WASHINGTON – That schoolyard bully who pushes, punches, and threatens other children may in turn commit assault behaviors later, says a Washington-based pediatrician. Bullying is a growing problem, with the average number of school-based violent events involving multiple victims increasing from one event per school year in 1992 to more …

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Airports in Long Beach and Orange County were shut down early Tuesday because of bomb threats, officials said. Bomb threats were made by telephone, according to Long Beach airport (search) spokeswoman Sharon Diggs-Jackson and federal Transportation Security Administration (search) spokesman Nico Melendez. At Long Beach, all …

DUBLIN, Ireland – Representatives of Canada, India and Ireland joined victims’ relatives Thursday in honoring 329 people killed when Air India Flight 182 (search) exploded off the southern Irish coast 20 years ago. Canadian-based Sikh extremists hostile to the Indian government were blamed for planting a bomb in luggage aboard …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iranians packed polling stations Friday in a tight presidential race between a moderate cleric who became the default choice for reformists and a hard-liner seeking to reclaim the values of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The country’s first presidential runoff vote capped weeks of campaigning that came down …

WASHINGTON – Yes, the government can make a federal case out of medical marijuana (search) use, the House said Wednesday. Less than a week ago, the Supreme Court ruled that the government can medical marijuana users, even when state laws permit doctor-prescribed use of the drug. In response, the House …

WASHINGTON – The National Rifle Association and its allies in the House beat back an effort Thursday to restrict gun manufacturers’ exports of high-powered, .50-caliber rifles that can bring down jet airliners from a mile away. By a 278-149 vote, the House killed an amendment by Rep. James Moran (search) …

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Paris Hilton (search) and her mother, Kathy, will be grand marshals for the annual gay pride parade, one of the city’s biggest celebrations. They will greet tens of thousands of people expected Sunday at the Los Angeles Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual & Transgender Pride Parade (search). Paris …

NEW YORK – Steven Spielberg (search), once the self-named “ambassador for alienkind” who vowed never to make a movie about evil, invading aliens, says he’s convinced that today’s moviegoers have outgrown cutesy “E.T.”-like creatures and are eager for a “War of the Worlds.” (search) “It seemed like the time was …

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Richard Scrushy’s (search) days in court are far from over despite his stunning acquittal on charges of leading a $2.7 billion earnings overstatement at HealthSouth Corp (search). Aside from a lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (search), the fired HealthSouth chief executive officer and aspiring …

LOS ANGELES – Batman got an assist from witches, zombies and a valiant little Volkswagen (search), yet the combination could not keep Hollywood from sinking to its longest modern box-office slump. “Batman Begins” (search) took in $26.8 million to remain the top movie for the second-straight weekend, lifting its 12-day …