SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt can’t seem to get enough of this tourist-friendly Central American nation. After spending Christmas Day here with Colombian refugees, the Hollywood couple plan to ring in 2007 at the exclusive Four Seasons Resort in Papagayo on Costa Rica’s northern Pacific …
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WASHINGTON – A deadly strain of bird flu could appear in the United States in the next few months as wild birds migrate from infected nations, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday. Chertoff said “there will be a reasonable possibility of a domestic fowl outbreak” as migrating birds mix …
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SAN FRANCISCO – The finance section Google Inc. (GOOG) unveiled Tuesday continues a philosophical shift that’s turning its once-pure Internet search engine into an all-purpose Web site that seems increasingly interested in getting people to stick around instead of sending them elsewhere. The evolution has been unfolding during the past …
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WASHINGTON – Only five of the 28 people who disappeared from cruise ships in the past three years were found, according to data disclosed to Congress by the world’s largest cruise lines. A congressional memo compiled in advance of a House hearing on cruise ship safety Tuesday also details 177 …
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MIAMI – A growing scandal over teachers who paid to get credit for courses they never took has cost nearly three dozen educators their jobs, and hundreds of others were being investigated. The Miami-Dade County School Board voted 5-4 on Wednesday to fire six teachers and accept resignations from 26 …
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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio – A retired librarian who helped novelist Dan Brown conduct research for the mega-selling thriller “The Da Vinci Code” said a lawsuit accusing Brown of stealing ideas from other writers is bogus. Stan Planton, 58, a retired head librarian at Ohio University-Chillicothe, said Tuesday he’s puzzled by the …
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HANOVER – Japanese technology firm Toshiba on Wednesday unveiled the first high definition laptop computer with a HD DVD optical drive for the new generation of DVD disks and a high resolution display. The portable computer, introduced at the CeBIT electronics trade fair here, is the latest model under Toshiba’s …
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VIENNA, Austria – The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said he was hopeful Monday about reaching an international agreement to defuse concerns about Iran’s nuclear activities and make U.N. Security Council action unnecessary. The International Atomic Energy Agency‘s 35-member board was not likely to discuss the Iran issue …
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WASHINGTON – Franklyn “Lyn” Nofziger, the rumpled and irreverent conservative who served President Reagan as press secretary and political adviser, died of cancer Monday. He was 81. Nofziger died at his home in Falls Church, Va., said Eldin Girdner, a family friend. Former first lady Nancy Reagan said in a …
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LAS VEGAS – Two married professional bodybuilders pleaded not guilty Thursday to killing their live-in assistant and torching her body in the desert. An alleged accomplice, Anthony Gross, also pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he helped Craig Titus and Kelly Ryan burn Melissa James’ body, which was found early …
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