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WOODLAND PARK, Colo. – Fire officials and residents living near the 137,000-acre wildfire southwest of Denver have learned just how fast a fire can move. “I spoke to homeowners who fled their homes, only to watch them burn in their rearview mirrors,” said Steve Segin, a spokesman for the U.S. …

These are glory days for Saddam Hussein. It was only a few short weeks ago that he was in President Bush’s crosshairs: The U.S. was getting ready to gin up world opinion for an attack on Iraq. The vice president was on a world tour to get the allied ducks …

WASHINGTON – The Treasury Department put off a planned debt auction on Tuesday and President Bush urged Congress to increase the government’s ability to borrow, saying action was essential “as we fight for freedom” against terrorism. House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt said members of his party were eager to cooperate …

TULSA, Okla. – Williams Energy Partners (WGN) on Friday raised its fourth-quarter earnings outlook by more than 55 percent, citing strong results from its pipeline operations. The company estimated earnings of 70 cents per share, up from a previous forecast of 45 cents. Analysts have been expecting a profit of …

UNITED NATIONS – Security Council members expect the United States to circulate a revised resolution on Iraq early next week after Russia indicated the positions of the five veto-wielding members were getting closer. But Moscow made clear that “considerable differences” remain on key issues and continued to oppose language that …

WASHINGTON – The crew of an Air Force AC-130 gunship that mistakenly fired on friendly forces in Afghanistan last March, killing an American soldier, was plagued by equipment problems including flawed navigation systems, a Central Command investigation summary says. The brief summary confirmed what was widely reported last month — …

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – A Saudi minister on Monday condemned accusations the wife of the kingdom’s ambassador to Washington had provided money to terror suspects, saying charitable giving shouldn’t be a crime. Claims by some U.S. lawmakers that Saudis helped finance two Sept. 11 terror suspects are “baseless fabrications,” Interior …

NEW YORK – With few big companies set to release earnings next week and Iraq still hanging over the market, stocks are likely to remain steady until Thanksgiving. Economic statistics are pointing both ways on Wall Street, with signs the consumer — the pillar of a slow economy — is …

JARRATT, Va. – The State Department warned of possible global retaliation against Americans as a Pakistani man who killed two CIA employees in a 1993 shooting rampage outside the agency’s headquarters was executed Thursday. Aimal Khan Kasi, 38, died by injection at the Greensville Correctional Center at 9:07 p.m. “There …

WASHINGTON – Usama bin Laden’s call to arms to Muslims around the world, if authentic, would be a stark reminder that the Al Qaeda founder had eluded all U.S. efforts to kill or capture him, even with a $25 million price on his head, and probably still presides over a …