The Capitals release unrestricted free agent Matt Cooke on Thursday but General Manager George McPhee is hopeful the team can retain Sergei Fedorov, 38.

    EUGENE, Ore., July 3 -- In dire need of some good publicity, track and field reached into its past this week, as two of America's most accomplished athletes spoke about the need to help the sport regain the faith of spectators.

    OMAHA, July 3 -- Kate Ziegler is already going to Beijing for her first Olympics, and for that, the Great Falls native is beyond grateful. Ziegler finished second to Towson's Katie Hoff in the 400-meter freestyle earlier this week at the U.S. Olympic trials. She said that accomplishment frees her...

    Alison Jackson has photographed Queen Elizabeth, Britney and Paris. Or has she?

    Jordin Sparks and other young pop stars are damaging their voices.

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The dollar's fall is a source of global concern and the European Union wants a better balance between the U.S. unit and other major currencies, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Friday.

    LONDON (Reuters) - Oil dropped below $145 a barrel on Friday, but was still within sight of record highs reached in the previous session when traders bought into the market ahead of a holiday weekend in the United States.

    Makers of location applications aren't rushing to produce software for the device. Here's why.

    Faking experience to get the job is easier and more common than you might think.

    Those in search of a beer break would be smart to head to these 18 international spots.

    Fast fixes for the season's five biggest problems.

    One major dermatology organization is making the case against indoor tanning.

    Some medical beauty procedures are not worth the risk.

    Diane Sawyer talks to Jill Price, who re-lives her past and astounds doctors.

    TOMSK, Russia (Reuters) - Alexander Pushkarev, head doctor at the 1,000-bed hospital in a Soviet-era prison nestling at the edge of Siberia, flashed a row of metal teeth with his smile.

    Clarksville has already had its big bang, celebrating our nation's independence Thursday night with music and fireworks at McGregor Park.

    A 101st Airborne Division soldier with 4th Brigade Combat Team died Wednesday of injuries suffered in Afghanistan.

    The two people who were taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center by LifeFlight helicopter on Monday after a wreck on Peachers Mill Road are recovering from their injuries.

    Two additional candidates picked up petitions this week to run for City Council in November.

    A man causing a disturbance in South Guthrie gathered a series of charges after struggling with deputies, hospital workers and jail employees.

    This summer, NASA engineers will try to realize a dream older than the Space Age itself: the deployment of a working solar sail in Earth orbit. The name of the device is NanoSail-D and it is scheduled for launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket as early as July 29, 2008.

    Lawyers for the federal government argued this week that a suit intended to prevent the startup of a the world’s most powerful particle accelerator should be thrown out.

    Japan’s single-minded dedication to reducing energy use, which dates to the 1970s, has given it the potential to play a rare leadership role on a pressing global issue.

    A study using 17 years of satellite measurements suggests that the movement of glacial ice is not as rapid as had been feared.

    Mercury's magnetic field is "alive." Volcanic vents ring the planet's giant Caloris basin while the planet itself is surrounded by a plasma nebula of unexpected complexity.

    AFP - Former Liverpool star Harry Kewell has passed up the opportunity to play for Australia at the Beijing Olympics to pursue a club career with Turkey's Galatasaray.

    Strong wind and rain whipped through Harvard Stadium last night to delay the start of the Cannons game against the Philadelphia Barrage. When the 10-minute delay ended and lightning had stopped stabbing the Boston skyline in the distance, there were swift, forceful movements on the field. A lot of them belonged to Barrage goalkeeper Brian Dougherty, who helped snap the ...

    The Fourth of July weekend should provide ample opportunity to catch bass, which have picked up in the rivers and coves around Fore River. They're biting all day, with clams and mackerel proving most effective.

    If the frustration on Megan Guarnier's face didn't tell the story, the grease under her fingernails certainly helped explain things.

    It would be a joke, except it's true. Dara Torres's goggles are older than everyone she's swimming against at the Olympic trials.

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    For Google, ready Privacy: That could be the subliminal message Google wants to send by replacing its name on i...

    TechRepublic examines just what went into one of the most famous personal computers ever manufactured--and what tech was like in 1991.

    News.com reporter Daniel Terdiman visits Florida's Naval Air Station Pensacola, home of the Blue Angels.

    During a visit to the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla., CNET News.com's Daniel Terdiman gets to see the high-performance pilots up close.

    AP - Milwaukee police say four people have died in a shooting outside a house party.

    AP - Larry Harmon wasn't the original Bozo the Clown, but he was the real one.

    AP - Arlan Ettinger will never forget the response he got when he took one of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks' hats to a meeting at the Apollo Theater in New York.

    Two lawyers accused of defrauding their clients in a diet-drug settlement of $65 million were sent back to jail, after a jury in Covington deadlocked and a federal judge declared a mistrial. The jury considered the case against the lawyers, William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr., for eight days, and twice in two days sent out notes indicating it was stumped. A third defendant, Melbourne Mills Jr., was acquitted this week. All faced a single charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The case has been watched in the horse racing industry because Mr. Gallion and Mr. Cunningham are part-owners of the 2007 Horse of the Year, Curlin. Prosecutors said they planned to request and schedule a new trial in the next two months. The lawyers were accused of keeping millions of dollars that should have gone to plaintiffs in a $200 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit over the diet drug fen-phen.

    Nebraska Beef Ltd. is expanding a recall announced this week to include all 5.3 million pounds of meat produced for ground beef from May 16 to June 26. The company’s products have been linked to an outbreak of E. coli affecting 40 people in Michigan and Ohio. Some products were sold by Kroger, which has recalled ground beef products in more than 20 states because the meat may have been contaminated. The company said Monday that beef involved in the original recall went to Nebraska, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas. Thursday’s release did not specify whether the beef now being recalled went to additional states.

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    Virtual golf becomes a hit in South Korea, where the real thing costs a fortune.

    North Korea says it will not take further steps to dismantle its nuclear program until the U.S. and its other negotiating partners award fuel oil and political benefits promised under an aid-for-disarmament deal.

    HARARE (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe said on Friday that although he accepted the need for negotiations to end Zimbabwe's crisis, the opposition must drop their claim to power and accept that he was the country's leader.

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli government proposal to demolish homes of Palestinians from Arab East Jerusalem who attack Israelis is legally viable, Israel's attorney-general wrote in a legal opinion.