DENVER – A lawyer for three activists removed from one of President Bush’s town hall events said Thursday that the Secret Service has opened a criminal probe into whether the man who escorted them from the hall was impersonating an agent. The man was dressed in a dark suit and …

SAN FRANCISCO – Web marketplace eBay Inc. (EBAY) posted Wednesday a better-than-expected 28 percent increase in quarterly net profit, but it forecast future profits at or below Wall Street estimates. Its shares, which have fallen 43 percent so far this year on slowing revenue growth and declining margins, initially rose …

SAVAR, Bangladesh – Hopes were quickly fading Wednesday for 200 people still trapped in the debris of a nine-story garment factory (search) that collapsed after a boiler exploded, killing at least 31 people, officials said. Rescue attempts have been hampered by a lack of equipment, with firefighters and soldiers using …

LONDON – Medical teams trying to stamp out the worst recorded incidence of Marburg virus (search) in Angola are beginning to get the deadly outbreak under control as cooperation from stricken communities improves, the U.N. health agency said Saturday. The virus, closely related to the feared Ebola virus (search), has …

A 911 dispatcher (search) was reprimanded for responding to a mother’s plea for help with an unruly child by saying: “OK. Do you want us to come over to shoot her?” “I admit what I did. It was stupid, it was inexcusable, and I’m sorry,” said dispatcher Mike Forbess. The …

Florida authorities issued an Amber Alert (search) for a 12-year-old girl who they believe was taken by a family acquaintance, police in Bradenton told FOX News. Margarita Aguilar-Lopez (search), described as a Hispanic girl who is 4-foot-10-inches tall and weighs 65 pounds, may be in danger, said Bradenton Police Major …

REGENSBURG, Germany – Most people in Regensburg like the idea of former resident Joseph Ratzinger becoming pope. Just not his 81-year-old brother. Georg Ratzinger (search), a priest who was ordained on the same day as his younger sibling, told The Associated Press on Wednesday he worries about the stress the …

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s (search) new Cabinet won a vote of confidence in Parliament on Wednesday, clearing the way for the government to hold elections by the end of May. The legislature, whose term was set to expire May 31, approved a bill extending its term …

MOSCOW – Four alleged militants were killed early Friday in a shootout with police in the predominantly Muslim, southern Russian region of Kabardino-Balkariya, Russian media reported. One policeman was killed and one wounded. The four were in a car stopped by police on a road in Nalchik, the restive region’s …

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI (search) won rousing applause when he borrowed some of his predecessor’s most popular sound bites. Pilgrims snapped up postcards with the late pontiff’s image. Polish flags appeared to outnumber German banners in packed St. Peter’s Square (search). Some in the crowd of 350,000 on …