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Some facts about Bolivia, which held national elections Sunday: Land and People: Landlocked country of 8.5 million people in heart of South America. Two-thirds is tropical lowland, one-third Andean highlands. Aymara and Quechua Indians make up majority, followed by people of mixed Spanish and Indian descent and smaller Indian groups …

CHICAGO – Breast implants in women who have undergone mastectomies often result in complications that require more surgery, a study in Denmark found. Over a period of up to four years, about one-third developed at least one potentially serious complication, including thick, tight scarring and infections, the researchers reported. Implant …

PORT ORANGE, Fla. – A man who woke up and found his head bleeding, drove to work and left a note for his boss before going to the hospital to find he had a bullet lodged in his brain, authorities said. His girlfriend later apparently killed herself when contacted by …

DETROIT – Election officials ended a hand recount in the mayor’s race Thursday after loser Freman Hendrix gave up any hope it would change the outcome. Hendrix had asked for the new tally of the ballots after losing to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick by 6 percentage points on Nov. 8. But …

BOSTON – Gov. Mitt Romney (search) vetoed a bill Friday that would expand embryonic stem cell research (search) in Massachusetts, but the measure has more than enough support in the Legislature to override the governor’s veto. Romney supports research using adult stem cells or leftover frozen embryos (search) from fertility …

According to a published report in Friday’s Washington Times, U.S. Border Patrol (search) agents have been ordered not to arrest illegal aliens along the section of the Arizona border where protesters patrolled last month because an increase in apprehensions there would prove the effectiveness of Minuteman volunteers. Homeland Security sources …

This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” May 16, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: In the “Personal Story” segment tonight, one of the most outspoken …

WASHINGTON – Two years of quiet diplomacy by the Bush administration did not persuade China to change its currency system. So the United States now is turning up the volume, even enlisting the help of financial heavyweights such as Federal Reserve (search) chairman Alan Greenspan (search). Critics contend it will …

WASHINGTON – Thousands of law enforcement officers, their families, friends and the nation’s new attorney general gathered Friday for a candlelight vigil to remember and pay respects to officers who died in the line of duty. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (search), whose brother is a 26-year veteran of the Houston …

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro (search) said Monday that she will not run for re-election this year and will instead seek statewide office in 2006, possibly by running for the U.S. Senate against Hillary Rodham Clinton (search). Pirro told The Associated Press that she has …