An Israel Defense Forces soldier was ordered to prison for 21 days after he yawned during a ceremony remembering slain former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Haaretz newspaper reported Wednesday. The soldier, who was not identified, reportedly yawned loudly while the commander of the Ramat David Israel Air Force base was …

Federal health regulators are ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warnings about increased risks of suicide to their products. The new warnings apply to blockbuster drugs used by millions of patients to control seizures. The drugs include GlaxoSmithKline’s Lamictal, Johnson & Johnson’s Topamax and Pfizer’s Lyrica. The FDA …

ATHENS, Greece – Riot police clashed with rock-throwing demonstrators in central Athens on Thursday, sending Christmas shoppers and people in cafes running for cover. Frightened parents scooped up their children from a Christmas carousel in the city’s main square and fled. The protesters broke away from a peaceful rally and …

The United States remains “dangerously vulnerable” to chemical, biological and nuclear attacks seven years after 9/11, a forthcoming independent study concludes. And a House Democrats’ report says the Bush administration has missed one opportunity after another to improve the nation’s security. The recent political rupture between Russia and the U.S. …

SAN ANTONIO – A mother accused of trying to prostitute her young daughters cried in court Tuesday as a magistrate ordered that she be held without bond. U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Stein Nowak concluded that 25-year-old Jennifer Richards, who moved to San Antonio from Phoenix nine months ago, was a …

LONDON – The theater where “The Merchant of Venice” and “Romeo and Juliet” likely debuted and where William Shakespeare himself may have trodden the boards has likely been discovered in east London, archaeologists at the Museum of London said Wednesday. The possible foundations of what is known as simply, The …

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Many women who had abortions in Minnesota last year cited the bad economy as one of the reasons for their decisions, MyFox Twin Cities reported. More than 13,800 abortions were performed in Minnesota in 2007, according to a state report. Forty percent of women cited economic …

Barbie’s new S&M look has whipped up a storm — with protesters dubbing it “filth.” The doll’s image is transformed with kinky fishnets, motorcycle jacket, black gloves and boots. Maker Mattel says Black Canary Barbie, out in September, is based on a DC Comics superhero of the same name. But …

INDIANAPOLIS – Four men were arrested Saturday in connection with the fatal shootings of a baby, a toddler and their mothers while the women held their children in their arms, police said. Ronald Davis and Dante Hobson both face four counts of murder, felony murder, robbery and conspiracy to commit …

MARJAH, Afghanistan – Two U.S. rockets slammed into a home outside the southern Taliban stronghold of Marjah, killing 12 civilians after Afghanistan’s president appealed to NATO to take care in its campaign to seize the town. Inside Marjah, Marines encountered “death at every corner” on Sunday, their second day of …