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Authorities believe four men started out on the same boat and currents, tides and Tropical Storm Fay carried their bodies over 30 miles along the Florida Keys. Sharks and other marine life ravaged the corpses, making identification all but impossible. Were they smugglers? Immigrants seeking a better life? Hapless boaters? The Monroe County sheriff is investigating.
Barack Obama and Joe Biden won the nominations for the Democratic Party's presidential ticket. Earlier, former President Clinton ripped the GOP and hailed Obama's "historic chance."
The Democratic National Convention wraps up Thursday with the party's presidential nominee Illinois Sen. Barack Obama addressing about 75,000 people at Invesco Field at Mile High.
Former President Bill Clinton declared he was "here to support Barack Obama" at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday.
Sen. Joe Biden hammered Republican presidential candidate John McCain as he accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president Wednesday.
Conventions are about politics, not policies, so it's not surprising that we've lately been preoccupied with Hillary Clinton's body language and John McCain's real estate.
Russia has appealed to an Asian security alliance to support its actions in Georgia.
A revised reading on gross domestic product announced Thursday showed much better U.S. economic growth than previously reported for the second quarter.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has rocked Vancouver Island, Canada, Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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