WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia – A ferry lost power, plowed through several boats and crashed into a marina Thursday as it tried to dock at Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver (search). There were no injuries. Witnesses said the vessel missed the terminal berth and was blowing its horn as it …

AMMAN, Jordan – Israel and the Palestinians agreed on Sunday to demolish homes built by Jewish settlers on land that eventually would be part of a Palestinian state, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (search) said. The fate of hundreds of Israeli houses in the Gaza Strip (search) has been …

DETROIT – A blaze that could be seen for miles destroyed a sprawling, century-old warehouse Tuesday, burning out several businesses, in an area that includes warehouses and factories once used by the early automotive industry. About 150 firefighters battled the fire that broke out late Monday on the city’s near …

MOSCOW – A bomb packed with TNT blew a passenger train traveling from Chechnya (search) to Moscow (search) off its tracks Sunday, injuring at least 15 people on a Russian national holiday. The blast occurred just hours before President Vladimir Putin (search) marked the Day of Russia (search) holiday with …

NEW YORK – Alicia Silverstone (search) is, like, totally married. The 28-year-old “Clueless” (search) star wed longtime boyfriend Christopher Jarecki at Lake Tahoe on Saturday, said Silverstone’s publicist, Elizabeth Much, confirming a report in People magazine. It’s the first marriage for both Silverstone and Jarecki, lead singer of the band …

WELDON, N.C. – Charles Jenkins (search), who deserted his U.S. Army unit and crossed into North Korea in 1965, arrived Tuesday in the United States for his first visit in 40 years. A smiling, gray-haired Jenkins, 65, stood arm-in-arm with his frail, 91-year-old mother, Pattie, on the front porch of …

WASHINGTON – President Bush intends to nominate California Rep. Christopher Cox (search) to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, Republican officials said Wednesday following the resignation of William Donaldson. These officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said an announcement was possible as early as Thursday. Cox, 52, is chairman …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Sunni Muslim Arabs will be given up to 25 seats on the committee drafting Iraq’s new constitution, President Jalal Talabani (search) said Thursday. The announcement, made during a visit to Baghdad by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw (search), was a victory for Iraq’s Sunni Arabs, who threatened …

LOS ANGELES – Will Smith (search) has one big introduction to make at Tuesday night’s BET Awards: Gangster rappers, meet the rest of the world. Smith told The Associated Press he hopes to impress the global significance of U.S. black culture on the show’s audience and artists. “The kids that …

KABUL, Afghanistan – Two U.S. troops were killed and another eight wounded in a mortar attack Wednesday at a base in eastern Afghanistan (search), the military said. The attack occurred in eastern Paktika (search) province near the border with Pakistan. The wounded were rushed to nearby U.S.-led coalition bases for …