AFP - The United States military is investigating whether US Marines killed 15 civilians near the western Iraqi town of Haditha last November after their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb, Time magazine reported.

Reuters - The Federal Emergency Management Agency will try to recoup some of the aid fraudulently or otherwise wrongly obtained by individuals or families following hurricanes that struck last year, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

AP - Brendan Morrison's pass struck Columbus forward Manny Malhotra and caromed into the net, snapping a third-period tie Friday night and giving the Vancouver Canucks a 3-2 victory over the Blue Jackets that ended a season-high, five-game losing streak.

Deaf beauty contest winner Tara McAvoy was walking from home to her mother's workplace, text-messaging family and friends, as she walked along the railroad tracks in Austin, Texas, when a train struck her, according to the Austin Police Department.

Deaf beauty contest winner Tara McAvoy was walking from home to her mother's workplace, text-messaging family and friends, as she walked along the railroad tracks in Austin, Texas, when a train struck her, according to the Austin Police Department.

Deaf beauty contest winner Tara McAvoy was walking from home to her mother's workplace, text-messaging family and friends, as she walked along the railroad tracks in Austin, Texas, when a train struck her, according to the Austin Police Department.

Deaf beauty contest winner Tara McAvoy was walking from home to her mother's workplace, text-messaging family and friends, as she walked along the railroad tracks in Austin, Texas, when a train struck her, according to the Austin Police Department.

AP - Federal criminals have gotten slightly longer prison sentences since the Supreme Court struck down mandatory sentencing guidelines a year ago, but a congressional leader complained Wednesday that sex offenders appear to be getting a break.

AP - The U.S. team could be eliminated from the World Baseball Classic if Japan loses to South Korea tonight.

Reuters - NCsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it has struck a deal with Massive Inc. to put real-time advertising in the North American and European versions of its online role-playing game "Auto Assault," due to be released in April.

AP - Azerbaijan reported three people killed by bird flu, after Myanmar announced its first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain in poultry and officials cited a strong threat that the disease also struck Afghanistan.

AP - A powerful undersea earthquake struck Indonesia's eastern coast on Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of damage or a tsunami.

Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer Chicago, IL (AHN) - A stray bullet struck and killed a girl during her birthday part in a Chicago neighborhood. The gunfire pierced a window and hit 10-year-old Siretha White in her aunt’s first floor apartment as she celebrated her birthday with...

Lynda Fisher - AHN Staff Writer Yaounde, Cameroon (AHN) - The government of Cameroon announce Sunday that the H5N1 strain of the bird flu has been detected in a duck on a farm in Maroua. The location is near the border of Nigeria. Cameroon is the fourth country in Africa to be struck by the...

Lynda Fisher - AHN Staff Writer Seattle, WA (AHN) - Luna, the juvenile killer whale who was released from state waters in Washington five years ago after getting lost in Nootka Sound in Canada, has apparently been killed after being struck by a tugboat propeller. "We don't know 100 percent...

AP - Cameroon became the fourth African country to be struck by the deadly bird flu virus, as the government announced its first confirmed avian case on Sunday.

AP - Roy Halladay struck out six in four scoreless innings to lead the Toronto Blue Jays over the Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Sunday.

AP - Cameroon has become the fourth African country to be struck by the deadly bird flu virus, the government announced Sunday.

AP - Luna, the juvenile killer whale from Washington state waters who got lost in Canada's Nootka Sound five years ago, apparently died Friday when he was accidentally struck by a tugboat propeller, Canadian authorities said.