Californian James Robinson loves tennis, swimming and flying to the East Coast to see his grandmother. But there's one problem: The 8-year-old has difficulty flying because his name matches one on the government's terrorist "watch list." So do James Robinson, a former U.S. attorney, and James Robinson, a commercial pilot and retired Air National Guard brigadier general.

At least seven possible tornadoes were reported today in eastern Florida as a spinoff from Tropical Storm Fay, which was battering parts of the state with high winds and heavy rain, the National Hurricane Center said. Fay could strengthen into a hurricane as it swings over Florida again Thursday, according to the center.

In the run-up to the vice presidential announcements, a campaign stop is less about what's said than where it is -- geography and choreography are clues.

MoveOn.org has its sights set on U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole's unexpectedly competitive contest for re-election in North Carolina, spending nearly half a million dollars on an ad accusing the North Carolina senator and fellow Republican John McCain of being "in the pocket of Big Oil."

Stocks slumped Tuesday, falling for the second session in a row, as oil prices rose, retailers' earnings disappointed and reports showed falling homebuilding activity and rising inflation.

Home prices continue to tumble across the country, making homes more affordable in most U.S. cities, according to a new report released Tuesday.

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The Bigfoot in the freezer is made of rubber, a Web posting asserted Tuesday.

The Baghdad mosque is a grotesque scene. Blood is on the walls and a noose dangles from the ceiling. "Here is a chain we found tied to an old man's body," an official says. A father mourns the loss of his son: "His hands and legs were amputated and his head was decapitated."

As a young man, Barack Obama idolized civil rights leaders. "Reading about people not that much older than me who had gone to jail and suffered beatings in order to liberate a people," he said, "I thought there's something powerful about that." But Obama was born too late to join the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s movement. So he did the next best thing.

Oil prices spiked on Tuesday as the dollar weakened and investors worried that a predicted fall in gasoline supplies could cause refineries to step up crude use.

NATO is accusing Russia of failing to honor the full terms of the cease-fire agreement brokered by the European Union last week aimed at ending the fighting in Georgia. NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said today that Russian forces are still inside Georgia despite the agreement to withdraw.

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In another indication of growing inflation, wholesale prices increased in July to the highest annual rate in 27 years, according to a government report released Tuesday.

I had anticipated this trip for six months. I was so excited to meet someone who would provide me with so much information on diving and underwater crime scenes.

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Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa died Tuesday at a hospital in Paris, France, nearly two months after suffering a stroke, a Zambian official told CNN.