LONDON - An Egyptian biochemist arrested in Cairo in connection with the London subway and bus bombings taught at a British university after taking graduate courses in North Carolina.

LONDON - An Egyptian biochemist arrested in Cairo in connection with the London subway and bus bombings taught at a British university after taking graduate courses in North Carolina.

Jean Fritts prepared a special treat for her granddaughter’s arrival in Sun City last week. Holly Pickett doesn’t have much opportunity to enjoy her grandmother’s cuisine when she’s on the front line of breaking news stories in the Middle East.

Jean Fritts prepared a special treat for her granddaughter’s arrival in Sun City last week. Holly Pickett doesn’t have much opportunity to enjoy her grandmother’s cuisine when she’s on the front line of breaking news stories in the Middle East.

Jean Fritts prepared a special treat for her granddaughter’s arrival in Sun City last week. Holly Pickett doesn’t have much opportunity to enjoy her grandmother’s cuisine when she’s on the front line of breaking news stories in the Middle East.

ORLANDO, Fla. — You can't blame this one on McDonald's: Researchers have found signs of heart disease in 3,500-year-old mummies.

CAIRO, Egypt -- Saddam Hussein boasted of being the "builder of modern Iraq." Iraqis are likely to remember his reign much differently. Even before the U.S.-led invasion to oust him, Iraq's economy was in tatters after decades of wars and U.N. sanctions, its people cowed by a dictator's brutality.

LEEDS, England - Police in Egypt questioned a biochemist about the London subway bombings, trying to decide whether to hand him over to British investigators after authorities in this northern town reportedly found traces of explosives in his bathtub.

LONDON - Police believe they have identified all four suicide bombers who carried out the deadly attacks on London subway trains and a bus last week, the city's police chief said Thursday.

CAIRO, Egypt - President Barack Obama chose an Arabic satellite TV network for his first formal television interview as president, part of a concerted effort to repair relations with the Muslim world that were damaged under the previous administration.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Nigerian Muslims protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad attacked Christians and burned churches on Saturday, killing at least 15 people in the deadliest confrontation yet in the whirlwind of Muslim anger over the drawings.

BEIJING - A dirty brown haze sometimes more than a mile thick is darkening skies not only over vast areas of Asia, but also in the Middle East, southern Africa and the Amazon Basin, changing weather patterns around the world and threatening health and food supplies, the U.N. reported Thursday.

IRVINE, California - Late at night, the neighbors saw a little girl at the kitchen sink of the house next door.

Austin Hill: Despite the immense power of Obama’s verbal skills, he is not able to “speak” things into existence. Thus, Obama simply declaring that America and Islam “overlap” is not enough to prevent Muslims murdering Americans on American soil.

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A roadside curiosity that countless motorists traveling U.S. Highway 60 east of the Valley have wondered about over the decades is about to open its doors for the first time in five years.

BAGHDAD - A court convicted an Iraqi journalist of assault Thursday for hurling his shoes at George W. Bush and sentenced him to three years in prison, prompting an outburst from his family and calls for his release from Iraqis who consider him an icon for a nation decimated by war.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Warplanes bombed Beirut's southern suburbs again early Sunday, witnesses reported, after a day in which Israel tightened a noose around this reeling nation with the heaviest air strikes yet in the four-day-old conflict.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan troops opened fire on demonstrators Monday, leaving at least four people dead, while Iranian police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters hurling stones and firebombs at the Danish Embassy in Tehran as anger mounted over the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel sent more troops to the Gaza border Wednesday, rapidly moving forward with preparations for a possible ground offensive as the next stage of its military assault on the coastal territory's Hamas rulers.

The photo is grainy and worn. A rare memento that survived customs, the farm in Tennessee and a family’s purging of possessions.

Text of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, as provided by the White House:

Text of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, as provided by the White House:

Text of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, as provided by the White House: