POTSDAM, Germany – Germany is dropping its pursuit of a ban on Scientology after finding insufficient evidence of illegal activity, security officials said Friday. Domestic intelligence services will continue to monitor the group, officials said. The German branch of the Los Angeles-based Church of Scientology has been under observation by …

WASHINGTON — Some 691,000 children went hungry in the U.S. sometime in 2007, while close to one in eight Americans struggled to feed themselves adequately even before this year’s sharp economic downtown, the Agriculture Department reported Monday. The department’s annual report on food security showed that during 2007 the number …

ROME, Ga. – A former tennis coach pleaded guilty Tuesday to producing and distributing online videos of himself sexually abusing a young girl to create what federal prosecutors said was one of the most in-demand child pornography series in the world. James “Bart” Huskey was accused of sexually assaulting a …

BAGHDAD – South Korean troops are leaving Iraq, bringing to an end a mission that focused on rebuilding hospitals, roads and schools but which divided South Korea’s people. Some South Koreans believed participating in the Iraq operation would strengthen ties to the United States. Critics argued the mission was part …

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert moved a significant step closer to going on trial Wednesday when the attorney general said he is considering indicting Olmert in a corruption case involving double billing Jewish groups for trips abroad. The formal declaration by Attorney General Meni Mazuz would be the …

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record ,” October 20, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: This is a “FOX News Alert.” Senator Obama has just announced he is leaving the campaign trail for …

MTV’s decided to fight fire with fire. On Tuesday, the music channel that once showed music videos put up about 16,000 archived videos on a new Web site, http://www.mtvmusic.com, all for free and, so far, without ads. Want to see Madonna? There are 128 videos, interviews, performances and other bits …

WASHINGTON – U.S. spy agencies spent $47.5 billion in fiscal year 2008, $4 billion more than in the previous budget year, according to National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell. Steven Aftergood, who tracks intelligence spending for the Project on Government Secrecy, called the increase “big news.” “A multibillion budget increase would …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A British couple convicted of having sex on a beach in Dubai have appealed the verdict. Michelle Palmer and Vince Acors were sentenced Thursday to three months in prison, a fine of $272 and deportation from Dubai. The two were detained in July and charged …

LONDON – The first excavation of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has uncovered evidence that the stone circle drew ailing pilgrims from around Europe for what they believed to be its healing properties, archaeologists said Monday. Archaeologists Geoffrey Wainwright and Timothy Darvill said the content of graves scattered around …