CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Iowa‘s rich topsoil and climate have nourished some of the nation’s most plentiful corn and soybean crops. Tyler O’Brien wants to learn more about their influence on rotting corpses. A biological anthropology professor at the University of Northern Iowa, O’Brien envisions turning some prime Iowa pasture …

BATON ROUGE, La. – The White House’s top hurricane-relief adviser said Tuesday he has not decided whether the federal government should pay to make New Orleans’ levees stronger than they were before Hurricane Katrina. Donald Powell declined to say how long it would take before a decision is made. Katrina, …

CAIRO, Egypt – Al Qaeda in Iraq on Wednesday denied that its leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was among those killed in a weekend raid and gunfight in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The statement — posted on an Islamic Web site that often carries militant reports — came a …

NEW YORK – Companies that sell and broker Internet domain names have filed two lawsuits against VeriSign Inc. and its oversight agency, accusing them of price-fixing and other anti-competitive practices. The federal antitrust lawsuits are primarily over a proposed extension to a contract VeriSign has with the Internet Corporation for …

Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! Monday night’s show was a technical nightmare! It seemed like everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. I am curious about how many mistakes you noticed. As for today’s blog, I have posted some pictures …

See you weeknights in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight “The O’Reilly Factor” is on … Do husbands have a right to be notified if their wife is planning to undergo an abortion? In one of his most controversial rulings, President Bush’s Supreme Court …

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. – Police shut down a suburban shopping mall for several hours Saturday after screaming fans of the boy band B5 rushed the stage during a free concert. Five people suffered minor injuries, police said. More than 2,000 fans, mostly teenage girls, had converged on Brookdale Center mall …

AURORA, Colo. – Authorities in Aurora are getting some help in their search for a missing 6-year-old girl. Two experts from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children will help organize volunteers who’ve offered to help look for Aarone Thompson. She’s been missing since Monday afternoon. Police say she …

NEWARK, N.J. – Six more people pleaded guilty Thursday to operating a Web site that investigators claimed was one of the largest online centers for trafficking in stolen identity information and credit cards. With others who pleaded guilty in recent weeks, that brings to 12 people who acknowledged roles with …

SYDNEY, Australia – Police arrested 17 terror suspects in Australia’s two biggest cities Tuesday in raids authorities said foiled a plot to carry out a catastrophic terror attack. A radical Muslim cleric known for praising Usama bin Laden was charged with masterminding the plot. More than 500 police backed up …