AP - When A-list stars have legal troubles or need to negotiate seven-figure movie deals, they often turn to powerhouse attorney Bert Fields.

AP - At least seven people were killed Monday night when a tractor-trailer collided with a pickup truck on a southern Arizona interstate, authorities said.

AP - An Army document summarizing 62 allegations of detainee abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan was circulated two weeks before the public release of pictures of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison, according to government records released Tuesday by a civil rights group.

AP - A portrait by Pablo Picasso of the woman who influenced him in the late 1930s and early 1940s sold for $95.2 million, the second-highest amount ever paid for a painting at auction, the auction house Sotheby's said.

AP - A man shot three of his former family members in a hospital parking lot Thursday, before committing suicide outside a nearby school, the county sheriff said. Two of the former relatives died.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday said that an Oklahoma-based company has voluntarily recalled 156,235 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria.

GOREE ISLAND, Senegal (Reuters) - A 41-year-old New Yorker set off from West Africa in a 24-foot wooden boat on a 3,000 mile solo row across the Atlantic on Sunday, hoping to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and commemorate the slave trade.

AP - The stain is finally leaving tattoo artist Brandon Mull's profession.

AP - Gov. Jeb Bush declared a state of emergency Monday as brush fires burned more than 8,000 acres, destroyed homes and forced authorities to shut down highways.

AP - Retired Boston University President John Silber received $6.1 million from the university in 2005, mostly in deferred compensation, the university said Tuesday.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - If Alaska cannot reach a deal with major oil companies on a massive natural gas pipeline, the federal government could intervene giving the state no control over the project's construction or operation, Gov. Frank Murkowski said on Wednesday.

AP - A single holdout kept the jury from handing a death sentence to Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in this country in the 9/11 attacks.

AP - One of two brothers accused of killing a sheriff's deputy and friend was captured Friday after a day on the run.

AP - The last time the U.S. military posted troops on the border near this tiny cluster of farms and ranches, an 18-year-old goat herder was shot to death.

AP - Seat belt use is reaching record levels, so just who are the holdouts who fail to buckle up? Often they are young men who live in rural areas and drive pickups, the government says.

MIAMI (Reuters) - A third Duke University lacrosse player was indicted on Monday on charges of raping a dancer at a team party and immediately declared his innocence, calling the allegations 'fantastic lies.'

TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co. said on Wednesday it will build new plants in Japan, the United States and Canada. President and Chief Executive Takeo Fukui said the new U.S. plant would cost $400 million and would start operating in 2008. It would have a capacity of 200,000 units and a work force of more than 1,500.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of people traveling this Memorial Day weekend will rise by the smallest amount in four years as a 34 percent rise in gasoline pump prices takes a toll on pocket books, AAA said on Thursday.

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Traffic into Mexico from the United States through the world's busiest land border crossing was blocked for several hours on Thursday after U.S. authorities shot and killed a driver who refused to stop.

AP - A report from a four-year, multimillion-dollar investigation into allegations that Chicago police tortured black suspects should be released to the public, a judge ruled Friday.

AP - Cardinal Sean O'Malley has reprimanded the president of an archdiocese-run hospital system who is accused of kissing and touching four employees, according to a published report.

AP - The rear car of an amusement park roller coaster separated from the others and tipped over Sunday, and officials said 18 people suffered minor injuries.

AP - A Cuban national convicted of a 1982 rape in Key West will be released because DNA evidence proves he did not commit the crime, prosecutors said Monday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A new study suggests that people preparing for surgery ask their doctor: 'Have you played your video games today?'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief shut out two senior agency officials from a decision to indefinitely postpone action on Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s 'morning-after' contraceptive, the officials said in legal depositions released this week.

AP - Nearly two-thirds of the people who got counseling after the Sept. 11 attacks are still grieving, and more than four in 10 still need professional help to cope, according to a study sponsored by the American Red Cross.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI director Robert S. Mueller III said this week that they were prepared to quit if the White House directed them to relinquish evidence seized in a disputed search of a House member's office, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

AP - A first-time skydiver slipped from her harness during a jump Saturday and fell to her death, authorities said.

AP - Two people escaped with minor injuries after a helicopter crashed into the Long Island Sound, flipping the aircraft and snapping off its tail, police said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CBS correspondent Kimberly Dozier, wounded in a bomb attack on a U.S. military patrol in Baghdad that killed two members of her news crew, has landed in Germany for treatment at a U.S. military hospital, the network said on Tuesday.

AP - Justice Department employees involved in a lawsuit filed on behalf of Sept. 11 detainees must disclose whether they know of any government monitoring of conversations between the detainees and their attorneys, a judge ruled Tuesday.