Hurricane Ike on track to veer away from Keys KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Authorities called off evacuation orders for the Florida Keys on Monday as a ferocious Hurricane Ike shifted south over Cuba and appeared on track to miss the low-lying U.S. island chain. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center warned that it was still too...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ A teacher's husband accused of fatally shooting her student lover told police after his arrest that he recalled killing the teen, but that the rest of the evening was "all a blur," an investigator testified Monday. Criminal investigator Andrew Boatman also testified in the fourth day of Eric Mclean's...

NEW YORK (AP) _ A judge says "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has won her claim that a fan violated her copyright with his plans to publish a Potter encyclopedia. Judge Robert Patterson said in a ruling Monday that Rowling had proven that Steven Vander Ark's "Harry Potter Lexicon" would cause her irreparable harm as a writer....

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) _ John McCain and Sarah Palin are criticizing Democrat Barack Obama over requesting money for his home state of Illinois even though the Alaska governor's record is mixed. At a rally, the Republican presidential nominee and his running mate accused Obama of requesting nearly $1 billion in earmarks. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ In a pointed but mostly symbolic expression of displeasure with Moscow, President Bush on Monday canceled a once-celebrated civilian nuclear cooperation deal with Russia. Bush had sent the agreement to Congress for approval in May, after a much-heralded signing by the two nations that capped two years of tough...