BAGHDAD, Iraq – A soldier was killed “due to enemy action” in the volatile Anbar province, the military said Sunday. The name of the soldier, who was assigned to the 2/28 Brigade Combat Team, was being withheld pending notification of next of kin, the military said. At least 2,476 members …

SAN FRANCISCO – Yahoo Inc. is reprogramming its online video service so it’s more like YouTube.com, an Internet upstart that has amassed a large audience during the past year with a free Web service that encourages people to post and share homemade clips. Under the changes unveiled Thursday, Yahoo will …

SAO PAULO, Brazil – A grouping of granite blocks along a grassy Amazon hilltop may be the vestiges of a centuries-old astronomical observatory — a find archaeologists say indicates early rainforest inhabitants were more sophisticated than previously believed. The 127 blocks, some as high as 9 feet tall, are spaced …

NEW YORK – The FBI dropped the curtain Wednesday on two movie piracy rings that specialized in sneaking digital camcorders into theaters and shooting hit films like “Ocean’s Twelve” and “The Passion of the Christ,” then duplicating and distributing millions of bootlegs worldwide. Agents arrested 13 people in raids across …

BOULDER, Colo. – A Crocs shoe company co-founder who resigned as a director last week was arrested on misdemeanor charges of threatening to slit his former brother-in-law’s throat, police said. George Brian Boedecker Jr., 44, was arrested May 27, a day after the confrontation in the law office of his …

NEW YORK – Moscow has eclipsed Tokyo as the world’s most expensive city, a new survey says. The Russian capital moved up three spots from a year ago thanks to a recent property boom, according to a survey released Monday, while the Japanese capital slipped to third place due to …

NEW YORK – Two days after arriving at ground zero to clear debris from the smoking ruins of the World Trade Center, David Miller could feel the physical effects. “I was practically blind, I was coughing, I had blisters all up and down my arms,” the National Guardsman said Sunday …

ROANOKE, Va. – Jurors who awarded $2 million to a couple whose 4-year-old son was run over and killed by a riding lawn mower said they wanted to send a message to the industry. Justin Simmons was killed in April 2004 in Daleville, north of Roanoke, when a mower operated …

BRUSSELS, Belgium – The European Union on Monday formally recognized the independence of Montenegro and urged it to forge healthy relations with Serbia. The EU foreign ministers said the June 3 independence declaration by Montenegro’s parliament was legal confirmation of the outcome of a referendum two weeks earlier, in which …

NEW YORK – Three years after confirming its first openly gay bishop, the U.S. Episcopal Church must decide whether to appease irate Anglicans by promising not to do it again — at least for now. The choice puts a heavy burden on the Episcopal General Convention, which starts Tuesday in …