The world has fallen far short of its promises five years ago to fight HIV/AIDS, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned leaders meeting Wednesday to find new ways to tackle the virus. A day after a major U.N. report found the disease had slowed in its spread, Annan told delegates that …

TAMPA, Florida – Two Saudi men were held without bond Sunday after they were arrested for boarding a school bus full of children, authorities said. Mana Saleh Almanajam, 23, and Shaker Mohsen Alsidran, 20, were charged with misdemeanor trespassing and were being held at Orient Road Jail after a judge …

WASHINGTON – The Laborers’ Union, which represents 700,000 workers in the construction industry, has decided to leave the AFL-CIO, officials said. The Laborers were already part of the Change to Win coalition, breakaway unions that have left the giant federation of more than 50 unions in an effort to forge …

MIAMI – A collector filed a counter-lawsuit against The Beach Boys in a fight over who owns band memorabilia, including original music for hit tunes and contracts. Roy Sciacca claims he purchased boxes of the band’s memorabilia at liquidation sales in the 1980s in California. The band’s tour manager was …

SEOUL, South Korea – Google Inc. (GOOG) has seeped into many aspects of online life across the globe, but the Internet search engine has failed so far to make any notable inroads in one of the world’s most wired countries: South Korea. Users here are some of the most Internet-savvy …

Hopes ran high among supporters of detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi that she would be released when her house arrest order expires Saturday, and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed to the ruling junta’s chief “to do the right thing.” Police went to the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize …

WASHINGTON – The Senate rejected a California Democrat’s plan to allow the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the country to remain, work and eventually become Americans, preserving a fragile bipartisan coalition needed to pass the bill. Several lawmakers who voted against the proposal offered by Sen. Dianne Feinstein on …

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Hundreds of Navy veterans plan to see the USS Oriskany off on her final voyage — a trip to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, where the rusted aircraft carrier will become a massive artificial reef. Many, like Boyd Tong of Phoenix, plan to rent boats …

WASHINGTON – Comedian Bill Cosby told a forum on family and education Tuesday night that blacks should be proactive and fix their own communities. “I have a problem with people sitting there and saying God and Jesus will find a way,” Cosby said. He also said he had a problem …

LANSING, Mich. – State lawmakers have voted to lower the legal age to hunt in Michigan. Legislation approved by the Michigan Senate today would drop the age requirement for hunting deer, elk and bear with firearms from 14 to 12. It would lower the legal age for hunting small game …