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South Korean Official: North Could Drop Nuke Ambitions

WASHINGTON – North Korea (search) apparently is willing to abandon its nuclear weapons programs, with a breakthrough possible in the current round of international talks, South Korea’s foreign minister said Sunday. Ban Ki-moon, in Washington to see Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other U.S. officials this week about the …

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Brain-Dead Va. Woman Dies After Giving Birth

RICHMOND, Va. – A brain-dead woman who was kept alive for three months so she could deliver the child she was carrying was removed from life support Wednesday and died, a day after giving birth. “This is obviously a bittersweet time for our family,” Justin Torres (search), the woman’s brother-in-law, …

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Andre 3000 Hits Screen in 'Four Brothers'

NEW YORK – He’s known to millions around the world as Andre 3000 (search): half of the superstar rap group OutKast, outrageous dresser, ladies man extraordinaire. Now he’s ready to be known simply as Andre Benjamin (search) — actor. After a small role earlier this year as Dabu, a trying-too-hard …

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