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Scientists: Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral bleaching damage this year

Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral damage

Relief as Fla. infant missing for 5 days is found alive, hidden in box under baby sitter’s bed

Fla. baby found alive in box under sitter’s bed

Cleveland woman says she regrets silence after violent run-in with killing suspect

Ohio woman: I got away from serial killing suspect

Colombia’s Uribe changes tack on release of police and military hostages held by rebels

BOGOTA, Colombia — President Alvaro Uribe’s government said Saturday it is dropping a demand that Colombia’s main rebel group release all its police and military hostages at once, possibly opening the way for negotiations.

Tribal leader: 87 killed in Yemen airstrike on camp for those fleeing government-rebel war

SAN’A, Yemen — Nearly 87 civilians were killed in a strike by government warplanes that hit a camp of people fleeing fighting in northern Yemen, a tribal leader said Thursday. It was a sign of increasing bloodiness in a remote war against Shiite rebels in this turmoil-ridden Arab nation.

SKorea cautions any US-NKorea talks must focus on ridding North of nuclear weapons

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea said Wednesday any dialogue with North Korea should be firmly based on the goal of ridding the communist regime of nuclear weapons, as the United States considers Pyongyang’s long-held desire for direct talks.

Pakistan: 4 people killed in suspected US missile strike, while 18 women die in stampede

MIR ALI, Pakistan — A missile fired from a suspected unmanned U.S. drone slammed into a car in a Pakistani tribal region close to the Afghan border Monday, killing four people, intelligence officials and residents said.

Correction: Kevin Harrington profile

CLEARWATER, Fla. — In a Sept. 9 story about infomercial mogul Kevin Harrington, The Associated Press misidentified a haircutting product being used in an upcoming Kevin Spacey movie. The name of the product is the Air Cutter, not the Flowbee.

Analysis: Options await Congress on health care, but more delay could spell doom for overhaul

WASHINGTON — The patient isn’t dead yet.

Official: Organizer of attempt on regional leader among 5 rebels shot dead in Russian south

NAZRAN, Russia — Authorities in Russia’s North Caucasus region have shot dead five insurgents — one of whom was wanted for organizing a failed assassination attempt on Ingushetia’s leader, and two of whom may have been planning a terrorist act in Moscow, officials said Saturday.

Official: Organizer of attempt on regional leader among 3 rebels shot dead in Russian south

NAZRAN, Russia — A security official in Russia’s southern republic of Ingushetia says authorities have shot dead three insurgents — one of whom was wanted for organizing a failed assassination attempt on Ingushetia’s leader.

World trade body ruling on Boeing and Airbus harkens back to time before government bailouts

WASHINGTON — The World Trade Organization’s ruling that European loans for Airbus were illegal subsidies is being cheered by U.S. lawmakers loyal to the Boeing Co., even though the preliminary decision may seem quaint in a world where government subsidies, bailouts and takeovers are now commonplace.

Maine’s longtime GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe seen as key player in bipartisan health care reform

AUGUSTA, Maine — While working for a marketing firm, Michael Townsend coined the signature phrase that appears on highway signs, T-shirts and tourism promos in these parts: “Maine — the Way Life Should Be.”

US, South Korean nuclear envoys discuss ways to bring North Korea back to disarmament talks

SEOUL, South Korea — Top nuclear envoys from South Korea and the United States held talks Saturday on a strategy to bring North Korea back to disarmament talks, a day after the North claimed it is in the final stages of enriching uranium.

Motown vignettes: Bill Clinton, Ted Nugent, Patti LaBelle and others riff on the label’s 50th

For the 50th anniversary of the founding of Motown Records, The Associated Press over a period of months invited stars from the fields of music, politics and film to visit Studio A to talk about how the Detroit musical movement has affected them and the larger world.

Torture probe announcement behind him, Panetta said to have no intention of leaving CIA

WASHINGTON — CIA Director Leon Panetta has been on the losing end of a string of high-profile battles over the agency’s past missteps, stoking questions about the ultimate bureaucratic insider’s future at a time when his agency is under intense public scrutiny.

White House spokesman dismisses squabble over Obama’s school speech as ’silly season’

WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday dismissed as pointless the furor over President Barack Obama’s plan to deliver a televised back-to-school speech to the nation’s students.

What goes up: Ind. firefighter skydives 100 times in one day to fight smoke deaths

LEBANON, Ohio — An Indianapolis firefighter had a real up-and-down day on Friday by skydiving 100 times in southwest Ohio. Joe Frolick made the jumps Friday at the Warren County Airport near Lebanon. He said he wanted to raise awareness and money to fight fire deaths from smoke inhalation.

Police arrest family member who called 911 on murder charges in Ga. mobile home slayings

BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The 911 call was chilling: A frantic 22-year-old told a dispatcher he had returned home from a night out to find his entire family dead in his father’s mobile home.

Utah Attorney general’s office not in talks over foreign nuclear waste deal, official says

dSALT LAKE CITY — A spokesman for Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff says the office is not in any negotiations with EnergySolutions Inc. to drop the state’s objections to importing foreign nuclear waste for disposal here.

Torture probe announcement behind him, Panetta appears securely ensconced at CIA

WASHINGTON — CIA Director Leon Panetta has been on the losing end of a string of high-profile battles over the agency’s past missteps, stoking questions about the ultimate bureaucratic insider’s future at a time when his agency is under intense public scrutiny.