LONDON – Prince Charles (search) and his fiancee, Camilla Parker Bowles (search), planned to celebrate Valentine’s Day in private Monday, but only after the heir to the throne spent the day at work. The couple spent a quiet weekend together following the massive publicity surrounding their wedding announcement on Thursday. …

BOMBAY, India – A train smashed into a tractor carrying wedding guests at a crossing in western India on Thursday, killing at least 52 people and injuring 10 others, a railway official said. The train did not derail. The accident occurred near Kanhan, a small town in Maharashtra state about …

WASHINGTON – Putting the acute difficulty of his new job as U.S. intelligence chief in perspective, John D. Negroponte (search) said Thursday it was the most challenging assignment he has had in 40 years of government service. And that says quite a bit, since the 65-year-old Negroponte’s last two posts …

SAN FRANCISCO – Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) appointed Chief Financial Officer Robert P. Wayman as interim chief executive to replace Carly Fiorina (search), who was ousted Wednesday amid differences between the firm’s board. Wayman, HP’s chief financial officer, was named CEO on an interim basis and appointed to the board of …

DALLAS – Dell Inc. (DELL) set a record for sales and topped Wall Street’s earnings expectations in the fourth quarter, but the personal computer juggernaut indicated that revenue for early 2005 could fall short of analysts’ predictions, and its shares fell 4.6 percent. “It’s a stock that has expectations of …

The majority of American teens believe in God and worship in conventional congregations, but their religious knowledge is remarkably shallow and they have a tough time expressing the difference that faith makes in their lives, a new survey says. Still, the notably comprehensive National of Study of Youth and Religion …

U.S. taxpayers will directly shoulder half of the nation’s health care costs by the end of the next decade, according to federal cost estimates released Wednesday. The figures show that spending on Medicare and Medicaid will grow at roughly 7 percent to 8 percent per year until 2014, when the …

OWYHEE COUNTY, Idaho – Idaho’s most infamous outlaw, Claude Dallas (search), killed two state officers in a remote desert 24 years ago in a crime that brought him notoriety as both a callous criminal and a modern-day mountain man at odds with the government. Now a bespectacled 54-year-old, Dallas is …

LONDON – European shares ended lower on Tuesday after tracking Wall Street down in late trade, although media stocks were strong following recent underperformance and speculation that Dow Jones might be sold. The UK’s FTSEurofirst 300 (search) index unofficially closed 4 points lower at 1,188.59, after earlier inching up towards …

This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” August 16, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. JOHN GIBSON, HOST: In our “Political Smackdown” segment, Sen. Hillary Clinton (search) is once again reaching across the aisle and teaming up with a Republican. This time it’s Sen. …