FIFA suspends Iraq for political meddling

ZURICH — FIFA suspended Iraq from world football on Friday because of political interference in the national...

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the...

Do shoot ‘The Messenger’

In Oren Moverman’s downbeat drama “The Messenger,” Woody Harrelson has more tics than an East...

Woman awarded $3M in assault claim against KBR

HOUSTON — A woman who claimed she was raped in 2005 while working in Iraq for a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary...

Obama salutes U.S. troops in S. Korea before heading home

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — President Barack Obama told about 1,500 U.S. forces Thursday that in providing...

Iraq vote delay likely after veto on election law

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Sunni Arab vice president vetoed part of a key election law Wednesday, a move that...

Schwarzenegger rules out another run for office

MILAN — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger won’t say what his plans are when his term expires next...

Final salute to a singular hero

It was, at first, a story about two Bay State sons - Marine Capts. Kyle Van de Giesen and Eric Jones - who...

Golf notes: Giving new definition to being on tour

MELBOURNE, Australia — Tiger Woods first made his move in the Australian Masters in the middle of the...

FIFA warns Iraq to stop meddling in soccer

ZURICH — Iraq faces suspension from world soccer if it does not restore the disbanded national federation...

Alcoholism drug may help heroin addicts, too

Cambridge biotech company Alkermes Inc. said its drug Vivitrol, which is used to help alcoholics quit drinking,...

Army helps vets with ’invisible wounds’ find jobs

SAN ANTONIO — Richard Martin keeps a rearview mirror on his desk to prevent co-workers from startling him...

Fort Hood slayings prompt full Pentagon review

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will investigate its procedures in light of the Fort Hood shooting rampage, looking...

Schwarzenegger drops in on US troops in Iraq

BAGHDAD — California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has dropped in on U.S. troops in Iraq, thanking them...

Mother of fallen NH Marine says his time had come

TROY, N.H. — The mother of New Hampshire Marine Stephen L. Murray of Troy who was killed in Iraq last...