LA PAZ, Bolivia – Nearly complete official returns on Wednesday showed leftist Evo Morales winning Bolivia’s presidency — holding 54.2 percent of the vote with more than 92 percent of polling places tallied. He needs just more than 50 percent from Sunday’s election to win outright and avoid the formality …

NABLUS, West Bank – Israeli troops killed three Palestinian militants during a raid Thursday in the West Bank city of Nablus, and tension increased on the Gaza-Israel border as militants and the army traded rocket and artillery fire. With homemade rocket attacks increasingly approaching sensitive Israeli sites, including a power …

Being in an unhappy marriage may be hard on the body as well as the heart. A new study shows couples that often argue may take longer to heal from simple wounds than those in less hostile relationships. In addition to allowing old physical and mental wounds to fester, researchers …

NEW YORK – The free ride for Howard Stern fans ended Friday. Stern, a New York radio fixture for 20 years and host of a syndicated show for 12 million daily listeners, bid farewell to his fans with a final show on terrestrial radio. On Jan. 9, Stern makes his …

MONTREAL – Melting glaciers, the shrinking ice cap, warming oceans and rising sea levels — all are urgent concerns around the world, and cause for frustration among many nations that believe the United States has set a glacial pace toward reversing the onset of global warming. Critics said the Bush …

Jamie Foxx | Sarah Jessica Parker Jamie Foxx Can Sing: New Album Is an A-Plus — Exclusive First Review How many Best Actor winners actually go on to make a record that people want to buy? Or listen to? Yes, I know William Shatner and Regis Philbin are recording artists. …

NEW YORK – New Year’s Eve is the biggest party night of the year, and television is among the most youth-obsessed media, so guess who will be the top hosts this weekend when the ball drops in Times Square? A couple of guys in their 70s, that’s who. Dick Clark …

GRANADA, Colombia – Leftist rebels ambushed a group of soldiers Tuesday who were protecting civilians in southern Colombia, killing 28 in the deadliest rebel attack in a year marked by hundreds of military deaths, officials said. About 400 rebels with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, surprise attacked …

WASHINGTON – A group of jewel thieves has struck numerous stores on the East Coast, efficiently cutting through security gates and cleaning out display cases in heists that have netted millions of dollars in watches, rings, earrings and necklaces, the FBI and local police say. Police from Connecticut to Florida …

‘Munich’ | NBR; ‘Geisha’ Gala Spielberg’s ‘Munich’ Is Best Movie of 2005 I don’t know which is more amazing: that Steven Spielberg managed to make the best movie of the year in just four months, or that it’s his second huge film of 2005. Either way, “Munich” is a poignant …