BOULDER, Colo. – University of Colorado (search) President Betsy Hoffman said a professor who compared Sept. 11 victims to Nazis will not be fired if a review turns up only inflammatory comments, not misconduct. “If we find it is just about speech, there will be no action,” Hoffman told the …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq search But the news isn’t all good. Militants are focusing their attacks on Iraqi government and security officials as the new leaders of Iraq assume a greater role in their fragile nation. Both U.S. and Iraqi officials agree that attacks overall have fallen since the Jan. …

LOS ANGELES – Voters are deciding on Tuesday who should be the city’s next leading man, but the mayor’s race hasn’t exactly set the electorate on fire, a fact that Mayor Jim Hahn (search) knows too well. “You know there are a lot of distractions in life and certainly a …

MADRID, Spain – Resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is key to any hope of curtailing global outbursts of violence, panelists at a summit on democracy, terrorism and security said Wednesday. That’s at the heart of Arabs’ feelings of discrimination by foreign political, social and economic policies. What others call “terrorism,” they …

LONDON, England – A high-ranking Church of England official has called for Prince Charles (search) to apologize to the ex-husband of his fiancee Camilla Parker Bowles (search), a newspaper reported Sunday. Bishop David Stancliffe said church rules dictated Prince Charles must atone for committing adultery and he should apologize to …

RED LAKE, Minn. – A security guard credited with saving lives at Red Lake High School by confronting a teenage gunman was remembered Monday as a hero and a warrior. Derrick Brun (search), 28, was the first person shot at the school by Jeff Weise (search), the troubled 16-year-old who …

Redemption has a heaping-huge body count in Bruce Willis’ (search) “Hostage,” whose passable opening and middle chapters promise a decent action thriller before all credibility is destroyed by the take-no-prisoners excess of the final act. Willis, who hasn’t had anything approaching a hit in five years, returns to tried-and-true “Die …

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – The organizer of a comedy camp for underprivileged kids who sought to put Michael Jackson‘s (search) accuser in touch with the singer while the boy was being treated for cancer took the stand Tuesday in the pop star’s child molestation trial. The trial resumed one day …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Barry Bonds’ (search) chase of Babe Ruth (search) and Hank Aaron (search) on baseball’s home run list may be delayed. Two knee surgeries and baseball’s steroids scandal have taken their toll on the San Francisco Giants’ slugger, who said he may not play this season. Saying he …

STOCKTON, Calif. – A statewide search for a 12-year-old girl ended Thursday night after the man suspected of abducting her approached a stranger who recognized the pair and alerted authorities. Police in Tracy, Calif., arrested the 21-year-old man on suspicion of kidnapping. Authorities said Jose Tomas took Juana Martinez from …