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CHICAGO – Tom Cruise says his couch-jumping on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” seemed to set off a “confluence” of bad publicity for him, but he’s not sure he would take it back. “That was a moment, and it was real, and I don’t know if I would (do it differently). …

NEWTON, Mass. – Two commuter trains collided and derailed during the evening rush hour outside Boston on Wednesday, hurting several passengers and trapping and killing the operator of one train, according to published reports. The father of Terrese Edmonds, an operator of one train, told the Boston Globe that his …

BERLIN – A trio of packaged pythons has caused a scare at a German post office. Police in Darmstadt said Friday that the snakes were stuffed into a parcel that was handed in for mailing to eastern Germany. It contained two tiger pythons and an albino tiger python of more …

This is a rush transcript from “The Journal Editorial Report,” May 17, 2008. PAUL GIGOT, FOX HOST: Up next on the “Journal Editorial Report,” forget West Virginia. The big election story was in Mississippi this week. Republicans are reeling after losing another congressional seat. Is it a sign of trouble …

WASHINGTON – The House voted for cheaper change Thursday, the kind that would make pennies and nickels worth more than they cost to make and save the country $100 million a year. The unanimous vote advances the legislation to the Senate, but it’s prospects are muddled by objections from the …

NEW YORK – Adam Sandler became a box-office superstar by interpreting his favorite character: the repressed man-child. He soared to fame portraying short-tempered Peter Pans in the “Happy Gilmore,” “Billy Madison” and “Big Daddy” films, branding himself the poster boy for guys who don’t want to grow up. Now the …

MOSCOW – An irreverent English-language newspaper in Russia has been forced to close following an official probe, its editor said Monday. “The eXile,” a brash monthly that criticized the Kremlin and the West in its pages — often seeking to offend — was subject to a June 5 audit, said …

ROME – President Bush can look forward to a hearty welcome from his old friend, the charismatic Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, and Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Rome. That’s not what was found on the streets, however, where anti-Bush sentiment over the war in Iraq still lingers. Berlusconi …

LOS ANGELES – Bizarre microbes flourish in the most punishing environments on Earth from the bone-dry Atacama Desert in Chile to the boiling hot springs of Yellowstone National Park to the sunless sea bottom vents in the Pacific. Could such exotic life emerge in the frigid arctic plains of Mars? …

Prince William began a stint in the Royal Navy Monday, beginning basic training on a river in southwest England. The heir to the British throne participated in maneuvers on the River Dart as part of a three-week training session at Britannia Royal Naval college in Dartmouth, England, before he heads …