Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian's Tracinda Corp. reports it has increased its ownership stake in Ford Motor Co. to 6.49 percent from 5.5 percent.

A Senate panel rejected calls Thursday to ban certain swear words on Australian TV following an inquiry prompted by a popular series on restaurant kitchens with foul-mouthed British chef Gordon Ramsay.

?Russia successfully launched six U.S. communications satellites into orbit Thursday, officials said.

Iraqi troops fanned out across the Shiite militia stronghold of Amarah Thursday and gunmen tossed their weapons onto the streets or into canals as the government officially launched a military crackdown on the area.

Chipper Jones got hit in the face by a ball in batting practice and had to be taken to a hospital. That meant Friday the 13th was proceding like a typical recent day for the star-crossed Braves at sold-out Angel Stadium.

Hospital patients in wheelchairs and on stretchers were evacuated in the middle of the night as the biggest flood Cedar Rapids has ever seen swamped more than 400 blocks Friday and all but cut off the supply of clean drinking water in the city of 120,000.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has offered to appear at GOP fundraisers if candidates help him retire his campaign debts, The New York Times said Friday.

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Tiger Woods sank a 24-foot putt on the 72nd hole to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational Sunday, his seventh straight victory worldwide and 64th on the PGA Tour.