Texas governor orders anti-cancer vaccine for schoolgirls
12:45 p.m. AUSTIN, Texas -- Gov. Rick Perry signed an order Friday making Texas the first state to require that schoolgirls be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
Administration brings trade case against China on subsidies
9 a.m. WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration, under pressure from a Democratic-controlled Congress to do something about America’s soaring trade deficit, filed a trade case Friday against China in a dispute involving government subsidies.
Suicide bombers strike Shiite city as bombs and mortar attack rock Iraqi capital
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A pair of suicide bombers detonated explosives Thursday among shoppers in a crowded outdoor market in a Shiite city south of Baghdad, killing at least 45 people and wounding 150, police said.
Cal AG to pursue global warming lawsuit against top automakers
SAN FRANCISCO — California Attorney General Jerry Brown said Thursday he will move ahead with a lawsuit that accuses the six largest American and Japanese automakers of damaging the environment by producing vehicles that contribute to global warming.
Leading scientists: Signs of global warming worsening
PARIS — A long-awaited report says global warming is “very likely” man-made, the most powerful language ever used on the issue by the world’s leading climate scientists, delegates who have seen the report said Thursday.
Federal prosecutors may sue over musical movie marketing gimmick
LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors have said they may sue Paramount Pictures and the Los Angeles Times over a promotion for last year’s “Mission: Impossible III.”
Punxsutawney Phil doesn't see his shadow, predicts an early spring
7 a.m. PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. -- A new pair of hands pulled Punxsutawney Phil from his stump this year, so it was only fitting that the groundhog offered a new prediction.
Bush to seek $245 billion more for Iraq, Afghanistan this year and next
10:45 a.m. WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration will ask for another $100 billion for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan this year and seek $145 billion for 2008, a senior administration official said Friday.
At least 14 dead as thunderstorms, tornado tear through central Florida
10:30 a.m. LADY LAKE, Fla. -- Storms carrying the state’s deadliest tornado in a decade cut a path across central Florida early Friday, killing at least 14 people, damaging hundreds of homes and littering fields with clothes, furniture and splintered lumber.
San Franciscans gape, then shrug, at mayor’s love affair
SAN FRANCISCO — A city accustomed to seeing it all gaped, and then shrugged, Thursday after its dashing young mayor confessed to having an affair with a former secretary, who happened to be the wife of his campaign manager.
Phoenix parents fear predator who tries to snatch girls through bedroom windows
PHOENIX — Parents are waking up through the night to check on their little girls, sleeping alongside them in their beds and even using heavy furniture to block the windows.
Unemployment rate rises to 4.6 percent in January
7:10 a.m. WASHINGTON -- The nation's unemployment rate climbed to a four-month high of 4.6 percent as somewhat wary employers added fewer new jobs in January. Wage gains were more modest.
