LOS ANGELES – A man who murdered five family members then shot himself to death left the haunting lyrics of a Grammy-winning song next to his computer and a note that read, “Woe is me. I’m looking forward to seeing you in the next life,” the sheriff said Wednesday. Investigators …

Thousands of people every year volunteer for medical experiments that often help them reach cutting-edge treatments but also can expose them to serious risks. Now a major campaign is intended to better educate people about how to weigh whether a study is worth trying. The centerpiece of the campaign that …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – The kidnapped governor of volatile Anbar province (search) was found dead after a fierce battle between U.S. forces and foreign fighters, a government spokesman said Tuesday. In Washington, President Bush said Baghdad’s fledgling leadership is “plenty capable” of defeating insurgents whose attacks on Iraqis and U.S. soldiers …

NEW YORK – Labor talks between the NBA (search) and the players’ union broke off Wednesday, increasing the chance of a lockout starting in the offseason. In a statement, the NBA accused the union of backtracking on several items that the sides had agreed upon. The collective bargaining agreement expires …

LOS ANGELES – Extensive details of Microsoft Corp.’s (MSFT) newest video game console leaked out on the Internet on Monday, three days ahead of the console’s formal worldwide unveiling on MTV. Based on pictures and purported eyewitness accounts that made the rounds of the Internet over the weekend, the console …

The ex-con father of a little girl who was beaten and stabbed to death with her best friend on Mother’s Day was arrested on murder charges Tuesday. Jerry Hobbs (search), who has an extensive criminal history and was released from a Texas jail just last month, stabbed his daughter, 8-year-old …

NEW YORK – In a new interview, Angelina Jolie (search) says she “thinks the world” of Brad Pitt (search) — but never slept with him. “We got on great,” Jolie says of her “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” co-star in the July issue of Marie Claire (search). But as far as …

LOS ANGELES – Nearly six years after NASA’s Mars Polar Lander (search) vanished during a landing attempt on the Red Planet, a scientist said he has spotted what appears to be wreckage of the spacecraft. The observation came during a re-examination of grainy, black-and-white images taken by the orbiting Mars …

WASHINGTON – With his proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement (search) facing trouble in Congress, President Bush is meeting next week with leaders from five Latin American countries and the Dominican Republic. The White House said Monday that the president will meet on May 12 with President Abel Pacheco of …

WASHINGTON – Thomas Lambert made no attempt to hide the kind of videos he peddled from his Montana home — hard-core sex tapes involving bestiality, sadomasochism and simulated rape. The 65-year-old former schoolteacher had little reason to believe he could get in trouble. He was selling tapes to adults who …