AP - Oil slipped in Asia on Tuesday, but traders saying prices could climb higher amid concerns over supplies, growing global demand and other geopolitical issues.

AP - McDonald's, Wal-Mart and other U.S. chains have halted sales of some raw tomatoes as federal health officials work to trace the source of a multistate salmonella food poisoning outbreak.

AP - Democrat Barack Obama on Monday seized on heightened concerns about the economy, tying John McCain to the Bush administration's recent record of soaring gasoline prices and slumping employment.

AP - In his 1 1/2 years as Pentagon chief, Robert Gates has made a mark by sacking leaders of the military services at a pace not seen before in the modern era of the U.S. military.

AP - South Korea's prime minister and the entire Cabinet offered their resignations to President Lee Myung-bak following widespread protests over the planned resumption of U.S. beef imports.

AP - Water poured from a brimming lake formed by China's massive earthquake down a manmade spillway Tuesday, as towns downstream went on alert for possible flooding should the unstable dam burst.

AP - Flash floods inundated a southwest Wisconsin town Monday for the second time in 10 months, while 60 miles away an embankment along a man-made lake gave way, unleashing a powerful current that ripped homes off their foundations.

AP - President Bush opened his last summit with the European Union on Tuesday with a long list of trans-Atlantic issues on his plate — Iran's nuclear ambitions, Afghanistan's woes, climate change, Mideast peace and perhaps even the U.S.-Europe flap over chickens.

AFP - Twenty-three miners were found alive Monday in a Ukrainian coal mine more than 24 hours after they were trapped deep underground by a huge explosion, rescue officials said.

AFP - Tens of thousands of truckers in Spain, France and Portugal on Monday stepped up protests against rising fuel prices, causing mayhem on highways and blocking border crossings.

Reuters - U.S. violent crimes like murders and rapes decreased by 1.4 percent in 2007 after two years of increases that caused concern among criminal justice experts, the FBI reported on Monday.

Reuters - McDonald's Corp said on Monday it has temporarily stopped serving sliced tomatoes on its sandwiches in the United States as health officials work to pinpoint the source of a Salmonella outbreak.

Reuters - Sen. Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of America's most storied political family, returned home to Massachusetts on Monday, a week after surgery for removal of a malignant brain tumor.

Reuters - Apple Inc on Monday unveiled a new iPhone with faster Internet access.