STOCKHOLM – Sweden says it has scrambled fighter jets to intercept two Russian military planes flying near the country’s airspace over the Baltic Sea. Military spokesman Jesper Tengroth says the Russian planes approached across international airspace near the southern Swedish island of Oland on Thursday morning. He did not specify …

BUJUMBURA, Burundi – An opposition politician in Burundi’s capital says he and many others have gone into hiding after the killing of an opposition leader. Leading opposition figure Agathon Rwasa said Sunday that he and other opposition politicians, journalists and civic activists are hiding in Bujumbura, the capital, because they …

BERLIN – Some 20,000 residents in the western German city of Cologne are being forced to evacuate their homes after authorities discovered a 200-kilogram (440-pound) bomb from World War II. Schools and kindergartens remained closed and dozens of ambulances were on the scene to evacuate residents of a nursing home. …

PARIS – A French court has acquitted a former ally of Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of swindling millions of euros from France’s richest woman, L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, by taking advantage of her weak mental state. But the court handed a famed photographer a three-year prison sentence and a 350,000 …

LOS ANGELES – Authorities say a car slammed into a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport, striking and critically injuring a 9-year-old girl who was on the sidewalk. Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey says the crash happened just before 5 p.m. Sunday at Terminal 7 on the departures …

GADSDEN, Ala. – A trial date has been set for a woman accused in the death of her stepdaughter, who was forced to run as punishment until she collapsed and later died. Court records show the trial for 30-year-old Jessica Mae Hardin is scheduled for Feb. 22. Nine-year-old Savannah Hardin …

We expect the bailout to become law, as the Senate is voting Wednesday night and the House will vote in a few days. Both McCain and Obama support the bailout, but millions of Americans do not support it, and their opinions should be respected. However, the feds will likely intervene …

Jacko’s Secrets Could Be Spilled Again | JLo and Marc Want Benny | Warner Music: Stick a Fork in Them | Mariah, Bon Jovi Meet, Eat; Beyonce’s Name Change; Sharpton’s Toast; Dreamgirls Returns Jacko’s Secrets Could Be Spilled Again Someone had better tell Michael Jackson that his lawyers are starting …

So the terrorists who blew up 200 people in Indonesia back in 2002 were finally executed and the BBC did the only thing that the BBC does well: they wet their pants. The British Band of Cowards published a stupid little article, opining that such punishment only turns bombers into …

Madonna Wants Britney This Much | Liza Almost Didn’t Make It | Kate Winslet Brings Sexy Back — And Reading Madonna Wants Britney This Much Madonna’s processed voice makes a cameo appearance on a track on Britney Spears’ new album, Circus. The song is called “Kill the Lights,” and Madonna’s …