WINONA, Mo. – Four children died in a flaming crash when a sport utility vehicle collided nearly head-on with a tractor-trailer in southern Missouri, the state Highway Patrol said. The SUV crossed into the tractor-trailer’s lane late Sunday on a highway about five miles west of Winona, the patrol said. …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Leading presidential candidate Rene Preval said Tuesday that “gross errors and probably gigantic fraud” marred last week’s elections, a day after thousands of his supporters stormed a luxury hotel, accusing election officials of manipulating vote counts to deprive him of a first-round victory. “We want the will …

This is a partial transcript from “On the Record,” February 7, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: A former lawyer indicted for the murder of his wife and his father may be the key witness against him. As part of a plea deal, Arthur March …

WASHINGTON – A former top aide to California Republican Rep. John Doolittle traveled to Puerto Rico on a trip paid for by Jack Abramoff‘s lobbying firm, records show. House rules prohibit lawmakers and staff from taking trips paid for by registered lobbyists or lobbying firms. David G. Lopez was Doolittle’s …

HONOLULU – A crowd of mostly baby boomers rocked an otherwise silent volcano, dancing and singing to the first concert inside Diamond Head crater in nearly 30 years. “The crater is our Woodstock in Hawaii,” screamed 49-year-old Eddie Knoebel, who once joined wild teenagers for popular crater concerts in the …

NEW YORK – Surfing the Web at work is equivalent to reading a newspaper or talking on the phone, an administrative law judge said in recommending the lightest possible punishment for a city worker accused of disregarding warnings to stay off the Internet. The case involved Toquir Choudhri, a 14-year …

TOKYO – A barrage of diplomatic meetings in Japan have failed to win a commitment from North Korea to return to stalled six-party talks on dismantling its nuclear weapons program, officials said Wednesday. Representatives from the six nations — the United States, China, Russia, Japan and the two Koreas — …

NEW YORK – Honda Motor Co. (HMC) may cut production of the Honda Accord hybrid because sales have been so slow, Honda Executive Vice President Dick Colliver said Thursday at the New York Auto Show. Colliver was the second executive in as many days to question the direction of hybrid …

WASHINGTON – Some 48 of the 100 senators urged Republican leaders and the Bush administration on Wednesday to allow all older people more time to sign up for the Medicare drug benefit beyond the May 15 deadline. “By extending the enrollment deadline and delaying late enrollment penalties, we can make …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The U.S. government released the most extensive list yet of the hundreds of detainees who have been held at the Guantanamo Bay prison — nearly all labeled enemy combatants, but only a handful of whom have faced formal charges. In all, 558 people were named …