ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A suspected Al Qaeda militant has been arrested in connection with the October homicide bombing in Karachi that narrowly missed former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto but killed about 150 others, a top government official said Wednesday. Qari Saifullah Akhtar, who has been in Pakistani custody before, was …

NEW YORK – A bartender at a hot New York City celebrity nightspot had hepatitis A, the Health Department confirmed Friday — and was working the same night that Ashton Kutcher held his star-studded birthday party there earlier this month. The New York City Health Department confirmed it notified patrons …

LOS ANGELES – “Fool’s Gold” found real treasure as the romantic adventure starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson led the weekend box office with a $22 million debut. Martin Lawrence’s family-reunion comedy “Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins” opened at No. 2 with $17.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Disney’s “Hannah …

MINNEAPOLIS – The Metropolitan Airports Commission has spent more than $28,000 prosecuting Idaho Sen. Larry Craig and fighting his appeal. Craig has asked the state Appeals Court to let him withdraw his guilty plea to misdemeanor disorderly conduct after an airport bathroom sex sting. KSTP-TV reports that as of February …

KISSUFIM CROSSING, Israel – Palestinian militants ambushed an Israeli army jeep patrolling the Gaza border, then attacked a rescue crew that rushed to the scene, killing one soldier and wounding three in a brazen cross-border attack, according to military and witness accounts. The attack raised the possibility of a fresh …

BOSTON – A student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology has died after apparently falling from the fifth floor of his fraternity house. Police say they were called to 526 Beacon Street in Boston at about 5:45 on Saturday morning, where they found the victim on the ground. He was pronounced …

NEW YORK – NBC is pumping up the return of “My Name is Earl” with a guest shot by Paris Hilton. Hilton appears as herself in a dream sequence. Earl has been knocked unconscious and various things from his life and imagination are bleed into his fevered mind. Her appearance …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Gibson Guitar Corp. has widened its attack on the video game industry with a second patent infringement lawsuit. It claims, in a case filed Thursday in federal district court in Nashville, that by developing, distributing and promoting the video game “Rock Band,” Harmonix, MTV Networks and Electronic …

BEIRUT, Lebanon – A prominent anti-Syrian journalist and lawmaker was killed by a car bomb Monday, a day after returning from France, where he had been staying periodically for fear of assassination. A previously unknown group claimed responsibility, saying Gibran Tueni was “spreading poisons and lies despite our repeated warnings …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Shipping company FedEx Corp. (FDX) on Wednesday said second-quarter profit jumped 33 percent to easily beat its own and Wall Street’s expectations, as demand for its services grew and the company pushed back advertising costs. Net income increased to $471 million, or $1.53 per share, from $354 …