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UNITED NATIONS – U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad exchanged sharp words with the Russian ambassador on Sunday, accusing Moscow of seeking “regime change” in Georgia and resisting attempts to make peace after days of fighting have left hundreds of civilians dead. Khalilzad disclosed during a U.N. Security Council session that Russian …

LONDON – George Clooney took a break from promoting his latest film Tuesday to meet with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, as he continued pressing governments to speak out about China’s foreign policy in Sudan. The two met as the Olympic torch arrived in San Francisco for the only North …

TEMPE, Ariz. – Police say a man accidentally shot himself in the stomach after waving his gun in anger at a fellow motorist in Tempe, Ariz. Tempe police spokesman Brandon Banks says David Lopez is expected to survive and could face charges including disorderly conduct, reckless display of a firearm …

WASHINGTON – Charlton Heston brought 10 commandments to the big screen and an 11th to big politics: Thou shalt not abridge gun rights. He was much like Ronald Reagan, minus the presidency. Both were actors and union leaders whose politics switched to the right over time. Both became strangers to …

LUSAKA, Zambia – Southern African leaders discussed Zimbabwe’s deepening electoral crisis at a marathon 12-hour summit that ended before dawn Sunday with a weak declaration and marked failure to criticize the absent President Robert Mugabe. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who claims to have won the March 29 election outright, had …

Purists who play the silver ball might say pinball should be enjoyed on full-sized machines, but few of us have the money or den space to house an arcade-size collection. “Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection” (Crave Entertainment, for the Wii, PlayStation 2 and PSP, $29.99) brings nine pinball …

BARTOW, Fla. – As talk-show host Dr. Phil McGraw took heat for bailing out one of the girls charged in a vicious beating of a classmate, it emerged that show executives feel they were embarrassed by a low-level producer. McGraw’s executive staff sent a seasoned producer down to Florida along …

WASHINGTON – The Agriculture Department plans to tell the public which grocery stores and other retailers have received tainted meat during some recalls. Agriculture Secretary Edward Schafer announced the new policy Friday. It comes in the wake of the nation’s biggest-ever beef recall — 143 million pounds from a slaughterhouse …

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – With little fanfare, three American hostages rescued from leftist guerillas in Colombia returned safely to the United States, more than five years after their plane went down in rebel-held jungle. The men didn’t wave to reporters or bend down to kiss the ground upon …

A topless Sienna Miller was spotted kissing and canoodling with married “Brothers & Sisters” star Balthazar Getty in Italy on Friday, but a source close to the star tells Usmagazine.com that “Sienna is not a homewrecker.” Getty, 33, welcomed his fourth child with wife Rosetta in 2007, but the source …