Body parts company ordered to close up

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Health officials ordered a North Carolina company that collected human body parts for transplant to shut down Friday after inspectors found violations that posed a threat to human health.

FDA: OK to add viruses to lunch meat

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A mix of bacteria-killing viruses can be safely sprayed on cold cuts, hot dogs and sausages to combat common microbes that kill hundreds of people a year, federal health officials said Friday in granting the first-ever approval of viruses as a food additive.

Judge jailed for exposing himself during trials

BRISTOW, Oklahoma (AP) -- A former judge convicted of exposing himself while presiding over jury trials by using a sexual device under his robe was sentenced Friday to four years in prison.

Cruise ship assists Cuban rafters

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A Carnival Cruise ship assisted nine Cuban rafters adrift in the western Caribbean this week.

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.