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NEW YORK – Delta Air Lines’ (DAL) shares fell more than 20 percent on Monday on widespread market speculation that the troubled No. 3 U.S. airline was close to filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The sharp stock decline, which plunges the company’s shares to less than $1, follows a …

VIENNA, Austria – The European Union (search) submitted a motion on Friday that sets Iran up for referral to the U.N. Security Council (search), and pushed for a decision Saturday when the 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency reconvenes. Iran increased its own pressure against referral, threatening to …

Afghanistan (search) needs international help to keep its postelection government from dissolving into corrupt factions and to help regular Afghans maintain faith in democracy, the senior House foreign affairs lawmaker said Thursday. Rep. Henry Hyde (search), R-Ill., chairman of the House International Relations Committee, told a hearing on U.S. Afghanistan …

Married women are more likely to have sexual desire problems than either single women or married men, and those with children under the age of 5 are the most likely to report having little interest in sex, a new study shows. Researchers in the U.K. surveyed 11,000 men and women …

WOODVILLE, Texas – Five days after Hurricane Rita came ashore, conditions remained primitive in parts of Texas (search), where some residents were taking baths and brushing their teeth using water from the Neches River and others were sleeping in tents. The plywood sign outside the home in East Texas where …

LOS ANGELES – Jodie Foster piloted “Flightplan” (search) to a No. 1 debut, her airborne thriller taking in $24.6 million to land ahead of ” Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride,” the runner-up with $20.1 million. The weekend’s other new wide release, rapper Bow Wow’s rollerskating romp “Roll Bounce,” opened at No. …

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Richard Hatch (search), who won $1 million on the first season of the reality show “Survivor,” pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he failed to pay taxes on his winnings from the CBS show. The Rhode Island (search) resident has been charged with tax evasion, filing …

NEW YORK – At a music-filled memorial at Carnegie Hall, Peter Jennings was remembered Tuesday as a journalist with a childlike awe of the world, a devoted father and loyal Canadian who always carried a copy of the U.S. Constitution. A picture of a smiling Jennings, the sun in his …

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration warned Tuesday that a plan to wipe out $40 billion worth of debt held by poor countries could come unglued if attempts are made to significantly change it. Countries that are members of the World Bank (search), the IMF (search) as well as others have …

LOS ANGELES – Most frogs settle for lily pads. Kermit the Frog (search) has hopped onto a U.S. postage stamp. The green leader of the beloved Muppets (search) troupe was on hand Wednesday for a first-day issue ceremony featuring 11 postage stamps honoring the Muppets and late creator Jim Henson …