Myanmar's junta on Friday seized U.N. aid headed for cyclone survivors, prompting the world body to initially suspend help but then announce that it would resume shipments on Saturday.

Iranian- and Syrian-backed Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of several Beirut neighborhoods from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday.

The once-formidable fund-raising machine of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton has begun to sputter at the worst possible moment for her presidential campaign, Clinton advisers and donors said Thursday.

The movement of superdelegates gained steam Friday with endorsements from a union president and two congressmen, including one who switched from Hillary Clinton.

Missiles, tanks and other heavy weaponry rolled through Moscow's Red Square in the annual Victory Day parade Friday, reviving a tradition of the Soviet era and demonstrating Russia's growing military confidence.

A man seized by Iraqi forces is not the head of al-Qaida in Iraq, the U.S. military said Friday, despite earlier announcements by several Iraqi officials that Abu Ayyub al-Masri had been captured.

Oil rose above $126 a barrel for the first time Friday as investors questioned whether a possible confrontation between the U.S. and Venezuela could cut exports from the OPEC member.

Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will allow a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaign fundraisers.

A federal arts commission is urging that the sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. proposed for a memorial be reworked because it is too "confrontational" and reminiscent of political art in totalitarian states.

An Austrian judge ruled Friday that a man suspected of keeping his daughter captive in a dungeon for more than two decades should remain in custody, an official said.

The Duggar kids planned a big Mother's Day surprise for their mom this year — but the surprise was on them when Michelle Duggar announced on the TODAY Show that they were soon to welcome an 18th sibling.

Boston's Big Three of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen led the Celtics to a 89-73 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals.

The defending champs are showing some life after all. Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker each scored 31 points as the San Antonio Spurs beat the New Orleans Hornets on Thursday, cutting their series deficit to 2-1 in the Western Conference semifinals.

Hand-scrawled bishop's records taken from a polygamist sect are helping untangle the network of family relationships at the Texas ranch, where some husbands had more than a dozen wives.

A line of severe storms swept across the Southeast on Thursday, damaging homes and businesses in at least four states. One person was killed by a tornado in North Carolina.

A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk.

The driver of a 1997 Honda Civic that struck and killed a dog in Minnesota is suing the dog's owners for damage done to his vehicle.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admitted on Thursday taking cash from a U.S. businessman but resisted calls to resign over a police investigation into alleged hefty bribes over almost a decade.

The most naive move was made on “Survivor” when the winner of the immunity challenge gives up the necklace and seals their fate before a hysterical jury.

Is the U.S. in the early stages of a full-blown recession? Or is this a brief downturn before the economy gets up another head of steam later in the year?  By msnbc.com's John W. Schoen.