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US begins aid flights to Myanmar cyclone victims

A U.S. plane ferried relief to Myanmar for the first time Monday to help nearly 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation, but both President Bush and the U.N. chief strongly criticized the military junta over its response to the deepening crisis.

China quake photo gallery

Images from the region hit by a 7.9 earthquake.

Death toll rises in devastating China earthquake

A powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants Monday in central China, killing nearly 10,000 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth in the country's worst quake in three decades.

Police sergeant to go on trial for string of home-invasion rapes

On Monday, jury selection is expected to begin in the trial of the man prosecutors say was the attacker: Jeff Pelo, a 17-year veteran of the Bloomington Police Department and married father of three.

Tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town might not rebuild

Because of Picher's Superfund status, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is unlikely to grant assistance to homeowners to rebuild in the town.

Stamp prices going up today

Mailing a letter costs a penny more this week, with the price of a first-class stamp rising to 42 cents Monday.

Confusing ballot designs still plague elections

Eight years after the fiasco in Florida's Palm Beach County, confusing ballots continue to stymie voters and plague elections in this primary season.

Iran looks to tap key oil field with homegrown crews

The Azadegan field in southwestern Iran showcases the bid: the first major field to be developed solely by Iranian companies. Pumping began in February in the vast oil basin - off limits to the public, but The Associated Press received permission to tour the site recently with a government escort.

Over 20 dead in South, Midwest after new round of storms

Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the Plains and South, killing at least 22 people in three states and leaving behind a trail of destruction and stories of loss.

Dig for human remains to begin at Charles Manson ranch

The sheriff of the remote region where Charles Manson hid after a killing spree in the summer of 1969 said Friday that he will allow researchers to begin digging into the sandy soil in search of possible human remains.