Hammers and Charlton lead chase for Wednesday star The chase to land Northern Ireland winger Chris Brunt in a summer transfer swoop has begun. And with offers of 2million expected to be tabled for the 22-year-old his cash-strapped Sheffield Wednesday

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Thursday presented the list of ministers in his new Cabinet to President Mahmoud Abbas, concluding the formation of a new coalition that Palestinian factions hope will lead the government out of

BAGHDAD (AP) -- A parked car bomb exploded in a volatile city south of Baghdad Thursday, killing at least four people on a bus packed with workers and wounding 24, police said. The blast came a day after the U.S. military said stopping such attacks had

Utah Catholics figuratively threw open the doors of their cathedral - and their hearts - Wednesday to welcome a new bishop for whom they've waited more than a year.Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Morning NewsBishop John C. Wester, center, talks with

HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie adopted her fourth child on Thursday, a Vietnamese boy from a Ho Chi Minh City orphanage. Government officials said the boy was renamed Pax Thien Jolie and is almost three-and-a-hal f years old.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- The rival Hamas and Fatah movements formed a long-elusive unity government Thursday, hoping to end bloody infighting and lead the Palestinians out of yearlong international isolation. Israel immediately said, however, that

Thursday, March 15, 2007 MITCH STACY The Associated Press TAMPA - Gov. Charlie Crist said Wednesday the state should give $5 million to the family of a teenager who died last year after he was manhandled by juvenile boot camp guards. Crist's comments