Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean is not on the list of candidates approved by Haiti\'s Provisional Electoral Council to run in this year\'s presidential election.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers on Friday not to eat frozen mamey fruit pulp -- sold under the La Nuestra and Goya brands -- after at least nine people in California and Nevada fell ill with typhoid fever.

Five Cuban-American members of Congress expressed concern Friday over reports that the Obama administration is planning to announce rules loosening restrictions on travel and economic aid to Cuba. They asked the president to reconsider.

The Palestinian Authority and Israel have agreed to hold direct peace talks beginning September 2 in Washington. The talks are intended to resolve all \"final status\" issues for a Middle East peace agreement.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Regulators have shut down two Florida banks and one in Virginia, lifting to 113 the number of U.S. bankfailures this year. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on ..

WHEELING, WV. - A woman stole a beer truck on Thursday night and gets caught in a DUI.The truck was stolen from Carenbauer Distrubuting Company around 8 pm. The police spotted the ..

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) - Hundreds of mourners have gathered for the funeral for two South Carolina toddlers authorities said were killed by their mother before they were strapped in..

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The Navy should discharge former astronaut Lisa Nowak, who lost her NASA job over a bizarre airport attack on a romantic rival, according to a Navy panel ..

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City air travelers can skip the greasy french fries, soggy pizza and old sandwiches. Now they can choose filet mignon, crispy duck confit or crab cakes. De..

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Jay Leno will be doing standup to help the Gulf Coast. The "Tonight Show" host and comedian will appear Saturday at the Beau Rivage Theater in Biloxi, Miss., i..

Nokia Siemens Networks said Friday it rejects a lawsuit filed in a U.S. court by a jailed Iranian journalist and his son, who have accused the European telecommunications company of providing the Iranian government the tools to spy on its own citizens.

BOSTON (AP) - Scientists are releasing gases and fluorescent particles into Boston's subway tunnels on Friday to study how toxic chemicals and lethal biological agents could spread..

Like a pair of exhausted boxers entering the twelfth round, clinging onto one another as they drunkenly trade jabs, the two contenders to be Australia\'s next Prime Minister have both been swinging, hoping for bruising blows, but neither has emerged as a clear winner yet.

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) - Britain's government said it has warned Libya that any celebration of the anniversary of the release from jail of the Lockerbie bomber would be offensive..

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. David Paterson said no meeting to discuss relocating has been scheduled with developers of a planned Islamic cultural center and mosque near groun..

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden said Democrats will keep majorities in the House and Senate this fall. And he says if it weren't illegal, he'd place a bet on it. Biden al..

The British government urged Libya on Friday not to celebrate the anniversary of the convicted Lockerbie bomber\'s release, saying it would be \"offensive and deeply insensitive to the victims\' families.\"

(AP) - Americans can expect gasoline prices to drop as school buses start rolling through neighborhoods across the country. With most family vacations wrapping up and teen drivers ..

Five police officers and a transit worker have been arrested in the abduction and killing of a mayor this week in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon, the state\'s governor, Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz, announced Friday.

A second chartered flight carrying Roma, often referred as Gypsies, is scheduled to leave France on Friday, a spokesman for the nation\'s minister of immigration said.