WASHINGTON -- A congressman said Wednesday the FBI has found that four of his government computers have been hacked by sources working out of China.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A hedge-fund swindler who was supposed to be driving himself to prison abandoned his car on a bridge with the phrase "Suicide is Painless" scrawled on its hood, but no body has been found in the river below -- and the victims of his fraud say they doubt he killed himself.

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Hugo Chavez has tossed out a controversial intelligence decree that would have forced Venezuelans to become informants and spy on their neighbors or face prison time.

LONDON -- Protests over soaring fuel prices erupted in Asia on Tuesday as truckers in Hong Kong and tire-burning demonstrators in India and Nepal added their angry voices to protests that began last month in Europe.

KRANJ, Slovenia -- President Bush claimed progress Tuesday in his legacy-shaping drive to stop Iran from developing a nuclear bomb, winning European promises to tighten pressure on Tehran with U.N. sanctions and possibly other new penalties.

KHARTOUM, Sudan -- A Sudanese jetliner landed in a thunderstorm and veered off the runway late Tuesday, bursting into flames and killing dozens of people, Sudanese officials said.

WELEETKA, Okla. -- The bodies of two girls were found shot to death in rural Oklahoma along a dirt road the best friends walked dozens of times to play and go to sleepovers.

ATLANTA -- It's the beginning of the summer, and it's tough to find fresh salsa for our chips and tomatoes for our burgers.

ST. LOUIS -- Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain Tuesday outlined sharply different approaches on how to revive the nation's economy and provide aid to struggling workers, providing a clear choice for voters on the issue that Americans say they are most concerned about.

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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- A Sudan Airways jetliner veered off a runway late Tuesday amid thunderstorms and burst into flames, killing about 100 people, Sudanese television reported.

WASHINGTON -- John McCain said Democratic rival Barack Obama is bad for business in a speech to small business owners.