Some U.S. officials said Iran seemed to have carefully calibrated its involvement, in contrast to other officials? public portrayals of an intensified Iranian role.
AP - The police officers wept in joy and choked up with emotion after hearing that they had been acquitted in the 50-shot killing of an unarmed man on his wedding day.
AP - Elliott Reed said the scene was surreal: As he walked toward the Chicago Transit Authority train station in the midst of an otherwise normal, busy rush hour, a tractor trailer exiting a nearby expressway made a sudden and violent detour.
AP - President Bush said tax rebates will start going out Monday, earlier than previously announced, and should help Americans cope with rising gasoline and food prices, as well as aid a slumping economy.
The Olympic flame relay through Nagano, Japan, kicked off with little incident on Saturday despite concerns over anti-China protests that have threatened the torch along its journey to host city Beijing.
After being detained by Egyptian authorities, James Karl Buck took out his cell phone and sent a message to his friends and contacts using the micro-blogging site Twitter. The message only had one word, "Arrested." Buck's entry set off a chain of events that eventually led to his release.