BEIRUT, Lebanon – Unknown gunmen opened fire on a funeral procession Saturday in a Sunni neighborhood of Beirut earlier seized by Shiite gunmen, killing two and wounding two, police said. The shooting at Tarik Jadideh underlined the state of lawlessness that has engulfed the Lebanese capital’s Muslim sector since sectarian …

WASHINGTON – Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman on Thursday rejected a call by some members of Congress to release oil from the government’s emergency stockpile, saying oil is needed to respond to future supply emergencies and not to influence prices. Bodman also told a House hearing that he does not believe …

California police have issued an Amber Alert for a 10-month-old boy believed to have been taken by his mother from the Children’s Hospital of Orange. Officials believe Alakahi Thompson was taken by his mother, Ida Marybel Torres, on Wednesday night. Alakahi’s father has legal custody of the child. Alakahi is …

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Federal investigators arrested a man Friday on a charge of wire fraud and alleged he ran a Ponzi scheme that netted more than $25 million by targeting Christian investors nationwide. Jon G. Ervin, 61, of Mission Viejo, was named Thursday in a criminal complaint filed in …

Jude Law was seen kissing Rod Stewart’s model daughter Kimberly Stewart in Essex, England, on Saturday night, according to the Sun. “We couldn’t believe it when we saw Kimberly Stewart snogging the face off Jude Law. They were really going at it and barely came up for air,” an onlooker …

HONOLULU – An Oahu company is voluntarily recalling some 68,670 pounds of ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli. The announcement of the recall by Palama Holdings of Kapolei comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. The recall covers a variety …

SEAN HANNITY, HOST: The Hollywood elite love to say they are so concerned about global warming. Now, they give concerts. They make movies and star in public service announcements – all in the name of saving the planet. But their private lives, well that tells a very different story. • …

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea questioned Saturday U.S. willingness to settle an ongoing nuclear dispute after criticisms by Washington included in a report on global democracy. North Korea’s official news agency said the country’s Foreign Ministry blasted a recent State Department report that called North Korea a “militarized society” …

Australia’s arts community has defended a photographer whose exhibition of images of naked children was shut down. Police shut down Bill Henson’s installation at a Sydney gallery before it even began due to complaints about frontal nudity in the photos of 12 and 13-year-olds, according to a Sky News report. …

NORFOLK, Virginia – Former 100-meter record holder Tim Montgomery has been indicted on heroin distribution charges, the Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk reported Thursday. The 33-year-old sprinter was arrested Wednesday on a sealed indictment, accused of dealing more than 100 grams of heroin in the Middle Atlantic state of Virginia over the …