LOS ANGELES – Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman said Tuesday she fired the volunteer nurses who were helping care for her children because they were unprofessional and invasive. In a video posted to RadarOnline.com, Suleman said Angels in Waiting founder Linda West-Conforti said “many unprofessional things,” including threats that her children …

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistani authorities on Tuesday dismissed rumors that Usama bin Laden might have moved to the country’s mountainous north to evade arrest, and that CIA or FBI agents had been operating there to hunt for clues about the Al Qaeda leader. Pakistani Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao and …

NEW YORK – Verizon Communications Inc. denied Tuesday that it had received a request for customer phone records from the National Security Agency, bringing into question key points of a USA Today story. “Contrary to the media reports, Verizon was not asked by NSA to provide, nor did Verizon provide, …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Abu Musab al-Zarqawi rose from the life of a street thug in Jordan to become the symbol of “holy war” in Iraq, masterminding the bloodiest suicide bombings of the insurgency, beheading hostages and helping push Iraq into a spiral of sectarian violence with vicious attacks against Shiites. …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq’s new prime minister declared a state of emergency Wednesday in the southern city of Basra, vowing to crack down with an “iron fist” on rival gangs battling each other for power. A car bomb in the northern city of Mosul, meanwhile, killed five policemen, the latest …

NEW YORK – Warren Buffett’s contribution of about $1.5 billion a year to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be used to seek cures for the world’s worst diseases and improve American education, Bill Gates said Monday. “There is no reason we can’t cure the top 20 diseases,” Gates …

ROCKY POINT, N.Y. – Two Mexican immigrants fishing off a Long Island jetty were set upon by a group of four white youths who beat them and stole their money while using racial and ethnic slurs, police said. The young men have been charged with robbery and assault as hate …

LOS ANGELES – Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx and rappers Missy Elliott and Busta Rhymes led the pack of nominees at the sixth annual BET Awards, recognizing the best in hip-hop, R&B, gospel and music videos, as well as outstanding athletes and actors. Damon Wayans said he was “excited” about hosting Tuesday’s …

Out-of-the-ordinary news from the folks at “Studio B”… Bogus Bills A few Japanese bigwigs just had to have them. They had to own a piece of history. So they shelled out 150 million yen — that’s about $1.3 million American dollars — to own a rare piece of Americana: the …

Why officer, are you here for business … or pleasure? A sheriff’s office in Virginia is in the hot seat after allegations that undercover detectives have been having sex when they bust massage parlors for prostitution, according to local NBC12 News. Sheriff Howard Smith of the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office …