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Delays sour fliers as new Heathrow terminal opens

Published March 28, 2008

>LONDON (AP) - Opening day at Heathrow Airport's grand new Terminal 5 turned sour Thursday as severe baggage handling delays led to numerous flight cancellations, stranding many irate passengers. What...

Root, root, root for your fantasy baseball team

Published March 27, 2008

Major League Baseball fans can create winning teams using the players of their choice for the season.

Clean water shortages cause global concern

Published March 26, 2008

One billion people throughout the world don't have clean water, a number that is expected to rise in the future.

Clash leaves 1 dead, others injured

Published March 25, 2008

;BEIJING (AP) - Clashes between rioters and authorities in China's western Sichuan province left one policeman dead and "several others" injured Monday, state media said, casting doubt on assurances by...

Former U president to lead University of California system

Published March 25, 2008

Despite being called "directionally challenged" by some of his peers, former University President Mark Yudof seems to know where he's headed next: west. A search committee recommended Yudof, 63, to succeed...

Egyptian government scrambles to ease shortages

Published March 25, 2008

.CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Clashes have been breaking out among Egyptians waiting in long lines for subsidized bread, and the president has ordered the army to start baking more to contain a political crisis. The...

Vice presidential candidates debated

Published March 25, 2008

Walter Mondale joined other scholars for a debate about possible running mates for both parties.

Arms race with criminals has police toting big guns

Published March 24, 2008

The heavy-duty rifles are used as a response to police officers being outgunned.

Iraq violence kills at least 57 as extremists pound Green Zone

Published March 24, 2008

>BAGHDAD (AP) - Rockets and mortars pounded Baghdad's U.S.-protected Green Zone on Sunday and a suicide car bomber struck an Iraqi army post in the northern city of Mosul in a surge of attacks that...