The attack, the deadliest in Iraq in months, occurred in a southern city where rival Shiite groups have been battling for control of oil and political power.
A powerful car bomb killed Brigadier General François al-Hajj, who was in charge of operations against Islamic militants in a refugee camp last summer.
Former track star Marion Jones has now become just the fourth American in history to be stripped of Olympic hardware by the International Olympic Committee. Today, the IOC formally revoked Jones's claims to the five medals—three gold and two bronze—that she won during the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Earlier this year, Jones admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs during her peak athletic years.
AP - Lights came back on for some lucky people Wednesday as utility crews struggled to repair power lines snapped by the ice storm that had blacked out as much as a million homes and businesses across the nation's midsection.
AP - George Mitchell called a news conference for Thursday to announce the results of his 20-month investigation into drug use in baseball. Bud Selig does not plan to attend the news conference at a Manhattan hotel a few blocks from the commissioner's office.
AP - Wall Street shot higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve announced a plan to work with other central banks to alleviate a global credit crisis. The Dow Jones industrials surged more than 120 points.
Barack Obama has chipped away at Hillary Clinton's lead in New Hampshire locking the Democrats in a statistical tie a month before the first presidential primary, according to a CNN/WMUR Poll released today. Clinton is now at 31 percent to Obama's 30 percent.