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Tens of thousands of letters might contain trace amounts of anthrax, investigator says
WASHINGTON (AP) Tens of thousands of letters mailed around the country may have picked up trace amounts of anthrax in a New Jersey postal facility, but it's unclear what if anything should be done to track them down, anthrax investigators said.

At least three people claiming to be Americans emerge from defeated Taliban units
WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. and allied Afghan forces are holding three former Taliban fighters who claim to be American citizens, defense officials said.

Week-on, week-off cycling of AIDS drugs can keep patients healthy, reduce side effects and cut costs, study says
WASHINGTON (AP) It may be possible for AIDS patients on a powerful drug combination to take weeklong medication vacations and still control HIV, while cutting costs by half and reducing serious side effects, a study suggests.

U.S. officials questioning Arafat's grip on Palestinian militants
WASHINGTON (AP) Yasser Arafat's failure to stop suicide bombers from killing Israelis is causing the Bush administration to question his credentials as ultimate leader of the Palestinians.

Administration freezes assets of U.S. groups accused of helping Hamas
WASHINGTON (AP) The Bush administration froze the assets early Tuesday of financial groups accused of financing the militant Palestinian organization Hamas.

Cellport Systems' CEO Pat Kennedy Tells Lawmakers, 'Not All Hands-Free
Solutions are Equal' in Address at NCSL

International test finds U.S. 15-year-olds average in reading, math, science among peers in industrialized nations
WASHINGTON (AP) American 15-year-olds rank average in reading, math and science skills among their peers in highly industrialized nations, results the U.S. education secretary says are unacceptable.

U.S. Students Average Among International Peers
U.S. 15-Year-Olds' Abilities to Apply Learning to 'Real World'

Microsoft asks European regulators to accept U.S. antitrust settlement
WASHINGTON (AP) Microsoft Corp. asked European antitrust enforcers to accept the terms of the proposed settlement it negotiated with the Bush administration in its U.S. trial, saying complaints it faces in Europe will be ``inevitably affected'' by concessions it made in the deal with the White House.

Pentagon says test of missile defense system a success
WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. military says it completed its third successful missile defense test, knocking a dummy warhead out of space more than 100 miles over the South Pacific.