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PHOENIX – A petroglyph near Phoenix may by the only record in the Western Hemisphere of a supernova that appeared in 1006 — the brightest supernova visible from earth for more than 5,000 years. John Barentine, who works at the Apache Point Observatory in Sunspot, N.M., presented his theory Monday …

PHOENIX – Jason Grimsley was asked by federal agents to wear a listening device to gather incriminating evidence against Barry Bonds but refused, an attorney for the former Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher said. “It was a specific effort to target Bonds,” Edward Novak told the Arizona Republic. “We were told that …

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Slovakia‘s opposition leftist party won the most votes in a parliamentary elections, tapping into widespread public discontent over eight years of austere economic reforms, authorities said Sunday. But with only 29 percent of the vote, Robert Fico’s Smer-Socialist Democratic Party does not have a parliamentary majority and …

BERLIN – A CBS correspondent seriously injured by a car bomb in Iraq was able to start communicating with her family and doctors Thursday, and started by asking what happened to her crew, a network spokeswoman said. Kimberly Dozier‘s two British colleagues — cameraman Paul Douglas and soundman James Brolan …

WASHINGTON – President Bush will visit two towns in the former communist part of Germany before traveling to Russia for a meeting of the Group of Eight industrialized nations. On July 13, Bush will visit Stralsund and Trinwillershagen, both of which were in the electoral constituency of Angela Merkel, now …

KIEV, Ukraine – A lion killed a man who climbed into its enclosure in the Ukrainian capital’s zoo, police said Monday. The lion attacked the 45-year-old Ukrainian late Sunday after he used a rope to climb down into an enclosure with four lions, said Kiev police spokesman Volodymyr Polishchuk. He …

PHILADELPHIA – Former major league umpire Eric Gregg, who struggled with weight problems that saw him reach almost 400 pounds, died Monday night, a day after a massive stroke. He was 55. “I want him to be remembered as someone who loved the game of baseball, someone who was determined …

BEIJING – Cleanup crews in northern China were scrambling Thursday to absorb 60 tons of toxic coal tar accidentally dumped into a river before it reaches a reservoir serving 10 million people, state media said. The incident occurred Monday when a truck carrying the coal tar fell into the Dasha …

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, defying the rival Hamas group that controls the Cabinet and parliament, announced Saturday a July 26 referendum on the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Hamas immediately rejected the referendum, which is expected to have a clear majority. Abbas’ announcement followed …

NEW YORK – The English-language Al-Jazeera International TV network faces enough hurdles to make Olympic champion Edwin Moses tremble. It has missed its target launch date and won’t set another, has no public commitments by anyone to show it in the United States, saw its closest competitor beat it to …