CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After a week of weather delays, NASA officials on Thursday set a Wednesday launch time for space shuttle Atlantis on its mission to resume construction of the international space station. The launch decision was made after a check of Kennedy Space Center following Ernesto’s pass as …

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ROME – Gunmen in Haiti have killed an Italian businessman and kidnapped his wife amid a spate of violence in the impoverished Caribbean nation, the Italian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. CountryWatch: Haiti A group of armed men on Monday entered the couple’s villa in the capital, Port-au-Prince, shooting 67-year-old Guido …

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Haiti’s new government is committed to increasing stability and developing closer ties with its neighbors, President Rene Preval told a summit of the 15-nation Caribbean Community. “I hope that at the end of my mandate in February 2011, the Republic of Haiti will have taken decisive …

NEW YORK – The Cartoon Network is developing a “massively” multiplayer online game in the vein of “World of Warcraft” and “EverQuest” for kids 6 to 14. The yet-to-be-named game, expected to launch in 2008, will let players interact with Cartoon Network characters like Mac, Bloo and the Kids Next …

PELHAM, N.Y. – A pink-and-white gardening glove was missing Thursday morning from Jeannine Goche’s front porch. But there was absolutely no mystery about who had taken it. Willy, the cat who loves gloves, had struck again. “It has to be him,” said Goche, an attorney. “I’ve heard about him.” As …

PHILADELPHIA – Lil’ Kim celebrated Independence Day one day early with her release from a federal detention center Monday morning after nearly 10 months behind bars. The rapper, who was sent to prison for lying about a shootout outside a New York radio station, walked out of the jail looking …

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Police on Monday recovered the body of a woman killed by a blow to the head and thrown out of a moving car in this border city made infamous by years of unsolved slayings of women. An anonymous caller tipped authorities to the whereabouts of the …

STAMFORD, Conn – When a Connecticut man vanished from his honeymoon cruise a year ago, his young widow and her new in-laws were united in grief. They mourned together and shared anger at how Royal Caribbean responded after George Allen Smith IV disappeared in the Mediterranean last July after a …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – The U.S. command announced Saturday that it was sending 3,700 troops to Baghdad to try to quell the sectarian violence sweeping the capital, and a U.S. official said more American soldiers would follow as the military gears up to take the streets from gunmen. The 172nd Stryker …