Portugal, Brazil — it doesn't matter to Luiz Felipe Scolari. If he's coaching, the team will beat England in the World Cup. After the English lost David Beckham to an injury and Wayne Rooney to a red card, Portugal won a shootout 3-1 Saturday night following 120 minutes of scoreless soccer. Complete Story
A huge car bomb exploded Saturday at a bustling outdoor market in a Shiite district of Baghdad, killing at least 66 people and injuring about 100 in the deadliest attack since the new national unity government took office six weeks ago.
Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden said in an Internet message Saturday to militants that the Islamic community was depending on them to "liberate" Iraq.
President Bush paid tribute to America's armed forces Saturday, calling Independence Day a time to thank the men and women who defend freedom.
Annika Sorenstam bogeyed the torturous ninth hole to finish the second round of the U.S. Women's Open at even par 71 and remain 2 under for the tournament — still good enough to make her the leader in the clubhouse Saturday with a 36-hole finish to come.
While cities around the world hosted upbeat gay pride parades in recent weeks, human-rights activists kept watch on a contrasting set of developments: gays beaten by demonstrators in Moscow, convicted on sodomy charges in Cameroon, targeted by sweeping anti-gay legislation in Nigeria.
Actress Brooke Shields has a pretty impressive pedigree — hanging from her family tree are Catherine de Medici and Lucrezia Borgia, Charlemagne and El Cid, William the Conquerer and King Harold, vanquished by William at the Battle of Hastings.
First-year CEO results don't get much better than they've been for Jim McNerney at Boeing Co.: a soaring stock price, a stumbling rival and a new airplane that's an industry darling before it ever leaves the ground.
The Texas Rangers activated right-hander John Wasdin from the 15-day disabled list Saturday to start against Houston.
The World Cup could be over for England's David Beckham and Wayne Rooney.
Military planners dubbed their Gaza attack plan "Summer Rain." It's a fitting image for how many Israelis have followed the operations to shake Hamas: watching closely as the storm gathered, then losing interest as it rolled on.
A laptop containing personal information from thousands of blood donors — including Social Security numbers and medical information — was stolen from a local office of the American Red Cross, but officials said the information was encrypted.
From the baseball diamond to the speedway oval, Vice President Dick Cheney is turning up at lots of high-profile venues, increasing his visibility ahead of the fall election.
Neither President Bush nor the Republican-led Congress can extract the United States from a bloody quagmire of their own making in Iraq, said a former Republican who is seeking a Senate seat in Virginia.
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych called Saturday for mass protests nationwide if Ukraine's recently formed governing coalition doesn't give his party a greater role in parliament.
Harold Stuart Roach Jr.'s name is not on the wall.
Keith Borders tries hard not to scare people.
Whoever it was probably lived a few thousand years ago, somewhere in East Asia — Taiwan, Malaysia and Siberia all are likely locations. He — or she — did nothing more remarkable than be born, live, have children and die.
Headline by headline, a trickle of news leaks on Iraq and the antiterror campaign has grown into a steady stream of revelations, and from Pennsylvania Avenue to Downing Street, Copenhagen to Canberra, governments are responding with pressure and prosecutions.
The most powerful man in the world turns 60 on Thursday and he just can't seem to stop talking about it. Barely a week has gone by this year that President Bush has not brought up his advancing age at least once.
The U.S. military on Saturday said it was investigating the death of a soldier in eastern Afghanistan as a possible "friendly fire incident."
Seeking the presidency is harder the second time around.
Some of President Bush's comments this year on turning 60, growing older and leaving the White House in 2009:
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