LOS ANGELES – Khloe Kardashian’s stay in jail Friday may have been brief, but it did include a bit of drama: a jailhouse lockdown. The reality TV starlet spent roughly three hours in a Los Angeles area jail for violating probation stemming from a drunk driving arrest last year. Shortly …

Real news from the virtual world: — BEST OF 2008 (SO FAR): E3, the video-game industry’s big trade show, is next week, and you’ll be hearing a lot about all the new software coming between now and Christmas. But there’s a bit of a lull until Aug. 12, when “Madden …

LAS VEGAS – An Air Force official says the crash of an F-15 jet in the Nevada desert during a training exercise has left one pilot dead and the other injured. Air Force spokesman Andrew Dumboski says the two-seater plane went down at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday on the Nevada …

PRAGUE, Czech Republic – The United States and leaders of the Czech Republic agreed Tuesday to place a radar system in this former Soviet satellite that would warn of long-range missiles coming to Europe from the Middle East. Russia is bitterly opposed, but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice turned old …

ATLANTA – A strict new Georgia law is designed to keep sex offenders away from children by monitoring how close they live to schools, parks and other spots where kids gather — and threatens them with strict penalties if they fail to register. But what about the offenders who don’t …

WASHINGTON – Libya’s remarkable transformation from U.S. foe to friend is almost complete. Despite unresolved terrorism and human rights concerns, the United States took another step toward ending decades of hostility with the North African nation on Thursday as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with the Libyan foreign minister …

WASHINGTON – Marvin Anderson and other men exonerated by DNA evidence said Wednesday they want Attorney General Michael Mukasey to start doling out federal money to help states analyze evidence that led to other convictions. “It’s fear,” Anderson, of Hanover, Va., said of the bureaucratic resistance to clearing the way …

SINGAPORE – Singapore Airlines’ A380 superjumbo jet sustained superficial damage when it rolled onto grass as it left an airport terminal in the first glitch for the world’s biggest passenger plane since going into service in October, the airline said Friday. The plane was getting ready to depart from Singapore’s …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – A judge on Wednesday set an April 21 trial date for a dormitory matron accused of abusing students at a school set up by Oprah Winfrey for disadvantaged girls. Tiny Virginia Makopo, 27, faces charges of indecent assault, assault and criminal injury, allegedly committed against six …

ATLANTA – Delta Air Lines’ chief is upset the 278 passengers and 11 crew members aboard Flight 253 were put at risk by a suspected terrorist despite the carrier’s compliance with government security measures. CEO Richard Anderson told employees in a recorded message Thursday that airlines have done everything the …