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The government may house disaster victims in trailers this hurricane season as a last resort, despite promises never to use them again because of high levels of formaldehyde found in trailers used after the Katrina catastrophe.

Travelers who don't need visas to enter the United States will be required to register online with the U.S. government at least three days before they visit, a security regulation set to begin next year.

A one-time top aide to former Oklahoma Rep. Ernest Istook pleaded guilty Monday to a conspiracy to defraud the House as part of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.

After setting new record high prices for 25 straight days, gas prices stay at $3.975 a gallon - the latest record set on Sunday, according to AAA's web site.

On Monday, VP Dick Cheney joked about West Virginia, but not in a way that would win any fans. Still, as he said:

"You can say those things when you're not running for re-election."

The Associated Press has learned that the Bush administration, after years of delay, will submit a formal license application on Tuesday to build a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain in Nevada .

More than 400 children taken from a polygamist sect's ranch two months ago began returning to the arms of their tearful parents Monday, hours after a judge bowed to a state Supreme Court ruling that the seizure was not justified.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy underwent what his doctor called successful surgery Monday to treat his cancerous brain tumor, and told his wife shortly after that he felt "like a million bucks," a family spokeswoman said.

Rock pioneer Bo Diddley has died. He was 79. A spokeswoman says Diddley died of heart failure Monday. He had suffered a heart attack in August 2007, three months after suffering a stroke while touring in Iowa.

A Texas district judge has ordered the return of more than 400 children taken from a polygamist sect's ranch.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was set to undergo surgery Monday at Duke University Medical Center for his cancerous brain tumor and then faces chemotherapy and radiation treatment, his office said.

The United States is operating "floating prisons" to house those arrested in its war on terror, according to human rights lawyers, who claim there has been an attempt to conceal the numbers and whereabouts of detainees.

A subsidiary of U.S. military security contractor Blackwater Worldwide has purchased a fighter plane from the Brazilian aviation company Embraer, a Brazilian newspaper reported Sunday.

Nationwide, commercial beekeepers have been hit hard over the last two years by a mysterious malady known as colony collapse disorder, which can seemingly wipe out hives overnight.

Honeybees are critical components of U.S. agriculture. Commercial beekeepers move their hives all over the country so a wide array of crops can be pollinated.

From higher electric bills to more expensive gasoline, the possible economic cost of tackling global warming is driving the debate as climate change takes center stage in Congress.

One of Hollywood's largest movie studios starred in a disastrous sequel Sunday as a fire ripped through a lot at Universal Studios, destroying a set from "Back to the Future," a King Kong exhibit and a streetscape seen frequently in movies and TV shows.

Oil prices could hit $200 a barrel in the next few months. How the spike changes everything.

A top lawyer for Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign said telecommunications companies should be forced to explain their role in the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program.. .

Australian troops had helped train 33,000 Iraqi soldiers

Australia's 550 combat troops will return home from Iraq, fulfilling an election promise from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd , after soldiers lowered the Australian flag, the military said today.

NATO officials in Afghanistan say four coalition soldiers have been wounded in a bomb blast targeting a military convoy in the eastern part of the country.