ROME – A suspect in the failed London transit bombings admitted Saturday to a role in the attack but said it was only intended to be an attention-grabbing strike, not a deadly one, a legal expert familiar with the investigation said. Osman Hussain (search) told interrogators he wasn’t carrying enough …

LONDON – Burned, bloodied and bandaged, the picture of Davinia Turrell running barefoot through the streets became an iconic image of London’s deadly bomb blasts. The 24-year-old Turrell was in stable condition at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on Monday, recovering from wounds suffered last week. “She is doing really well, …

BOSTON – A man arrested when police showed up to break up a New Year’s Eve party at a friend’s house has filed a lawsuit, arguing he had a constitutional right to get drunk on private property as long as he didn’t cause a public disturbance. Eric Laverriere (search), 25, …

The bombings in London: This is why I thought the Brits should let the French have the Olympics (search) — let somebody else be worried about guys with backpack bombs for a while. But, all Thursday proved is that they come to get you anyway. And, by the way, they …

ODESSA, Mo. – A tour bus for rap star Eminem (search) crashed and overturned after hitting two trucks on an interstate highway, police said. Eleven people were injured, including the star’s DJ, bodyguard and a protege, the rapper Stat Quo. Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, was not …

WASHINGTON – In a sign of the Iraq insurgency’s resilience, an American general said Friday that in his command area in north-central Iraq the level of violence is about where it stood prior to the January elections. Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Taluto (search), commander of coalition forces in four provinces …

WASHINGTON – John G. Roberts Jr. (search) was one of President Bush’s noncontroversial picks for the appeals court. Getting there, however, was a long time coming. First nominated for the bench in 1992 by President George H.W. Bush (search), Roberts was never given a hearing nor confirmed by the Democratic-controlled …

SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco is famous for making the personal political. And so it was when Robin Williams (search) and his wife, Marsha, offered to donate $80,000 to fix a retaining wall and median strip near their home in the city’s Seacliff (search) neighborhood. City supervisor Gerardo Sandoval (search) …

LOS ANGELES – Bob Hope’s (search) family is saying thanks for the memories with a garden celebrating the late entertainer’s life. Hope’s remains were moved from a mausoleum at the San Fernando Mission’s cemetery this week to the mission’s new Bob Hope Memorial Garden (search). His family and close friends, …

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Suspected Taliban (search) militants raided a village and killed nine tribesmen, and vengeance-seeking relatives killed four people in another hamlet, an official said Thursday, as violence simmered ahead of key parliamentary elections. Elsewhere, American forces killed a militant and wounded another Wednesday after coming under attack in …