Homing in on Earhart
Oceanic explorers have narrowed a search area for the missing aviator's plane to 600 square miles.
GOP aims to keep tax cut intact in Senate
As the House votes to repeal the estate tax, Senate Democrats whittle on Bush's $1.6-trillion tax cut plan.
Treasury chief known for candor, not caution
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill has little patience for prepared remarks. In a speech last week to a group of business economists, the plain-talking former CEO half-heartedly read a page of text, then conspicuously shuffled his papers.
U.S. 'regrets' loss of Chinese flier
The two nations appear to be moving closer to ending a standoff over a U.S. spy plane and crew stuck on Chinese soil.
National briefs
Man guilty of assault on girl, 9
U.S. plane banked before impact
BEIJING -- The midair collision that touched off a crisis between China and the United States occurred after a Chinese F-8 interceptor started to fly directly below a U.S. surveillance plane and the American aircraft banked to the left, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
World briefs
Top Sudan officers killed in plane crash
