ISTANBUL, Turkey – A judge ejected a Syrian Al Qaeda suspect from his courtroom Monday for contempt of court after the alleged terror mastermind, who was caught when explosives went off in his hide-out, refused to stand up on the opening day of his trial. The secretive Loa’i Mohammad Haj …

NEWARK, N.J. – A judge has agreed to allow New Jersey‘s worst serial killer to donate a kidney, but the donor and his doctors have to meet conditions. Superior Court Judge Paul W. Armstrong did not say when Charles Cullen might undergo the operation to remove one of his kidneys …

SELMER, Tenn. – The preacher’s wife charged with murder in the death of her husband wanted his congregation to know “she was sorry for everything she has done,” said a friend who visited her in jail Sunday. Church member Pam Killingsworth visited Mary Winkler after Sunday services and said the …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Oscar-winning rappers Three 6 Mafia say they are producing and recording tracks with Paris Hilton. “We ran into her at a William Morris Agency party and she said she liked our song ‘Stay Fly’ and asked could we work with her,” said Jordan “Juicy J” Houston, a …

BOULDER, Colo. – We have learned, over the years, to suspect the closest — the mother, the father, the boyfriend, even the children. Susan Smith, Andrea Yates, Scott Peterson and so many others taught us that. And so it was with the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, the 6-year-old beauty queen. …

LONDON – A planned U.S. tour by Keane has been postponed while singer Tom Chaplin is being treated for drug and alcohol addiction, the British band said Tuesday. In a statement posted on the band’s Web site, Chaplin, 27, said he was “having to deal with an increasing problem with …

WASHINGTON – The idea that our nine-planet solar system may soon join the obsolete world of eight-track tapes and slide rules should send science teachers, textbook writers and toymakers back to the cosmic drawing board. “Does it make our products obsolete?” asked Kim McLynn, spokeswoman for Illinois-based Learning Resources, which …

This is a partial transcript from “On the Record,” August 14, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: With one single gunshot prosecutors say Mary Winkler killed her preacher husband but what everyone wants to know is why. Why would Winkler tear apart her seemingly happy …

DALLAS – The winning bid for Matthew McConaughey’s 1971 Corvette Stingray convertible, auctioned for hurricane relief, was $61,600, according to the eBay Web site. The name of the winning bidder wasn’t immediately released. The Web site indicated that 72 bids were received. McConaughey, a native of Texas, said he’s donating …

CALVIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Two teenage counselors of a summer camp face charges of having simulated sex with fully clothed campers as part of what was reportedly discipline for rules violations. The counselors are charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct, Cass County Sheriff Joseph M. Underwood said in a news …