A Georgia woman is counting her blessings and feeling a bit like Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz” after surviving a tornado last month. Linda Bryant was caught in a tornado that touched down in Carroll County, Ga., on Feb. 26, MyFOXAtlanta.com reports. “Well, I was in it,” she told …

LOS ANGELES – Three years after gigantic geysers were spied on an icy Saturn moon, the international Cassini spacecraft plunged through the fringes of the mysterious plumes to learn how they formed. Wednesday’s flyby took Cassini within 30 miles of the surface of Enceladus at closest approach. The unmanned probe …

The Goal — To craft a far-ranging overhaul of the financial regulatory system — Change how the government regulates thousands of businesses Among the potentially affected — The nation’s biggest banks — Investment houses — Local insurance agents — Mortgage brokers Highlights of the plan — Seeks to trim a …

CAIRO, Egypt – Al Qaeda supporters on the Web have unleashed an unprecedented flood of criticism of Afghanistan’s Taliban, once seen by extremists as the model of an Islamic state. Now extremists accuse the Taliban of straying from the path of global jihad after its leader Mullah Omar issued a …

LAS VEGAS – A judge set an April trial date for a dethroned Nevada beauty queen whose lawyer says she’ll fight misdemeanor traffic and resisting arrest charges. Katherine N. “Katie” Rees, 23, a former Miss Nevada USA, appeared in a white cotton cocktail dress in Las Vegas Justice Court and …

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration is trying to confront the credit crisis that has rattled nerves from Wall Street to Main Street by proposing wholesale changes in how Washington oversees the financial system. A plan set for release Monday would give new powers to the Federal Reserve so that the …

ATHENS – A court in southern Greece has sentenced a farmer and his 74-year-old father to life in prison for the murder of five hunters following a dispute over use of their farmland. The murdered hunters, two brothers and three cousins aged 17 to 33 were found Nov. 25, 2006 …

TYLER, Texas – Tyler police have arrested two teens accused of conspiring to kill her foster father. Detectives on Monday arrested 18-year-old student April Rhoten after locating her at Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler. Her 18-year-old boyfriend, James Neal Perkins, of Tyler, was arrested at Goodwill Industries, where …

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. – Voters in two Vermont towns approved measures Tuesday calling for the indictment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for what they consider violations of the Constitution. More symbolic than anything, the items sought to have police arrest Bush and Cheney if they ever visit Brattleboro …

If the tops teams in the NCAA tournament were ranked based on graduation rates, the No. 1 seed would be Western Kentucky, not the University of North Carolina. In fact, North Carolina was the only school among the four No. 1 seeds in the NCAA men’s tournament to graduate at …