Suicide bomber hits Tel Aviv [AP photo] An Israeli police investigator looks for clues at the scene of today's suicide bomb attack in Tel Aviv. A bomber blew himself up in a pedestrian mall in a crowded Tel Aviv shopping area, killing himself and wounding 24 bystanders. Two are in serious condition.

Guard tells of inmate's beating
STARKE -- Corrections officer Raymon C. Hanson tugged at a Kleenex and cried as he told how his fellow officers beat inmate Frank Valdes and later made jokes, teasing each other about which of them would be lovers when they all went to prison for the attack.

A drink a day might stave off dementia
LONDON -- A new study indicates that daily moderate consumption of alcohol, which has been shown to help prevent heart disease and strokes, might also ward off Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia.

Fighting terror notebook
U.S. robe policy sits poorly with Saudis

U.S. soldiers land in Philippines
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines -- The first U.S. soldiers to arrive with assault rifles strapped to their backs flew into the southern Philippines on Thursday to help prepare for a joint military exercise aimed at fighting a Muslim extremist group.

Rumsfeld sees a summer in war ahead
WASHINGTON -- U.S. ground troops will remain in Afghanistan at least into the summer to press their manhunt, attack any Taliban and al-Qaida resistance and help the country's transition to a more permanent government, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Thursday.