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SAN`A, Yemen – Britain closed its embassy in Yemen (search) on Wednesday due to security concerns and warned that terrorists were in the final stages of planning attacks against British targets in the country. “The British embassy will be closed on Jan. 5 in response to specific security concerns,” said …

State and federal authorities were surveying damage in flood-ravaged southwestern Utah Wednesday that was expected to exceed $3 million. Washington County Sheriff Kirk Smith said Wednesday morning that about 20 homes, many of them valued at between $500,000 and $1 million, have been literally washed away by floodwaters. Schools were …

LOS ANGELES – A woman is claiming Michael Jackson (search) fathered her newborn twins and hasn’t given her access to the babies. In a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, 36-year-old Sholeh Bocchelli (search) claims the children were born November 26 and are the result of an in …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Al Qaeda’s (search) arm in Iraq released a video Saturday showing its militants lining up five captured Iraqi security officers and executing them in the street, the latest move in a campaign to intimidate Iraqis and target those who collaborate with U.S.-led forces. Also Saturday, a U.S. …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A 10-year-old girl who wanted to open a lemonade stand to raise money for tsunami (search) victims saw her plan hit a brick wall, thanks to government regulations. All 10-year-old Carolyn Lipsick (search) wanted to do was help kids hurt by the tsunami, because, she says, “you …

Health professionals applauded the government’s new recommendation that rape victims and occasional intravenous drug users get emergency drug treatment to prevent the AIDS (search) virus, describing it as “progressive” and “a safety net.” The seismic shift in policy, announced Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, …

SPOKANE, Wash. – When Shawnna Hughes (search) discovered she was pregnant, her husband was in jail for beating her. She sought a divorce before his release, and he did not object — but a judge did. Superior Court Judge Paul Bastine (search) revoked Hughes’ divorce until after she gives birth …

PHILADELPHIA – Martina Navratilova (search) has settled her lawsuit against the sponsor of a credit card directly marketed to gays and lesbians. The tennis star sued Do Tell Inc., which offers the Rainbow Card (search), in March because she disagreed with the way the card was being marketed. Do Tell …

TOKYO – Japan’s (search) Coast Guard dispatched aircraft Sunday to survey a 3,300-foot-high column of steam rising from the Pacific Ocean off a small Japanese island, in a possible sign of an undersea volcanic eruption, officials said. The water vapor resembling a huge cloud, was seen from the island of …

Twice as many kids in the U.S. are overweight today as two decades ago, but a panel of experts says it is not clear how doctors can help. In a newly released report, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force concludes that there is little proof that the current practice of …