SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea showed no signs of preparing to launch additional missiles Saturday, a day after the communist nation test-fired a barrage into the sea, South Korea’s military said. Friday’s actions came in apparent response to the new South Korean government’s tougher stance on Pyongyang. “So far, …

SAN FRANCISCO – The maker of the popular photo-editing software Photoshop on Thursday launched a basic version available for free online. San Jose, Calif.-based Adobe Systems Inc. says it hopes to boost its name recognition among a new generation of consumers who edit, store and share photos online. While Photoshop …

MOSCOW – Russians looked Monday to Dmitry Medvedev, the man they overwhelmingly chose as their next president, to continue Vladimir Putin’s policies of asserting this resurgent country’s power abroad and keeping a tight grip on society at home. The campaign was dominated by Medvedev, the Kremlin’s favorite, who refused to …

WASHINGTON – President Bush has called Russia’s new president-elect and has said he hopes to establish a close working relationship that will help them deal with important world issues. Dmitry Medvedev, the hand-picked successor of Vladimir Putin, won Russia’s presidential election with just over 70 percent of vote, according to …

LONG BEACH – Police say a 12-year-old boy is dead and a man wounded in what authorities believe is a gang-related shooting. Sgt. Dina Zapalski says the shooting occurred about 10 p.m. Sunday on East 15th Street. She says the victims were standing in front of a home when they …

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – A blind, 75-year-old woman who was the longtime newsstand dealer at a suburban train station was killed Tuesday when she fell onto the tracks just before a train roared through, officials said. The Amtrak engineer applied emergency brakes, but Teresa Fiorentino of Croton-on-Hudson was struck and …

An Argentinian actor in Britain is feeling a bit deflated over an advertisement he appeared in for the Royal Opera House in which, he believes, a certain part of his anatomy was airbrushed to look smaller. Juan Pablo di Pace, 28, posed nude for London’s Royal Opera House spread in …

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece – The flame for the Aug. 8-24 Beijing Olympics was lit Monday using the sun’s rays at a ceremony in Ancient Olympia. The event was briefly disrupted by three protesters from the Paris-based press freedom group Reporters Without Borders. The protesters ran onto the field while Liu …

WASHINGTON – Good short-term prospects for the U.S. economy should not distract from huge looming fiscal strains that pose “significant” economic risks, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Friday in a renewed warning on budget deficits. The departing U.S. central bank chief said while U.S. spending on defense and …

VERNON, N.J. – As opponents turned out to denounce them, hunters killed more than 50 bears Monday at the start of a state-authorized hunt aimed at thinning New Jersey’s burgeoning bear population. The hunt, restricted to the state’s northwestern corner and open to about 4,400 hunters with permits, got under …