BEIJING – North Korea handed over a long-awaited accounting of its nuclear work to Chinese officials on Thursday, fulfilling a key step in the denuclearization process. The United States said it will lift key trade sanctions against North Korea and remove it from the U.S. terrorism blacklist, a remarkable turnaround …

LOS ANGELES – The Phoenix lander stopped digging soil near Mars’ north pole Wednesday as engineers on Earth worked to fix a glitch that caused the loss of some photos and science data. The problem was discovered late Tuesday after the spacecraft dug a trench inside a polygon-shaped surface feature …

This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume” from June 19, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SEN. BARACK OBAMA, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I would be very interested in pursuing public financing, because I think not …

COLUMBIA, Pa. – A troubled Pennsylvania man is lucky to be alive after surviving a 75-foot fall into the Susquehanna River. Police say a fisherman pulled the 27-year-old Manheim man onto his boat after he tried to commit suicide Monday morning. West Hempfield Township police Sgt. Russell Geier says the …

KATMANDU, Nepal – Nepal’s deposed king was spending his final night at his former palace before moving to a summer home just west of the capital, the government said Tuesday. Nepal’s Constituent Assembly, which abolished the monarchy last month and declared Nepal a republic, ordered former King Gyanendra to move …

CHICAGO – Children and teens with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder fared no better on St. John’s wort than they did on dummy pills in a government study, another blow for herbal supplements. St. John’s wort, pine bark extract and blue-green algae are among commonly used herbal treatments for children with …

MEXICO CITY – Mexico City’s mayor expressed outrage Saturday that youths as young as 13 were among the dozen people killed in a nightclub stampede and said the officials involved in the police raid that sparked the crush had been suspended. Police went to check reports of underage drinking and …

SYDNEY, Australia – A man who auctioned his life — his house, his car, his job, even his friends — on eBay said Monday he is disappointed with the selling price: almost $384,000. Ian Usher, a British immigrant to Australia, put everything he owned as well as introductions to his …

TOKYO – The world needs to invest $45 trillion in energy in coming decades, build some 1,400 nuclear power plants and vastly expand wind power in order to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to an energy study released Friday. The report by the Paris-based International Energy Agency envisions …

AUSTELL, Ga. – A teenager was decapitated by a roller coaster after he hopped a pair of fences and entered a restricted area Saturday at Six Flags Over Georgia, authorities said. Six Flags officials are uncertain why 17-year-old Asia Leeshawn Ferguson of Springfield, South Carolina scaled two six-foot fences and …