WASHINGTON - President Bush sidestepped the Senate and installed embattled nominee John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations on Monday, ending a five-month impasse with Democrats who accused Bolton of abusing subordinates and twisting intelligence to fit his conservative ideology.

In the 1990s, Nike became the target of a campaign by labor and antiglobalization activists who charged that its shoes were being manufactured in Third World sweatshops.

Linda Turley-Hansen: On the surface, it appears to be a nice idea - an international law to protect the rights of children. But critics fear a 20-year-old United Nations treaty initiative will threaten parental rights. Others warn the measure actually threatens American sovereignty.

WASHINGTON - President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel stood together Friday in urging U.N. intervention if Iran does not retreat from a resumption of its nuclear program.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush sought anew Saturday to persuade skeptical allies that Saddam Hussein must be confronted over weapons of mass destruction, saying the United Nations' credibility is at stake and the Iraqi leader is "dangerous to America and the world."

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The United Nations said Tuesday that more than 34,000 Iraqi civilians were killed in sectarian violence last year, nearly three times the number reported dead by the Iraqi government.

Nathan Chen said he remembers not speaking much during the National High School Model United Nations two years ago.

Nathan Chen said he remembers not speaking much during the National High School Model United Nations two years ago.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush sought anew Saturday to persuade skeptical allies that Saddam Hussein must be confronted over weapons of mass destruction, saying the United Nations' credibility is at stake and the Iraqi leader is "dangerous to America and the world."

The state Court of Appeals on Thursday rebuffed a request by Maricopa County to delay a medical marijuana dispensary.

Attorneys for Gov. Jan Brewer told the Arizona Supreme Court Monday the justices have no legal right to overturn her decision to oust Colleen Mathis as chair of the Independent Redistricting Commission.

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council on Thursday approved another one-year exemption for American peacekeepers from prosecution by the new international war crimes tribunal.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The president of Sudan became a wanted man Wednesday when the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur — its first action against a sitting head of state and one that could set the stage for more world leaders to be indicted.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Slobodan Milosevic's son alleged on Tuesday that his father had been "killed," while a U.N. war crimes tribunal official said the court had been told the late Serb leader had regular access to unprescribed medication and alcohol smuggled into his prison cell.

WASHINGTON – Opponents of Arizona’s SB 1070 said Monday they have set aside millions of dollars to continue fighting the law, just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision on the immigration law.

‘But your Honor, I didn’t know you actually had to show up!”

WASHINGTON – Former Arizona Rep. Jim Kolbe joined representatives of business, church and civil-rights groups Thursday to file briefs supporting same-sex marriage in two upcoming Supreme Court cases on the issue.

Complaining that Jodi Arias' sensational murder case has become a modern-day "witch trial," her lawyers tried to quit in the middle of the death-penalty phase Monday, then said they will call only one witness: Arias.

GENEVA - A U.N. panel awarded to comedian Bill Cosby on Monday an Internet domain name based on the Fat Albert cartoon character he created in the 1960s.

NEW YORK - Fox News Channel has sued liberal humorist Al Franken and the Penguin Group to stop them from using the phrase "fair and balanced" in the title of his upcoming book.

OMDURMAN, Sudan - Nearly 40 Darfur rebel suspects appeared in court Wednesday over their alleged roles in an attack near the capital last month that left 200 dead and shocked the government.

The scoreboard on Friday night showed a decisive 72-44 win for the Pinnacle boys basketball team over Sandra Day O’Connor, but really, it was Brandon Wechsler 1, Duchenne muscular dystrophy 0.