WASHINGTON – Iraqi leaders should agree in the next few days on filling key security posts for the government, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday, calling on the United States to be more patient despite growing sectarian violence. “Of course, they need to get this settled, but they will …

KING CITY, Calif. – Two Navy fighter jets collided Monday over a military base, killing one pilot and seriously injuring another, authorities said. The F/A-18 jets from Lemoore Naval Air Station were practicing dogfighting maneuvers when they crashed at Fort Hunter Liggett, a remote Army Reserve base 150 miles south …

LONDON – Oil climbed back toward $70 a barrel on Thursday as the market focused once more on resilient demand from the world’s biggest consumer the United States and global supply risks. Oil has hugged $70 a barrel since mid-May, closing in a $68-73 range each day, according to Reuters …

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Preliminary tests have found that bird flu killed two more siblings in Indonesia, officials said Friday, as they searched for the origin of a separate outbreak that has killed at least six members of the same family. Initial tests found that a brother and sister from West …

No one likes going for that annual physical exam. For many, the anxiety increases when it includes a cancer screening. For men, that fear can go up a notch when their exam includes a PSA — the screening for prostate cancer. While once believed to revolutionize the diagnosis of this …

NEW YORK – Carl Icahn, stepping up his battle against Time Warner Inc., on Tuesday unveiled details of his plan to shake up the media conglomerate, saying it should be split into four separate public companies. In a report prepared by his investment-banking adviser Lazard Ltd., Icahn also said Time …

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Stepping up competition in the PC industry, Lenovo Group Ltd., the world’s third largest computer maker, is introducing its first Lenovo-branded computers to be sold outside its home base of China. The new products — low-priced desktops and notebooks targeted at small businesses and consumers — …

BANGKOK, Thailand – Myanmar troops waging their biggest military offensive in almost a decade have uprooted more than 11,000 ethnic minority civilians in a campaign punctuated by torture, killings and the burning of villages, according to reports from inside the country and Thailand. The campaign by government troops in eastern …

LONDON – Prince Harry would be involved in “the fullest range of deployments” if his unit is sent to Iraq, but he might be kept out of situations where his presence would jeopardize his comrades, the Ministry of Defense said Monday. Harry, the 21-year-old second son of Prince Charles and …

INDEPENDENCE, Kan. – A teenager who authorities say was abducted from her driveway at gunpoint showed up at a stranger’s home in her rural Kansas town about 15 hours later begging for help, police said. The 16-year-old was unharmed and being interviewed about her ordeal Wednesday morning, Police Chief Lee …