AP - Targeted brain surgery like that planned Monday morning for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is a delicate balance — removing as much tumor as possible improves cancer control, but there's also the risk of harming healthy brain tissue that lets patients walk and talk.

AP - A Manhattan judge has sentenced a former mental patient to three years of probation for stalking and harassing actress Uma Thurman.

AP - Jury selection has started for the murder trial of a British man accused of killing his wife and infant daughter in Massachusetts.

AP - A judge on Monday ordered the return of more than 400 children taken from their parents at a polygamist group's ranch because of suspected abuse, bringing an abrupt end to one of the largest custody cases in U.S. history.

AP - The 59-year-old Chicago native picked to operate Monday on Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's cancerous brain tumor is a respected leader in the giant field of neuro-oncology who performs the vast majority of such surgeries at Duke University Medical Center.

AP - Tourists applauded firefighters Monday as Universal Studios reopened, while investigators examined the ruins of some of the most famous sets in Hollywood to find the cause of the spectacular weekend blaze.

AP - Space shuttle Discovery performed a slow back flip and then docked at the international space station on Monday, delivering a mammoth lab and two new occupants: a NASA astronaut and Buzz Lightyear.

AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy underwent what his doctors called successful surgery Monday to treat his cancerous brain tumor, and told his wife shortly after that he felt "like a million bucks," a family spokeswoman said.

AP - Crews examined the wreckage at a Manhattan building Sunday that was damaged in a deadly crane collapse, as displaced residents waited to see when they could get inside.

AP - The young woman and her baby girl were snuggled together in bed, the infant nestled in her mother's arms, tucked under a thick comforter in the master bedroom of their home outside Boston.