LONDON – Queen Camilla or plain Princess Consort? Amid conflicting messages from the British government and the royals, who cannot agree on the title of Prince Charles’ (search) future wife, one Labour lawmaker is demanding answers. “This sends shock waves across the world,” said Andrew Mackinlay, who has peppered the …

WASHINGTON – The nation’s public school systems are sinking further into debt, the Census Bureau (search) reported Thursday. They were saddled with over $250 billion in tuck with huge debts to pay for new buildings to accommodate a surging student population. Nationally, enrollment grew slightly to 47.6 million, up 1 …

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. – Her breathing labored and quick, her skin mottled with red splotches, Terri Schiavo (search) spent her final moments clinging to one of her beloved stuffed animals. Michael Schiavo was at her side, in the same hospice where he has spent every night since his wife’s feeding …

CHICAGO – A jailed white supremacist who has been a focus of the investigation into the slayings of a federal judge’s husband and mother will no longer be allowed to visit or speak with his parents, the family said Tuesday. An official from the Metropolitan Correctional Center, where Matt Hale …

GATLINBURG, Tenn. – Park rangers rescued four hikers Wednesday who had become stranded in snow in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (search). One had to be airlifted to a hospital. The sick hiker, Matthew Schultz (search), was in stable condition after he was taken to the hospital as a …

This is a partial transcript from “The Beltway Boys”, March 26, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The Beltway Boys” Saturday at 6 p.m. ET and Sunday at 1 and 6 a.m. EST. MORT KONDRACKE, CO-HOST: It’s ups and downs time. UP: President Bush (search). His plan for …

NEW YORK – Oil prices bounced back above $54 on Friday as traders pushed prices up ahead of the weekend after the International Energy Agency (search) said robust growth in the United States and China will pump up consumption even faster than expected this year. U.S. light crude (search) bounced …

WASHINGTON – President Bush has approved the nation’s first counterintelligence strategy (search), directing the intelligence agencies to go on the offensive — together — against foreign and terrorist threats. Counterintelligence is the government-wide effort to protect against foreign espionage and intelligence collection. But professionals in this narrow specialty concede the …

JERUSALEM – Jewish settlers should hand over their weapons before the planned Gaza withdrawal this summer to prevent any chance of bloody confrontations with Israeli troops over the dismantling of settlements, a settler leader said Wednesday. The proposal by ultranationalist lawmaker Effie Eitam (search) marked the first time a settler …

DECATUR, Ga. – Emmanuel Hawkins celebrated a birthday Wednesday that he was never supposed to live to see. For 16 weeks after his mother lapsed into a coma brought on by an assault, Emmanuel continued to grow inside her womb. Doctors tried to persuade his grandmother, Nonnie Hawkins, to end …