Charged in '62 slaying

BATLEY, England (AP) Police charged a 50-year-old man withmurdering his young son, who vanished 25 years ago and whose remainswere discovered last week.

William Jennings was charged in the death of Stephen Jennings,3, …

U.N. to Mediate Israeli Soldier Release

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - U.N. chief Kofi Annan said Monday he would appoint a mediator for indirect talks between Israel and Hezbollah on the release of two abducted Israeli soldiers, the first public word of negotiations between the bitter enemies since fighting in Lebanon ended.

The announcement raised the possibility of a prisoner swap to win the soldiers' release, an exchange which Israel has repeatedly rejected, at least in public. Until now, Israel had insisted that it would not hold any contacts with Hezbollah, but its government has been under increasing domestic pressure to bring the two home.

The agreement on the mediation effort could mark a breakthrough on an …

Honduran interim government reinstates curfew

Honduras' interim government suggested that backers of ousted President Manuel Zelaya were taking up arms to return him to power and it reinstated an overnight curfew it had lifted only days earlier.

Interim President Roberto Micheletti said Wednesday that forces he didn't identify "were handing out some guns" to foment rebellion.

A day earlier, Zelaya said Hondurans have the right to launch an insurrection against an illegitimate government _ referring to a clause in the country's constitution _ and warned he would pull out of talks to solve the crisis if the interim government does not quickly leave.

"There are reports, I don't know if they are real, I haven't been …

HOW TO HELP

Area residents who wish to help the Luster children can make adonation to: The Luster Children's Trust Fund, the Suburban Bank ofBarrington, 1680 W. Algonquin Rd., Hoffman Estates. (800) 207-4200. ; Here are two other efforts to help victims in Oklahoma City: Garfield's Restaurant & Pub in west suburban North Riverside ishosting a fund-raising …

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This Toronto-based arts and culture journal is all over the map with contributors ranging from Milan to Victoria to Buenos Aires. That's a good thing: one of the strengths of this magazine is its range. This isn't a magazine featuring the usual suspects. 1 was particularly taken with Fabrizio Caliguri's insect/pop star mashups, and 1 was also struck by AJ. Kandathil's memoir-esque short …

AP Enterprise: Free counseling from private psychiatrists amid shortage of military therapists

Thousands of private counselors are offering free services to troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with mental health problems, jumping in to help because the military is short on therapists.

On this Memorial Day holiday weekend, America's armed forces and its veterans are coping with depression, suicide, family, marital and job problems on a scale not seen since Vietnam. The government has been in beg-borrow-and-steal mode, trying to hire psychiatrists and other professionals, recruit them with incentives or borrow them from other agencies.

Among those volunteering an hour a week to help is Brenna Chirby, a psychologist with a private practice in McLean, …

Drug czar: No impact from effort in Colombia

SANTA MARTA, Colombia -- After flying over blackened coca fields,White House drug czar John Walters conceded that seizing cocaine,destroying coca crops and locking up drug traffickers in Colombiahave had little impact on the flow of cocaine on American streets.

But Walters nevertheless insisted that Washington must stay thecourse with so-called Plan Colombia, a $3.3 billion, five-yearprogram mainly to train, equip and provide intelligence to Colombianforces spearheading the war on drugs.

"We have a history in the United States of not following throughon programs like this," Walters said late Wednesday.

During his three-day visit, Walters also met with President …