AP - Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books.

AP - The cost of public transit in New York City would skyrocket next year — even as bus and subway service is reduced — under a plan unveiled Thursday by the nation's largest public transit system.

Faced with its most severe financial crisis since the 1970s, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced plans on Thursday to drastically

If you buy stamps, one at a time, get in line, the post office says. The vending machines that used to sell customers only one stamp are rapidly disappearing.

Sometimes doctors find their own stories more interesting than those of their patients.

In a day dominated by fear and uncertainty, financial markets plunged in late trading, after spending much of the day bobbing between positive and negative territory.

Statement appears to indicate that McKinnon, if found guilty, might serve out any sentence in the U.K. instead of the U.S.

In Lebanon, Hezbollah is educating a younger generation to continue its military struggle against Israel.

The news is tempered by relatively flat results from the second quarter of 2008.

AP - An al-Qaida in Iraq leader blamed in the 2004 abduction and murder of an Army reservist and other deadly attacks over several years was killed in an American raid in Baghdad, the U.S. military said Thursday.