AP - At the telecommunications conference here this week, a visitor could be forgiven for thinking he missed a turn and walked into the wrong trade show, a more glamorous one that dealt with entertainment rather than the plain old telephone system.

An Army bomb disposal expert who put the lives of others before his own in Iraq is awarded the George Cross.

AP - At the telecommunications conference here this week, a visitor could be forgiven for thinking he missed a turn and walked into the wrong trade show, a more glamorous one that dealt with entertainment rather than the plain old telephone system.

AP - Before this season, Wichita State had gone 17 years without receiving a bid to the NCAA tournament. So now that they're in the regional semifinals, the Shockers aren't going to complain about traveling 1,200 miles to play in an unfriendly environment.

AP - Now that March Madness is in full swing, AP sportswriters will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports from the NCAA tournament:

Reuters - Oil rose $2 a barrel on Thursday as uncertainty over Nigerian exports resurfaced and work at U.S. refineries renewed concern over U.S. fuel supply.

AP - President Bush signed legislation Thursday that ends Cold War-era trade restrictions on Ukraine, opening the way for the former Soviet republic to join the World Trade Organization.

AP - European Union leaders risked another bad-tempered summit Thursday after weeks of protectionist sniping over attempts to shield companies from takeovers cast doubt on the EU's much-vaunted border-free market.

AP - Tennessee point guard Alexis Hornbuckle was already playing with an injured wrist when she hit her head on the floor and suffered a concussion against George Washington. She also got hit in the face during the game, causing her nose to bleed.

AFP - The White House downplayed President George W. Bush's suggestion that US troops would still be in Iraq when his term ends in January 2009.

AFP - US President George W. Bush said he would pressure Kabul over the "deeply troubling" case of an Afghan facing the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity.

AP - Heavy winds ripped away much of the top nine floors of a fire-weakened Nigerian building early Wednesday, raining debris on mostly empty streets and leaving people on lower floors waving frantically for help.

AP - President Bush called on Afghanistan on Wednesday to respect the religious freedom of an Afghan citizen on trial for his life for converting from Islam to Christianity.

E! Online - In an entry published on the Huffington Post over the weekend, political pundit and eponymous blogger Arianna Huffington issued an apology to readers of her site after misleadingly crediting George Clooney with authoring a politically charged entry. As for the Oscar-winning actor, well, he may have to wait a while longer for his mea culpa.

AP - The judge at former Gov. George Ryan's racketeering trial said Wednesday that jurors were having trouble with their deliberations, but she declined to elaborate.

Danielle George - AHN Staff Reporter London, England (AHN) - England's Darren Campbell is disqualified from the 200m at the Commonwealth Games for leaving his lane. According to reports, Campbell, running in lane eight, stepped out of his lane on the bend on his way to finishing fourth....

Reuters - The U.S. military hit back on Wednesday at what it called a "pattern of misinformation" following Iraqi police accusations that its troops shot dead a family of 11 in their home last week.

AFP - US President George W. Bush and Chinese leader Hu Jintao will meet in Washington April 20 for talks aimed at resolving "outstanding differences," the White House said.

Reuters - President George W. Bush vowed on Wednesday he will not let election-year politics interfere with decisions about U.S. troop levels in Iraq as he sought to rally flagging public support for the war.

AP - A newly enacted federal law that could void hundreds of pending lawsuits filed by detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is at the center of a case before a U.S. appeals court.