AP - Democratic candidate Barack Obama said Saturday that Republican rival John McCain's campaign is not racist but is cynical in trying to divert voter attention from the real issues of the presidential campaign.

AP - The suspect suddenly emerged seven years after anthrax-laced letters terrorized a jittery country, then was gone just as quickly, committing suicide before authorities could charge him with murder.

AP - In the end, Chad Malmberg put his framed Silver Star on the wall and stowed away his helmet, some old uniforms and the dusty combat boots he had worn in the Iraqi desert.