In terrorism investigations, the F.B.I. obtained data not only on the person it was targeting but also details on his or her contacts, bureau documents indicate.
Two Northeastern University freshmen may be reconsidering their marketing tactics after being charged with drug- and alcohol-related offenses this week.
AP - President Bush's top two military and political advisers on Iraq will warn Congress on Monday that making any significant changes to the current war strategy will jeopardize the limited security and political progress made so far, The Associated Press has learned.
AP - Pakistan stepped up security at all of its major airports Sunday after receiving reports about possible terror attacks, a day before the nation's exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was to return home, officials said.
AP - A British couple named as suspects in the disappearance of their 4-year-old daughter began their journey home Sunday, just days after being grilled by Portuguese police about new forensic evidence.
The outer rainbands of Tropical Storm Gabrielle brushed onto the North Carolina coast late Saturday as the storm picked up speed on its way to a Sunday landfall. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center issued a new tropical storm warning from the North Carolina-Virginia state line north to Cape Charles Light, Va.
Two days after they were officially named suspects in the disappearance of their 3-year-old daughter, Kate and Gerry McCann will be leaving Portugal for their home in Britain, according to a source close to the Portuguese police.
The Taliban has seen a resurgence in Afghanistan due in part to proceeds from the nation's drug trade. Afghanistan produces about 93 percent of the world's illicit opium, despite U.S. efforts to eradicate it. "You can try to kill us but we will still grow poppy," one farmer told CNN.