Ah, young love. In this specific case, young love crashing naked through ceiling tiles into an elementary school. School police at an Albuquerque elementary school say they busted a sheepish Samuel Flores, 18, in the buff frantically searching for his duds after an amorous encounter gone terribly awry, KOBTV reports. …

BEIRUT, Lebanon – The U.S. Embassy has asked Americans in Lebanon to be extremely vigilant and avoid non-essential travel because of escalating violence in the conflict with Israel. A warden message posted on the embassy’s Web site said: “We urge Americans residing in Lebanon to maintain a high level of …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – The chief judge in Saddam Hussein‘s genocide trial threw the ex-president out of the courtroom Monday after the defendant complained about the proceedings. “I have a request here that I don’t want to be in this cage any more” Saddam said, referring to the court. He waved …

UNION, Mo. – A woman who authorities say slit the throat of a young mother and stole her baby was charged Wednesday with kidnapping and assault as authorities cast doubt on her claims that she had recently lost her own baby. The baby was found in good condition late Tuesday …

WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday that he will urge the Chinese to move more quickly to adopt economic reforms, including a more flexible currency. But in his first speech on the international economy since joining the Bush Cabinet in July, Paulson stressed that the administration will oppose …

BEIJING – A drunken Chinese migrant worker jumped into a panda enclosure at the Beijing Zoo, was bitten by the bear and retaliated by chomping down on the animal’s back, state media said Wednesday. Zhang Xinyan, from the central province of Henan, drank four jugs of beer at a restaurant …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Tuesday for a purge of liberal and secular teachers from the country’s universities, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported in another step back to 1980s-style radicalism. “Today, students should shout at the president and ask why liberal and secular university …

MEXICO CITY – President Vicente Fox was forced to forego his final state-of-the-nation address Friday after leftist lawmakers stormed the stage of Congress to protest disputed July 2 elections. Instead, he gave his speech on television, and called on Mexico to mend deep divisions that he said threaten the nation’s …

BOSTON (AP) – Three Democrats competed for the nomination for governor Tuesday, including a former Clinton administration official seeking to become the first black ever elected to Massachusetts‘ highest office. In Washington state, freshman Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell, considered by some to be vulnerable in November, and her GOP challenger, …

KABUL, Afghanistan – NATO is seeking an additional 2,000 troops to bolster its force in Afghanistan amid increasing insurgent violence, a spokesman said Friday in Warsaw, where the alliance’s defense chiefs were meeting. NATO’s top military commander, Gen. James L. Jones, on Thursday called on the 26 member nations to …