populated area of Southern California in more than a decade rattled windows and chandeliers, made buildings sway and sent people running into the...

.GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) _ A huge blast rocked a training base run by the Islamic militant Hamas in southern Gaza late Tuesday, injuring at least five members of the group, witnesses and a health official...

.WASHINGTON (AP) - As speculation swirls, Barack Obama and John McCain are knuckling down to the work of choosing running mates with their nominating conventions just weeks away. Current and former governors...

.WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Ted Stevens, the nation's longest-serving Republican senator and a major figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, was indicted Tuesday on seven felony counts of concealing...

.CHICAGO (AP) _ Tuberculosis cases continue to fall in the United States, but some immigrants have disturbingly high rates of the disease, according to a study released Tuesday that called for more aggressive...