BOSTON – State Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, who was photographed by the FBI allegedly stuffing bribe money under her sweater, says she’s not resigning immediately, saying she wants an orderly transition. Wilkerson made the statement despite a vote by the state Senate last week calling on her to give up her …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Spacewalking astronauts completed almost all of the greasy repairs on a gummed-up joint at the international space station on Saturday, leaving just a few chores behind for another day. As spacewalk No. 3 was getting under way 225 miles up, a new recycling system for converting …

How do you know your child’s fear or anxiety is a reason to see a doctor? It usually involves extreme behavior. Experts offer these tips: — Separation anxiety: This is not the clinginess often seen in toddlers. It’s a level of fear in school-age children up to age 10 or …

CORRY, Pa. – Police in one northwestern Pennsylvania city are looking for a man who claimed to be a police canine officer when he pulled over a woman and searched her van with a German shepherd. The incident happened Friday afternoon on Route 6. Corry is about 25 miles southeast …

WASHINGTON – The fictional King Solomon’s Mines held a treasure of gold and diamonds, but archaeologists say the real mines may have supplied the ancient king with copper. Researchers led by Thomas Levy of the University of California, San Diego, and Mohammad Najjar of Jordan’s Friends of Archaeology, discovered a …

WASHINGTON – Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens’ corruption trial will move forward Monday, after a federal judge rejected a defense motion calling for a mistrial. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled late Thursday afternoon against the motion, after hearing heated arguments from attorneys in the case. Defense attorneys had accused the …

MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis radio station said it will air public service announcements on HIV/AIDS after a pair of talk hosts accused former NBA great Magic Johnson of faking AIDS. KTLK’s Chris Baker and Langdon Perry made the remarks during Baker’s conservative talk show on Wednesday. After Johnson condemned the …

An Egyptian Al Qaeda suspect and his family have won permission to live in Britain — and claim hundreds in benefits a month. Ministers gave Hany Youssef “discretionary leave to remain,” even though the Home Office admits he is on a U.N. list of people “belonging to or linked” to …

ROME – Pope Benedict XVI warned Sunday that modern culture is pushing God out of people’s lives, causing nations once rich in religious faith to lose their identities. Benedict celebrated a Mass in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls to open a worldwide meeting of bishops on the …

CHICAGO – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart says his office will resume performing evictions in foreclosure cases on Monday, but with important new legal safeguards for tenants facing such action. Dart said Thursday that the new safeguards were worked out with Judge Dorothy K. Kinnaird, supervisor of the Cook …