Three men were found guilty of murder and 18 others were convicted of lesser charges, but none of the accused ringleaders of the attack were convicted.
An alliance of religious groups is vowing a relentless push to restore a key provision to assist the international poor in America's Climate Security Act, the first greenhouse gas cap-and-trade bill with a realistic chance of passage in the Senate.
AP - With oil prices soaring and the housing market sinking, the Federal Reserve is likely to combat the economic turmoil with more interest rate cuts.
AP - Three lead defendants in the 2004 Madrid train bombings were found guilty of mass murder and other charges Wednesday but four other top suspects were convicted on lesser charges and an accused ringleader was completely acquitted.
AP - Floodwaters and mudslides spawned by Tropical Storm Noel killed at least 48 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, officials said Wednesday, raising the death toll as the storm's center spun slowly across Cuba and toward Florida.
Forty-three people were killed in flooding and mudslides when Tropical Storm Noel hit the Dominican Republic and Haiti, officials said today. The storm is kicking up rough surf and strong winds on the Florida coast, but is expected to make a sharp right turn away from Florida later today.
American U2 reconnaissance planes have been flying over the Turkey-Iraq border to observe military movements, said three U.S. military sources Wednesday.