Kevin West

Kmart Corp. has asked a federal bankruptcy judge to approve a $1.5 million annual base salary for chief executive and chairman James B. Adamson.

An instant message exchange might seem as fleeting as a phone call or face-to-face chat. But, like everything else on the Net, it can have much more staying power than users think.

Proposed anti-pollution regulations for big livestock and poultry farms could cut production and force operations to move to areas such as the Midwest and Plains where there is plentiful cropland for using manure as fertilizer.

Tension rose around the Church of the Nativity in biblical Bethlehem Sunday after Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian, while more than 200 armed Palestinians remained inside the shrine.

Israel's military announced Sunday it would end a sweeping ban on entering occupied Palestinian areas in the West Bank.

A young man identified as an American university student was taken into custody peacefully Sunday after unfurling a banner on crowded Tiananmen Square and shouting slogans supporting the outlawed Falun Gong sect.

Early Sunday, Danny S. Shelley, 31, who police say tried to flee the scene by motorcycle but crashed, was charged with capital murder in Pulaski County Sheriff Sam Catron's death.

President Hugo Chavez returned triumphantly to office two days after he was ousted and arrested by Venezuela's military.

Humans versus mosquitoes: The South's annual war against the bloodsucking insects is usually just a battle to prevent the nasty, itchy bites that the pests inflict on almost everyone who goes outside during warm weather.

The Detroit Tigers' lost their tenth straight game and have their worst start in 82 years after losing to Minnesota 7-3.