BAGHDAD – A senior Al Qaeda (search) leader was killed during a series of Coalition raids in western Iraq on Oct. 15, the U.S. military says. According to a press statement released by the Coalition Press Information Center in Baghdad, Sa’ad Ali Firas Muntar al Dulaymi (aka Abu Abdullah) was …

The antiviral drug being hurriedly stockpiled by governments worldwide may not be reliable protection against bird flu, a U.S. preparedness official warned Tuesday. Experts have long said that Tamiflu is not a cure for bird flu, but the drug could help slow the severity or spread of the disease in …

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Patty Wetterling (search), whose highly publicized search for her missing son helped lead to strengthening of child protection laws, is running for the U.S. Senate. “My campaign is about reminding all of us that faith, possibility and hope are always there, even if sometimes we have …

BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombia’s navy on Tuesday seized $188 million worth of cocaine, believed to have belonged to rebels, that was hidden in underground chambers next to a river deep in southwestern jungles. Navy intelligence learned of the cocaine’s location after intercepting a radio transmission between alleged members of the …

NEW YORK – Ashlee Simpson (search) sang — really, she did — without incident on “Saturday Night Live” (search) in her return to the scene of last year’s lip-synch fiasco. “I wrote this song after my last `Saturday Night Live” appearance,” she said, introducing the mournful “Catch Me When I …

NEW YORK – Madonna (search) is worried that her secret wasn’t juicy enough. When her new documentary, “I’m Going to Tell You A Secret (search),” premiered in New York, she said she was nervous the audience wouldn’t like it. “It was like, ‘Oh my God, oh my God, I hope …

NEW ORLEANS – More than a dozen dead dogs — many of them shot to death — were found in two schools in St. Bernard Parish (search), officials said Friday. Parish spokesman Steve Cannizaro (search) said officers found about 10 dogs shot at a building most recently used as a …

NEW YORK – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said its fast-growing use of radio-transmitting inventory tags has helped boost sales by keeping shelves better stocked with key merchandise. The use of RFID, or radio-frequency identification tags (search), has reduced out-of-stock merchandise by 16 percent at the company’s stores that have begun to …

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. – The owner of the boat that capsized on Lake George (search), killing 20 elderly tourists, could face a fine as low as $25 for failing to have enough crew members on board, police said Tuesday. As divers searched for evidence and the victims’ belongings, State Police …

WASHINGTON – Four in 10 residents of New Orleans (search) who sought Red Cross (search) help after Hurricane Katrina (search) say they don’t expect to return home — an exodus that could dramatically change that city, a poll of those hurricane survivors found. Blacks were twice as likely as whites …