Patricia Cornwell is an award-winning novelist of forensic mysteries and police procedurals that focus on medical autopsies and investigations. Her novels are characterized by the graphic authenticity of their detail and their compelling psychological st...

MARYVILLE, Mo. - It was cold, it was windy and it was all Jamaica. Rector, that is. The Northwest Missouri State sophomore had his hottest game of the season on the season's coldest afternoon to date. Rector scored four touchdowns by three...

Singular life What shocked me so unutterably about those pictures of US soldiers was the photograph of a member of my sex dangling a cigarette in her mouth and pointing mockingly at the genitals of hooded prisoners. Why? Because there is something inherently...

Three people died in two trucks when they apparently were caught in a huge wildfire in western Australia's Outback hours after authorities reopened the highway running through the affected area, police said Monday.Police found the bodies of two adults and a child overnight in the...

Prime Minister John Howard conceded Wednesday that keeping Australian troops in Iraq could cost him re-election but said he would not abandon the United States.A staunch Bush ally, Howard has taken a beating in polls over his refusal to bring the troops home. Australia contributed...