Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said.

Man wore garbage bag for cape, assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church.

A once-notorious man died in jail Saturday, a day after he was charged with shooting two campers on the Appalachian Trail, not far from where he killed two hikers in 1981.

A man ordered by a judge to make sure his daughter hit the books has found himself in jail because she failed to earn a GED.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. - A suburban Chicago man has reclaimed the Guinness world record for time spent on a stationary bicycle.

DETROIT - A Detroit-based group hopes to use empty shipping containers to build a $1.8 million, 17-unit condominium project.

Latin American immigrants lag far behind other newcomers in assimilating in the United States, a study examining economic, cultural and civic factors indicated.

U.S. President George Bush will concentrate on regional security and the soaring price of oil when he visits the Middle East this week, CNN reported Tuesday.

Coalition forces in Iraq Tuesday announced the capture of 19 suspected al-Qaida members, including one believed to have ties to a key cell leader.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday peace in the Middle East may be improbable but not impossible.

A team of U.S. and Japanese experts has traveled to a remote island in Alaska to look for the remains of Japanese troops killed during World War II.

U.S. President George Bush would like to meet with embattled Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora but the outlook is uncertain, the White House said Tuesday.

U.S. President George Bush doesn't expect any major breakthroughs in his trip to the Middle East, the White House said Tuesday.

At least five Iraqi soldiers died Tuesday in a roadside bomb attack in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the interior minister said.

The U.S. State Department's director of Korean affairs said Tuesday exports are pouring over a mountain of documents on North Korea's nuclear program.

Ranking Republicans predict a $500 million measure to combat drug violence in Latin America will fail when the House votes on it Wednesday.

U.S. President George Bush Tuesday formally sent to Congress a proposed agreement on nuclear energy cooperation with Russia, the White House said.

U.S. President George Bush, in a series of interviews in advance of his Middle Eastern trip, said he is confident a stable Palestinian state can be established.