LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says his nation Nigeria is "at war" with a radical Islamist sect and shouldn't negotiate with a group that only wants "abysmal appeasement."......
LONDON (AP) -- Actor Bill Tarmey, who for 30 years played loveable rogue Jack Duckworth on British soap opera "Coronation Street," has died at the age of 71.......
EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- A man who says he is Sherman Hemsley's brother is expected to reveal the results of a DNA test to a judge in Texas in an effort to prove his claim for a share of the late actor's estate.......
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) -- Idaho prosecutors in Pocatello have decided not to file criminal charges against Idaho State football coach Mike Kramer after a player complained that the coach shoved him to the turf during practice.......
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the Republican Party must adapt better to rapidly changing demographics in the United States, saying the GOP sent "mixed messages" in the election campaign on immigration and women's issues.......
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI has denounced organized crime as a "gravely destabilizing threat" to society during an address to members of Interpol.......
FREMONT, Ohio (AP) -- A grand jury in northwest Ohio has declined to indict three former jail guards accused of standing by as a mentally ill female inmate stripped off her clothes and engaged in lewd behavior.......
