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WASHINGTON – The Bush administration accused Iran and Syria on Friday of fueling ongoing violence in Lebanon by inciting members of the radical Shiite Hezbollah movement to take up arms against the country’s western-backed government. As Hezbollah militants seized control of large parts of Beirut, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice …

WHITE PLAINS, New York – Rene Perez was a drunkard and vagrant, an irritant to the police who had arrested him dozens of times in the neighboring towns of Mount Kisco and Bedford. One night a year ago, Perez called police from a coin laundry, possibly seeking a lift to …

DAISETTA, Texas – The massive sinkhole, with the crumbling dirt around its edges resembling sharp teeth, had managed to swallow up oil tanks and barrels, tires, telephone poles and several vehicles. Daisetta residents feared the appetite of the sinkhole, which began as a 20-foot hole in the ground on Wednesday …