UK think tank: Barack Obama may have to say ‘no we can’t’ as American power fades

LONDON — A weakened United States could start retreating from the world stage without help from its allies abroad, an international strategic affairs think tank said Tuesday.

Space shuttle Discovery undocks from space station, leaves 6 astronauts behind

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts pulled away from the international space station on Tuesday and headed home, leaving tons of fresh supplies behind as well as a new face.

Report: Communities should make it easier for families to make fat-fighting healthy choices

WASHINGTON — Where you live matters when it comes to children’s waistlines, says a report that finds lots of options localities could and should use to fight child obesity — from easy bike paths, to luring healthier stores, to taxes on junk food.

Astronauts hoist huge chest of drawers to space station; tons of experiments among cargo

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts hitched a giant chest of drawers to the international space station on Monday that contained a brand new freezer, sleeping compartment and treadmill bearing a TV comedian’s name.

Space shuttle Discovery, 7 astronauts blast off to space station, fly on launch try 3

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery and seven astronauts blazed into orbit Saturday on a spectacular midnight flight to the international space station, hauling up a treadmill named after a TV funnyman and thousands of pounds of more solemn supplies.

Obama trades business suit for casual wear out West; don’t call him Marlboro Man just yet

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — President Barack Obama is hardly the consummate Western outdoorsman.

Survey finds many Britons too lazy for sex, dog walking, channel-changing

GLASGOW, Scotland, —Not tonight, dear.

Web videos of gunman who killed 3, self at Pa. health club shows house tour, talk of emotion

BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — The gunman who fatally shot three women at a Pittsburgh-area gym is shown in two Internet videos discussing his desire to “emotionally connect” with people.

Gunman who killed three at Pa. health club lamented his inability to find a girlfriend

BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — Friends mourned for three women fatally shot during their exercise class at a Pittsburgh-area gym by a man whose online diary revealed he felt ignored by women and had an “exit plan” to avenge his rage.

HEALTHBEAT: Rare athlete deaths, confusion spur work to better test, explain sickle cell trait

WASHINGTON — Thousands of families carry the gene that causes sickle cell disease and don’t know it — even though almost every newborn today is tested for what’s called “sickle cell trait,” and starting this summer more college athletes are getting tested, too.

New Zealand woman jogger seriously hurt in mauling by 8 hunting dogs

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A New Zealand woman jogger “looked like a blob of blood” from multiple bite wounds after eight pig hunting dogs attacked her as she ran past a rural property on North Island, her husband said Tuesday.

Sarkozy says health is ‘good,’ days after his hospitalization for collapse while jogging

PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy sought to dispel worries about his health Wednesday during his first official appearance since an overnight hospital stay following his collapse while jogging.

French leader Sarkozy leaves hospital after heart check; Docs say no further treatment needed

PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy was discharged Monday from the hospital where he spent the night after collapsing while jogging. Doctors said his illness was due to heat and overwork and ordered the 54-year-old to rest but prescribed no further medical treatment, his office said.

French leader Sarkozy leaves hospital after undergoing heart check; No irregular heartbeat

PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy has been discharged from the military hospital where he spent the night and his office says the French leader’s collapse while jogging was due to heat and overwork.

French leader Sarkozy expected to be released from hospital after collapsing while jogging

PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy was recovering in the hospital Monday while doctors watched his heart, a day after he collapsed while jogging in hot weather, his office said.

French leader Sarkozy hospitalized after collapsing during jog, staying in hospital overnight

PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy collapsed while jogging Sunday on the lush grounds of the Chateau of Versailles and will stay at a hospital overnight even though tests so far have found nothing wrong, his office said.

French leader Sarkozy hospitalized after feeling unwell on jog, to stay in hospital overnight

PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s office says he was rushed by helicopter to a military hospital Sunday after he felt unwell during a strenuous jog on a hot afternoon.

Bodybuilder flexes his design muscles, turns old Ohio church into gym with religious themes

BARBERTON, Ohio — A developer has found new life for an old church in northeast Ohio by redesigning it as a workout center.

Failure of 3rd bomb in Jakarta hotel attacks likely saved many lives

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Many more people could have died in last week’s suicide attacks on two American-owned hotels in Indonesia’s capital if a third bomb placed in a guest room had not malfunctioned, police said Friday.

Godolphin horses Desert Party, Regal Ransom sharp in Kentucky Derby workouts

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Godolphin Racing stablemates Desert Party and Regal Ransom looked sharp during their final workouts before next week’s Kentucky Derby.

Crash and bash Wallabies to add squash to the mix for fitness condition

SYDNEY — Wallabies coach Robbie Deans wants to recruit world squash champion David Palmer to help with conditioning of the Australian rugby union team ahead of the annual Bledisloe Cup and Tri-Nations series this season.