A millionaire developer who lived in the same central Florida neighborhood as Tiger Woods and other celebrities was convicted Saturday of murdering his wife in their mansion.

Beneath the grassy courtyard of Moammar Gadhafi's private compound, long tunnels connect bunkers, command centers and spiral staircases that lead to a luxurious home filled with Gadhafi family photos.

Geese and airboats on patrol shared the flooded streets of Minot on Friday as the Souris River thundered toward a record flood, rising so quickly that its progress could be seen inching up the side of homes in the North Dakota city.

Two Republican lawmakers' decision to quit deficit-reduction talks as a critical deadline approaches doesn't necessarily mean the negotiations have collapsed in disarray. It may signal the time has come for President Barack Obama to step in.

Javier Campos returned to his neighborhood for the first time in nearly a month Monday to find the serene little enclave of fishing camps and homes a putrid, mud-caked mess after the historic flooding of the Mississippi River.

Flooding on the Crow Reservation and elsewhere in Montana has prompted widespread evacuations and forced emergency teams to ferry water and other supplies to an isolated community near the Wyoming border, authorities said Tuesday.

A tornado swept through a small eastern Kansas town, killing one person and destroying at least 200 homes, as severe thunderstorms pelted the region with hail that some residents said was the size of baseballs, authorities said early Sunday.

With millions of people already playing online poker for money, the casino industry is urging Congress to step in and regulate the wagering.

According to a statement on his website, Ballesteros died early Saturday surrounded by his family at his home in the northern Spanish town of Pedrena.

President Barack Obama says Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States.

A bloody, four-month political standoff ended Monday when troops loyal to Ivory Coast's elected president - backed by French ground and air forces - captured the West African country's longtime leader who had refused to give up power.