When twin blasts ravaged crowded pet markets earlier this month, Iraqi authorities offered a chilling account: Mentally disabled women carried the hidden explosives perhaps as unwitting bombers for al-Qaida in Iraq. ...more

February 14, 2008

Authorities arrested dozens of people Thursday in a sweeping Mafia takedown aimed at closing the book on decades-old gangland killings and other crimes and knocking out what's left of the once-mighty Gambino family. ...more

February 8, 2008

Hackers literally turned out the lights in multiple cities after breaking into electrical utilities and demanding extortion payments before disrupting the power, a senior CIA analyst told utility engineers at a trade conference. ...more

January 19, 2008

Randy Moss joined the Patriots this season determined to avoid off-field problems. Now he's in the middle of one, just days before Sunday's AFC Championship Game. ...more

January 17, 2008

My old TV remote — which functioned just fine for 10 years — had a relatively easy-to-use 21 buttons. My new remote has 59. ...more

January 15, 2008

A telephone call at midnight normally would have awoken Bill Whiting, but he hadn't been sleeping much since his dog disappeared. He picked up the phone and couldn't believe what he heard. ...more

January 5, 2008

Protesting farmworkers picketed Burger King headquarters in Miami last week, trying to shame the fast-food giant into joining two competitors that have agreed to pay field hands an extra penny per pound for the tomatoes the companies buy to garnish their food. ...more

December 8, 2007

The president of Oral Roberts University facing accusations he misspent school funds to support a lavish lifestyle resigned on Friday, officials said. ...more

November 24, 2007

Death threats, a kidnapping and the theft of thousands of dollars in jewelry and electronics prompted a Tampa couple to seek help after gunmen raided their home Tuesday, authorities said. ...more

September 7, 2007

TAMPA - Death threats, a kidnapping and the theft of thousands of dollars in jewelry and electronics prompted a Tampa couple to seek help after gunmen raided their home on Tuesday. ...more

September 6, 2007