WASHINGTON – Al Gore is running again. The former U.S. vice president is running to places including California, New York, Utah, Washington and France to promote a film — “An Inconvenient Truth” — chronicling his elaborate slide shows to educate people about global warming. But is he running for the …

MIAMI – A passenger reported missing on a cruise to the Bahamas fell overboard after a night of heavy drinking with friends, authorities said Wednesday as Coast Guard crews suspended their search for the man. Friends of Daniel DiPiero, 21, of Canfield, Ohio, last saw him on the Mariner of …

SAN FRANCISCO – Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Friday’s session are Dell Inc., Gap Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Marvell Technology Group Ltd. and AnnTaylor Stores Corp. AnnTaylor Stores Corp. (ANN) is expected to report first-quarter earnings of 40 cents a share, according …

AMMAN, Jordan – Jordan sentenced 10 militants to prison Tuesday for conspiring to attack U.S. forces in the country and in neighboring Iraq. The men, sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to five years, yelled insults at the judges after the verdicts were read. “God is our Lord and …

BUCHAREST, Romania – A Red Cross official on Wednesday warned that several thousand flood victims who remain in temporary tent camps are at risk of disease because of unhygienic conditions. More than 3,000 people were evacuated to tent camps after the Danube River, fed by melting snow and rainfall in …

TOKYO – Toyota Motor Corp. (TM), the world’s second-largest auto maker, said on Tuesday it would recall a total of about 1 million vehicles globally to replace faulty intermediate shafts and sliding yokes. In a filing with Japan’s Transport Ministry, the company said it would recall a total of 565,756 …

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Relatives of Natalee Holloway marked the first anniversary of her disappearance quietly Tuesday. The family continues to search for answers about what happened to the Mountain Brook, Ala., teenager who mysteriously vanished during a high school graduation trip to Aruba. Holloway’s father, Dave Holloway, worked at his …

NEW YORK – Taylor Hicks has taken step two on his “American Idol”-fueled career, signing the record contract that comes with winning the hit show. The gray-haired crooner inked a pact with music mogul Clive Davis in conjunction with 19 Recordings Unlimited, the label managed by “AI” creator Simon Fuller, …

SAO PAULO, Brazil – Brazilians angered by gang violence that rocked South America’s largest city demonstrated across the country, with many blaming the bloodshed that left 172 people dead on rampant corruption. Lawmakers were also focusing on corruption as they investigated a leak from a closed-door congressional session that may …

WASHINGTON – New White House press secretary Tony Snow suffered a couple missteps in his first question-and-answer session with the White House press corps Friday. Snow danced around several queries by saying he did not know enough to answer. And although he had at times been harshly critical of President …