Sharky's Notebook

Partial preliminary results from four of 18 provinces in Iraq showed the prime minister's bloc and a secular challenger winning two provinces each.

The largest aftershock since Chile's devastating earthquake rocks the South American country minutes before the inauguration of President Sebastian Pinera.

Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen has died. He was 69.  Utah State University assistant athletic media relations director Zach Fisher says Olsen died Wednesday night at a Los Angeles hospital.

Protesters clash with police as more than 20,000 people march through central Athens during a nationwide general strike against the government's new austerity measures.

The so-called "RV Capital of the World" may soon be able to bill itself the "EV Capital of the World. What a difference a letter makes.

Thousands of people marched through Athens Thursday as part of a 24-hour nationwide strike to protest further austerity measures by the embattled government.

Three strong earthquakes rock Chile just as the country swears in a new president. They came weeks after a 8.8-magnitude quake killed hundreds of people.

A 30-year-old man employed by British Airways as an information technology developer faces court on two charges relating to terrorism.

U.S. highway deaths fell to 34,000 in 2009, the lowest levels since 1954, according to the Transportation Department.

Twisters strike parts of Arkansas, killing one, injuring at least three and destroying a handful of homes.

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says it is difficult to have any negotiations with Israel unless it revokes plans to build new homes on disputed land in Jerusalem, Abbas' top negotiator said Thursday.

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has insisted that this week's explosion of violence is not driven by religious tensions between Christians and Muslims.

The Kansas City school board voted Wednesday night to close nearly half the district's schools in a desperate bid to stay afloat.

A northern Mississippi school district will not be hosting a high school prom this spring after a lesbian student asked to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.

British journalist Paul Martin was free Thursday and on his way to Israel after his arrest by Hamas in Gaza a month ago.

The former vice president of Bosnia was freed on bail Thursday, three days after being arrested in London on an extradition request from Serbia, spokespeople for the court and prosecutors said.