COLUMBUS, Ga. – A judge has ordered a Saudi national held without bond for allegedly threatening to bomb a Delta Air Lines flight after the U.S. military refused to hire him as an interpreter. U.S. Magistrate G. Mallon Faircloth ruled Tuesday to send the case against Saleh Al Suwailem to …

ROME – The theme may be familiar but the technique is new: A standard cell phone camera to shoot an entire feature-length documentary on love and sex. Italian filmmakers used a Nokia N90, a higher-end cell phone sold around the world, to produce the 93-minute “New Love Meetings,” which they …

SAN FRANCISCO – Federal officials plan to make San Francisco International Airport the first in the nation to screen all passenger aircraft cargo for explosives. The Department of Homeland Security, the Transportation Security Administration and airport officials signed an agreement Monday to launch a $30-million pilot program later this summer, …

The World Cup is a thrill — but doctors are examining whether the soccer championship is a little too thrilling for the faint of heart. An exciting match can cause fans’ hearts to skip not one beat, but several, leading to a rather worrying incidence of cardiac arrest among soccer …

GENEVA – The suicides of three Guantanamo Bay detainees prompted new calls Tuesday from critics in Europe and the U.N. for closing the prison camp. The U.N. human rights agency said that the suicides could have been anticipated and the focus now should be on closing the facility. The European …

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A Corpus Christi woman says she got something horrifying in the mail. Corpus Christi police say the woman reports her ex-boyfriend mailed her a severed human finger. Police haven’t released the identities. Police Captain John Houston says police aren’t sure which finger was removed or how …

SHANGHAI, China – Iran’s president said Friday the six-nation incentive package aimed at getting his country to halt uranium enrichment was a step forward in resolving the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program. Yet Mahmoud Ahmadinejad juxtaposed that positive message with one of defiance, repeating his questioning of the World War …

STONY POINT, N.Y. – A 34-year-old architect was charged Friday with helping his wife commit suicide by stepping aside as she drove the family minivan down a 300-foot cliff with their two daughters inside. Both children survived, but Victor Han‘s 35-year-old wife, Heijin, died in the crash Wednesday night at …

WASHINGTON – A Republican gubernatorial candidate’s call for creation of a forced labor camp for illegal immigrants drew rebukes Friday from two GOP lawmakers, who labeled it a low point in the immigration debate. Don Goldwater, nephew of the late Sen. Barry Goldwater, caused an international stir this week when …

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia – Two days of fighting in a town in Russia’s troubled Caucasus region left 12 suspected rebels and seven policemen dead, officials said Friday, in the latest spate of violence in the area. Police said they were acting on a tip when they hunted down the group in …