WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush has agreed to set a ‘‘general time horizon’’ for deeper U.S. » Full Story

HOUSTON (AP) — One of the nation’s largest mobile cranes collapsed at a Houston oil refinery Friday, killing four workers and injuring seven others in the latest of several fatal accidents that have r » Full Story

WASHINGTON (AP) — The tomato scare may be over, but it has taken a toll — it’s cost the industry an estimated $100 million and left millions of people with a new wariness about the safety of everyday » Full Story

NEW YORK (AP) — Phil Gramm, a top adviser to presidential candidate John McCain, is resigning from the role as campaign co-chairman after his comments that the United States had become a ‘‘nation of w » Full Story

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican John McCain launched a new television ad Friday that accuses presidential rival Barack Obama of switching positions on Iraq ‘‘to help himself become president’’ just as th » Full Story

BOHEMIA, N.Y. (AP) — A man shot his ex-girlfriend to death at her office Friday and wounded a supervisor who came to her aid before killing himself, police said. » Full Story

WILKINSBURG, Pa. » Full Story

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall. » Full Story

EL CENTRO, Calif. » Full Story

GORHAM, Maine (AP) _ Mara Ranger will be a little paranoid doing laundry now.



When she was removing clothes from the washing machine at her Maine farmhouse Wednesday, the clothes moved. » Full Story