Paula Abdul Gone: American Idol Still Looking For New Judge

American Idol will be judging judges in its next, ninth season. Since Paula Abdul left the show, Idol has invited a number of guest judges to help rate contestants, among them Victoria Beckham, Mary J. Blige and Kate Perry. Canada's Shania Twain will also be appearing on the...

'Koobface' Virus Attacks Facebook

"Attention new viewers: those 5000 "friends" you have on Facebook? They might not actually be your friends. In fact, some of them might be scammers trying to infect your computer with a new virus dubbed "Koobface". Koobface, which already made the rounds on MySpace, is now...

Ringed by Foes, Pakistanis Fear the U.S., Too

"By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A redrawn map of South Asia has been making the rounds among Pakistani elites. It shows their country truncated, reduced to an elongated sliver of land with the big bulk of India to the east, and an enlarged Afghanistan to...

10 dead after explosions at U.S. Embassy in Yemen

"A car bomb exploded at the front gate of the U.S. Embassy in Yemen on Wednesday, killing six Yemeni guards and four civilians, a security official said. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press that the embassy in the Yemeni capital of...

Landmark Trade Deal Struck By China, New Zealand

"HONG KONG - In the free-trade Olympics, China has scored its first major individual gold medal.Seeking to catch up with the U.S. in forming its own club of bilateral trade partners, China on Monday inked a pact with New Zealand that is its first comprehensive free-trade...

Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...

" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...

Somalis flee Mogadishu violence

"Somali government troops and Ethiopian forces have closed down Mogadishu's main market to search for insurgents. Insurgents fired mortar rounds at the presidential palace in Mogadishu on Sunday, prompting an artillery duel with government forces. Large areas of the capital...

UK troops uncover Iraq arms cache

"UK troops uncover Iraq arms cache Soldiers The underground haul included 10,000 rounds of ammunition British forces have uncovered a large cache of weapons in Iraq, a move they say will be a huge blow to insurgents. The discovery, following a tip-off, was made near Saswan,...

Three Shot Dead at Kansas City Shopping Center: "I Got to Praying"

Gunfire erupted at the Ward Parkway Center in Kansas City today. Early reports suggest that the shooter killed himself."Four people have been shot and three are confirmed dead in a shooting at Ward Parkway Mall in Kansas City.KCTV5 has received reports that the gunman is...