Good help is hard to find. Here’s what you need to know about the four main types of job search services before you sign up. CAROLYN LYONS HAD been looking for an information technology position when a representative from Barton Industries, a job search service, called last August. He had …

HOUSTON – Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, facing trial on charges of money laundering in a campaign finance scheme, officially filed Tuesday to run for a 12th term in his suburban Houston district. The filing was not unexpected. Republican DeLay, who has denied any wrongdoing and has accused Democrat …

CANNES, France – A distributor of Internet file-swapping software abruptly postponed the launch of its free online music service until it can finalize music licensing deals — a detail the company omitted when it threw a star-studded coming-out party over the weekend. Qtrax’s ambitious, ad-supported music service promised unlimited, advertising-supported …

RENO, Nev. – Police searching for missing 19-year-old Brianna Denison believe the suspect that snatched her from a friend’s house 10 days ago lives in the area, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported. They are also asking the public to be aware of anyone who has recently changed their appearance, shaved facial …

MILWAUKEE – A judge is asking a lawyer to tie one on. Circuit Judge William Sosnay held up court for about three hours Tuesday after a prosecutor showed up wearing a red ascot to court despite a rule requiring lawyers to wear neckties. Sosnay decided that Warren Zier’s ascot — …

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Former Indonesian dictator Suharto was on life support but showed slight signs of improvement, doctors said Saturday, a day after he suffered organ failure and was placed on a ventilator. When asked if he was in pain, the 86-year-old nodded, a doctor said. Among the stream of …

They dumped buckets of “crap” on fellow fraternity members. Now members of The University of Wisconsin’s Sigma Phi Epsilon Chapter could be in over their heads. Under investigation by the university’s dean of students and the Interfraternity Council, fraternity president Mike Miesen told The Badger Herald that the incident did …

But does that come with fries? Despite fears of an economic collapse, a Lower Manhattan restaurant is now offering a $175 hamburger. Dubbed the Richard Nouveau, the burger is made of Kobe beef sprinkled with actual gold flakes, black truffles, a thick slab of seared foie gras and aged Gruyere …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. should rethink its approach in Pakistan, including a multimillion dollar program aimed at training and equipping tribal militants, unless Islmabad does more to keep terrorists from crossing the Afghan border, a top Democrat said Tuesday. Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, told reporters …

ABUJA, Nigeria – A petrol tanker slammed into a Nigerian military convoy, killing nearly four dozen soldiers hours after they returned from peacekeeping duties in Sudan’s Darfur region, the military said Thursday. The unit from the Army’s 245th Battalion flew Wednesday from Darfur to the international airport in the capital, …