UNITED NATIONS – The United States and Britain presented a new U.N. resolution Monday endorsing the June 30 handover of power in Iraq and authorizing a U.S.-led multinational force to keep the peace. But the draft didn’t answer the key question of how much say Iraq’s new government will have …

BERLIN – A U.S. Army sergeant who gave an insider’s view of Abu Ghraib (search)prison to the media has lost his security clearance and has been disciplined by the military for speaking out, he told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Sgt. Samuel Provance (search)said that although soldiers he served with …

ATLANTA – Delta Air Lines (DAL)said Monday that it may have to seek bankruptcy protection if it doesn’t get significant wage cuts from pilots, the first time the struggling carrier has publicly linked the two issues in a regulatory filing. Its shares fell more than 15 percent. The Atlanta-based company …

NEW YORK – A college student has apologized for causing a scare on a subway train when his science project short-circuited and started smoking in his backpack. Gregory Kats, 29, said the device was just a model of an elevator’s inner workings. But it frightened riders on a B train …

LOS ANGELES – Former “Tonight Show” sidekick Ed McMahon broke his neck in a fall last year and was recovering after two surgeries, his publicist said Thursday. Susan DuBow said the fall happened last March. She said she did not believe McMahon was at his Beverly Hills home when it …

RALEIGH, N.C. – The mother of a middle school basketball player has been charged with assault after smacking the coach who took her son out of a game. The News & Observer reported Thursday that the woman was charged with assault on a government official after the Monday night incident. …

LOS ANGELES – Enjoying Oscars season in Los Angeles, especially during a recession, doesn’t require a designer ballgown, diamond encrusted necklaces or a shiny, gilded statuette. The Academy Awards, the entertainment industry’s annual, ultimate ode to the movies, takes place Feb. 22 at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre. While celebrities spend thousands …

CHICAGO – Scientists are unraveling some of the mechanisms behind the plaques in the brain that are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, offering new leads for drugs to treat the fatal brain-wasting disease. A team at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston reported on Thursday in the …

If you’re at all interested in online gaming, you need an Xbox 360. For starters, it’s home to the most popular multiplayer games, “Halo” and “Gears of War.” And its redesigned interface, the New Xbox Experience, makes it easier than ever to meet your friends (or make new ones) online. …

Federal investigators have joined the search for an Arkansas boy who vanished nearly a week ago, and are asking for the public to come forward with any information related to the case. FBI officials have exhausted almost all their leads in the search for 3-year-old Dominick Wesley Arceneaux, whose mother …