A suicide car bomber targeting a NATO convoy killed eight civilians and wounded 22 others Thursday in southern Afghanistan, an official said.

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors has changed its mind about allowing a paranormal team to look for ghosts at a one-time mental asylum.

Party on, Mike Myers. The star of the "Wayne's World," "Austin Powers" and "Shrek" films will host the 2008 MTV Movie Awards.

A dethroned Miss Nevada USA agreed Wednesday to pay fines for five misdemeanor traffic violations in exchange for prosecutors dropping a charge of resisting arrest.

UCLA coach Ben Howland says All-American Kevin Love and teammate Darren Collison have not yet decided whether they will make themselves available for the NBA draft.

A retired police officer who screamed obscenities at a train passenger who was talking on a cell phone and who hit the hand of another passenger who intervened was acquitted Tuesday of misdemeanor charges stemming from the confrontation.

Cedella Booker, the mother of Jamaican music legend Bob Marley, has died, a family spokesman said Wednesday. She was 81. Booker died in her sleep Tuesday night at her home in Miami, apparently from natural causes, spokesman Jerome Hamilton said.

Court documents say teenage girls were required to have sex in the soaring white temple after they were married at a polygamist compound.

Barack Obama is joining Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in calling for President George W. Bush to boycott the opening ceremonies for the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Officials said President George W. Bush will announce that Army units heading to war after Aug. 1 will serve 12-month tours rather than the 15 months that soldiers are currently deployed.

A case scheduled for arguments next month at the Capitol affects anyone who's been arrested or convicted of a crime.

One year ago today, federal immigration agents began a four-day, house-to-house operation in Willmar, detaining 49 illegal immigrants.

Former Minnesota Vikings great Carl Ellerpunched a police officer and threw another one onto the hood of hisMercedes SUV as they tried to arrest him for possible drunkendriving, police said.

A Hennepin County judge convicted Myon Burrell on murder charges for killing Tyesha Edwards, 11, six years ago. Prosecutors claim Burrell was shooting at another gang member when a stray bullet struck Edwards as she sat in her Minneapolis home.

The biggest-ticket item that Gov. Tim Pawlenty struck from a bonding bill was $70 million for a light rail train line between St. Paul and Minneapolis.

Sen. Joe Lieberman's re-election campaign caused its own Web site tocrash on the eve of the August 2006 Connecticut primary, federalinvestigators have found — not supporters of Democratic challenger NedLamont, whom Lieberman implied were responsible.

American Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights Wednesday, more thanone-third of its schedule, as it spent a second straight day inspectingthe wiring on some of its jets - the same issue that caused it to scrubhundreds of flights two weeks

The Minnesota Department of Health is seekinga $10,000 fine against the Minneapolis Golf Club, after its investigation of the swimming pool accident that led to the death of 6-year-old Abigail Taylor found numerous safety problems in the pool.

Both Minnesota's U.S. senators support a housing bill the Senate could vote on this week.

A ten year long dream for Asian Americans in Minnesota has received a major setback. One of the projects vetoed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty this week in the bonding bill was the Asian Pacific Cultural Center.