WASHINGTON – Departing members of President Bush’s Cabinet will not have to scour the classifieds to find plum jobs. Secretary of State Colin Powell (search) can revive a lucrative book-writing and public speaking career. Homeland Defense Secretary Tom Ridge (search) and Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson (search) will …

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Rich nations at an international conference on aiding Asian tsunami (search) victims were considering Thursday whether to freeze some debt owed by poor countries shattered by the disaster. A draft of a declaration being negotiated by leaders at the conference in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta (search), welcomed …

TORONTO – While Hollywood shied away from reminders of Sept. 11, 2001, Sean Penn (search) figures the terrorist attacks added urgency to produce his film “The Assassination of Richard Nixon.” (search) Set in 1974, the film stars Penn as the real-life Samuel Byck, a business failure who blamed his shortcomings …

A 33-year-old Romanian woman has given birth to a son and is due to give birth to his twin six weeks later in what has been called a medical first in Romania, a doctor said Tuesday. “This is the first time this has happened in Romania,” said Elena Mihalceanu, a …

SAN FRANCISCO – An atheist who sued because he did not want his young daughter exposed to the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance (search) has filed another lawsuit — this time with other parents. Michael Newdow (search) won his case more than two years ago before a …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A federal grand jury issued an indictment Wednesday that allows prosecutors to seek the death penalty against a Kansas woman accused of killing an expectant mother and stealing her unborn child. Prosecutors have not yet decided whether to seek a death sentence for Lisa Montgomery (search), …

MILAN, Italy – An Italian court acquitted three north Africans of international terrorism charges linked to the alleged recruitment of suicide bombers to be sent to Iraq, ruling that the men were guerrillas, not terrorists. Deputy Premier Gianfranco Fini (search), who is also foreign minister, expressed “anger and incredulity” over …

WASHINGTON – In trying to determine where the modern Indian reservation ends and where old-fashioned tax laws begin, a Supreme Court (search) justice worried Tuesday that a ruling in favor of an upstate New York tribe would create governmental chaos. The court heard arguments in the fight between the city …

WINTER PARK, Fla. – Dave Plotkin (search) rocked around the clock — several times over. The disc jockey at Rollins College‘s (search) WPRK-FM unofficially set a record Friday for the world’s longest continuous broadcast by a single DJ. Plotkin, 25, took to the airwaves at 9 a.m. Monday and signed …

Saturdays at 11 p.m. ET This weekend: Merry Christmas! Are you thirsty? Many people are because they have bought millions of copies of Max Lucado’s books. The San Antonio pastor and author of “Come Thirsty” talks to us about spiritual thirst. Laurence Maslon, the man behind the PBS special and …