Lara Weber

Impoverished Albanian villagers have started a donkey-taxi service at the new Qafe Bote crossing to Greece to help travelers negotiate the 1.5-mile mountain path between the two Balkan neighbors. Fare:...

Police fought overnight gun battles with suspected Al Qaeda militants planning an imminent attack on Islam's holiest city, killing five and arresting others believed linked to last month's suicide bombings...

A federal official investigating a charter fishing boat that capsized in rough surf, killing at least nine people, raised questions Sunday about the decision to send the small vessel out...

A federal judge in Portland, Maine, approved a settlement agreement Friday in a music antitrust lawsuit that will result in more than 3.5 million consumers receiving nearly $13 each. But...

3. Skydiving plane crashes, 4 dead A skydiving plane crashed Sunday as it was taking off from a Jeannette, Pa., airport, killing four of the five men aboard, authorities said....

4. Gunfire heard as Iran protests continue Gunshots rang out in the early hours of Monday morning near a Tehran university dormitory that has been the focal point of six...

Two years ago an investor in Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. stood up at the company's annual meeting and asked a favor of Chairman Bill Wrigley Jr. "My one request is,...

The Chicago Park District banned swimming at a South Side beach Thursday after high levels of bacteria were detected in lake water there. Officials banned swimming at 57th Street Beach...

A full moon rises Saturday, following on the heels of Friday the 13th. Take your chances, or let RedEye prepare you for the loony weekend ahead. The allure of the...

Cigarette manufacturers are spending more to advertise and promote their products, but selling fewer cigarettes. The largest companies spent a record $11.2 billion on advertising and promotions nationwide in 2001,...