Attorney: Terror charges discriminatory

DEARBORN, Michigan (AP) -- Attorneys for two Arab-American college students accused of supporting terrorism through the sale of mobile phones said their clients were victims of discrimination, while authorities charged them Thursday with an additional felony.

Talk show host Mike Douglas dead

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) -- Mike Douglas, who drew on his affable personality and singing talent during 21 years as a talk show host, died Friday on his 81st birthday, his wife said.

'Undercover Kitten' killed in accident

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fred, a tabby who found fame as the "Undercover Kitten," has died in a traffic accident, the Brooklyn district attorney's office said Friday.

Soldiers' bodies recovered after crash

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The bodies of two missing U.S. soldiers were found in the wreckage of their helicopter, which crashed in Anbar province this week, ending a three-day search, a U.S. military spokeswoman said Friday.

Montana inmate executed for 1986 killings

DEER LODGE, Montana (AP) -- A man who was convicted of killing three people, then fought for two years to end his appeals and be put to death, was executed Friday.

U.S. flyers face more searches

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Tougher air travel security procedures were still evolving at U.S. airports early Friday, with a second layer of security check points opening at the airplane gates and National Guard troops arriving to patrol major airports in New York, California and Massachusetts.

Richardson calls on Lieberman to step aside

(CNN) -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson became the first prominent national Democrat to call on Sen. Joe Lieberman to drop his independent bid for re-election in Connecticut.

Teen battles state over cancer treatment

(Court TV) -- In Virginia, age 16 is old enough to drive a car, work a 40-hour week, stand trial in adult court, and marry.

'Martyrdom tapes' made

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Terrorists were in the "final stages" of a plot to simultaneously blow up as many as 10 jets leaving Britain for the U.S., sending the planes and thousands of passengers into the Atlantic Ocean, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said.