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Former presidential candidate Howard Dean (search), once the early front-runner for the Democratic nomination whose candidacy stumbled, has decided to seek the party’s chairmanship. “The Democratic Party needs a vibrant, forward-thinking, long-term presence in every single state,” Dean wrote in a letter to members of the Democratic National Committee. “We …

WASHINGTON – The tsunami (search) that killed thousands around the Indian Ocean was caught by a series of radar satellites, allowing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (search) scientists to develop measurements of the wave in mid-ocean. While a tsunami can rise to great heights when it arrives at the shore, …

KABUL, Afghanistan – A U.S. soldier and a former Afghan militia leader were killed Sunday when American troops clashed with gunmen during a search operation in western Afghanistan, U.S. and Afghan officials said. The troops came under attack from “an unknown number of enemy forces” while searching a compound near …