DETROIT – The company that distributed the infamous Paris Hilton sex tape hopes to distribute an equally risque video of Kid Rock, former Creed lead singer Scott Stapp and four strippers. Chatsworth, Calif.-based Red Light District has posted a trailer featuring a mild portion of the video on its Web …

SAN FRANCISCO – A new computer worm targeting Apple Computer Inc.’s (AAPL) Macintosh computers has been identified for the second time in one week, security experts said. The new worm, called OSX.Inqtana.A, spreads through a vulnerability in Apple’s OS X operating system via Bluetooth wireless connections, antivirus company Symantec (SYMC) …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – The U.S. military released about 390 detainees in Iraq on Monday after a review committee found no reason to hold the men, a statement said. The releases were recommended by a panel consisting of U.S. and Iraqi officials from the ministries of human rights, justice and interior, …

BALTIMORE – U.S. and Canadian skiers banging through the slalom gates at the Olympics benefited from new fluid armor technology that is also being looked to as a battlefield lifesaver. Slalom racing suits provided to the U.S. and Canadian Olympic teams by ski wear maker Spyder, for example, contain pads …

NEW YORK – Britney Spears, a Louisiana native, will celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans later this month when the devastated city hopes to revive some its old partying ways. “I am honored to be a part of the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans this year,” Spears said in …

WASHINGTON – A coalition of animal rights groups and people who live near the nation’s three horse slaughter plants sued Tuesday to prevent the Agriculture Department from providing horse meat inspections for a fee. The groups alleged that USDA’s plans to provide the inspections next month violates a law passed …

WASHINGTON – Two leaders in current efforts to reduce special interest influence on Congress once again appeared to be fighting on the same side Wednesday, two days after an unusually fiery falling out. Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., testified together at a Senate hearing on lobbying and …

“Black. White.” … and lots of hype for the new F/X network series of that name. Beginning March 8, this six-part reality show from producer R.J. Cutler (“The War Room”) and rapper Ice Cube takes two families — one black, one white — and literally puts them in the other’s …

SAMARRA, Iraq – The bodies of three Iraqi journalists, including a well-known correspondent for Al-Arabiya television, were found Thursday near Samarra, police and the Arabic network said. Al Arabiya’s Atwar Bahjat and two colleagues from the al-Wassan media company had been in the city 60 miles north of Baghdad to …

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – A Nobel Peace Prize winner who supports a free-trade agreement with the United States was favored in pre-election polls as Costa Ricans chose a new president on Sunday. He faced a rival who says the pact would hurt farmers. Turnout was low nationwide, officials and …