AFP - John Terry kept Chelsea's bid for a league and Cup double on track with the only goal in a 1-0 win over Newcastle in their FA Cup quarter-final.

AFP - A terrorist cell with alleged links to Al-Qaeda discussed bombing revellers at a large central London nightclub as well as targeting public utilities, a prosecutor said.

AFP - Seven British men went on trial on charges they were part of an Islamist militant-inspired plot to set off explosives in Britain with help from accomplices in Pakistan and Canada.

AFP - Kingfisher, the biggest European home-improvements retailer, said that its annual net profit fell by almost 70.0 percent, owing to an extremely weak performance in Britain.

AFP - Kingfisher, the biggest European home-improvements retailer, said that its annual net profit fell by almost 70 percent, owing to an extremely weak performance in Britain.

USATODAY.com - Every child needs "great men and women to admire and imitate," but most children would find it difficult to name more than just a handful of heroes, say Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine Roscoe, co-authors of 50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet (Millbrook Press).

AP - A $2.8 trillion election-year budget blueprint that narrowly passed the Senate forsakes President Bush's tax cuts and Medicare curbs and smashes his cap on spending, disappointing GOP loyalists anxious to see their party stem the flow of federal red ink.

AP - Joyous Cuban fans celebrated Thursday, a day after their team's big win in the World Baseball Classic sent some of them rushing into the streets with shouts and song.

AP - President Bush gets much of what he requested in a $92 billion House measure for wars and hurricane cleanup, despite a newfound willingness by GOP leaders to challenge the president.

AP - President Bush on Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian uprising, the first significant move against Soviet dominance in central Europe.

AP - Top executives from the country's largest oil companies rejected arguments Tuesday that size has allowed them overwhelming market power to force up gasoline and other fuel prices.

AP - An explosion that killed 12 workers at the Sago Mine likely was caused by a massive lightning strike that ignited methane gas in a sealed-off area, the mine's owner said Tuesday.

AP - It took Dennis Song eight years to amass a $10,000 emergency fund for his pharmacy in Flower Mound, Texas. It took about two months under the new Medicare drug benefit to drain it.

AFP - Major currencies remained stuck in narrow ranges against each other, reflecting a quiet start to the week and ahead of some key US data in the coming days.

AFP - US pop singer Michael Jackson may be thinking about moving to Britain after he made enquiries about purchasing a stately home in the country, a British newspaper says.

Reuters - A vote on a provision to block an Arab-owned company, Dubai Ports World, from managing American ports is still planned for next week in the U.S. House of Representatives, despite the company's announcement that it intends to shed the U.S. holdings, the spokesman for House Speaker Dennis Hastert said on Friday.

AP - Gen. John Abizaid, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East, took an unusual step for a military leader Thursday, criticizing opposition to the attempted purchase of some U.S. port operations by a Dubai-owned company, calling it "Arab and Muslim bashing."

AP - Dealing with a civil war in Iraq would be the responsibility of Iraq's own security forces, at least initially, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Congress on Thursday.

AP - After a long battle with Congress that went down to the wire President Bush will sign a renewal of the USA Patriot Act, a day before 16 major provisions of the old law expire.

AFP - European champions Liverpool and fellow Premiership giants Arsenal face a test of their mettle as they battle Wednesday for a place in the last eight of the Champions League.