Bush confident on wiretap appeal

CAMP DAVID, Maryland (CNN) -- President Bush said Friday he expects his administration will win its appeal of a judicial ruling finding the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic surveillance program unconstitutional.

JonBenet confession: Clear as mud

BOULDER, Colorado (CNN) -- Despite John Mark Karr's startling confession in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case, many questions remain to be answered before authorities can say the case has been solved.

Coroner: Heart condition caused amusement park death

WAUKEGAN, Illinois (AP) -- A 10-year-old girl who collapsed at an amusement park died of a congenital heart condition, a coroner said Thursday.

Princeton named top university in U.S. News rankings

(AP) -- Princeton takes the top spot in the latest U.S. News & World Report college rankings, breaking a three-year tie for No. 1 with Ivy League rival Harvard.

Ebert eager to get back to work

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Film critic Roger Ebert, who is battling cancer in a Chicago hospital, says he looks forward to coming back to work despite a hard road to recovery.

Spike Lee takes heart wrenching look at Katrina

NEW YORK (AP) -- Several weeks after Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans, HBO documentary executives were stumped. How to respond on film to something so monumental?

Questions upon questions

BOULDER, Colorado (CNN) -- Far from laying to rest the 10-year mystery of who killed JonBenet Ramsey, the stunning admission Thursday by John Mark Karr in Bangkok, Thailand, only deepened speculation about whether the soft-spoken schoolteacher committed the crime.

New Virgin Mary sighting: Chocolate drippings

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, California (AP) -- Workers at a chocolate company have discovered a 2-inch-tall (5-centimeter-tall) column of chocolate drippings that they believe bears a striking resemblance to traditional depictions of the Virgin Mary.

Wyoming wildfire threatens homes

CHEYENNE, Wyoming (AP) -- A wildfire that has burned four mountaintop cabins threatened hundreds of other houses in Wyoming on Thursday, while a firefighter died fighting a blaze in Utah.

Judge deals blow to NSA eavesdropping

(CNN) -- A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the U.S. government's domestic eavesdropping program is unconstitutional and ordered it ended immediately.

Mel Gibson pleads no contest in DUI case

MALIBU, California (CNN)) -- Actor Mel Gibson pleaded no contest on Thursday to a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge and has been sentenced to three years on probation, prosecutors said.

Attorney: Arrested passenger 'barely lucid'

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- A woman on a trans-Atlantic flight diverted to Boston for security concerns passed several notes to crew members, urinated on the cabin floor and made comments the crew believed were references to al-Qaeda and the September 11 attacks, according to an affidavit filed Thursday.

Passenger describes dramatic events on diverted flight

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Antony Nash grew nervous watching the petite woman in a jogging suit seated near him in the back of United 923 as the plane flew over the Atlantic from London toward Washington.

Judge delays jail sentence for football

KENTON, Ohio (AP) -- A judge decided two high school athletes can complete the football season this fall before they serve 60-day jail sentences for a car crash caused by a decoy deer placed in a country road. Two teens were injured.

J.Lo and ex want tell-all fight out of court

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A dispute between Jennifer Lopez and her ex-husband over his proposed tell-all book about their relationship does not need to go to court, their attorneys said Wednesday.

Girl, 10, dies after collapsing at amusement park

GURNEE, Illinois (AP) -- A 10-year-old girl with a history of heart trouble collapsed during a family outing at Six Flags Great America amusement park and died, police said.

Police: Ramsey suspect confesses

(CNN) -- In a shocking twist to an already bizarre and riveting mystery, Thai police on Thursday said the man arrested in connection with the 1996 slaying of little JonBenet Ramsey has confessed to the crime.

Port of Seattle terminal evacuated

SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- Two suspicious cargo containers that prompted the evacuation of the Port of Seattle do not contain explosives or radioactive materials, port officials said Wednesday.

JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect arrested

(CNN) -- A suspect has been arrested "for the December 26, 1996, murder of JonBenet Ramsey," the district attorney in Boulder, Colorado, said Wednesday.

Top Mexican cartel leader captured

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- One of the world's most wanted drug lords was captured Wednesday aboard a recreational fishing boat off Mexico's Baja peninsula, federal law enforcement officials said.