Kevin West

Ed Moses of the United States broke his own short-course world record in the 200-meter breaststroke Friday.

A train derailed west of this North Dakota city early Friday, sending a cloud of anhydrous ammonia gas over the area, killing one resident and sending dozens more to the hospital.

For the most part, the new baggage screening procedures did not cause any serious delays at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport on Friday.

For workers, the lesson of Enron's collapse is supposed to be that they shouldn't put all their retirement eggs in one basket of stock. But that is a lesson some of the nation's biggest companies and their employees have all but ignored.

O'Hare International Airport has reclaimed its title as the world's busiest airport, according the Federal Aviation Administration.

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed to $27.9 billion in November as oil imports fell to the lowest level in more than two years, the government said Friday.

Even Christmas cheer couldn't brighten the spirits of the personal computer industry, which suffered through a disastrous 2001.

Fires burned out of control Friday after a nearby volcano sent 100-foot-wide rivers of lava flowing through the center of town and into Lake Kivu, forcing as many as 500,000 people to flee to Rwanda.

Two military fighter jets collided and crashed in the southern Arizona desert Thursday, the Air Force said.

DaimlerChrysler AG announced it would begin repairing minivans that were recalled last year to fix leaky fuel seals.