WASHINGTON – A former Riggs Bank senior vice president and his wife have been arrested on fraud, conspiracy and money laundering charges related to accounts at the bank of Equatorial Guinea, its largest customer. Simon Kareri, who was in charge of the Equatorial Guinea accounts, and his wife, Nene Fall …

The sleep cycle changes during puberty. And this means that the time of day makes a dramatic difference in the athletic performance of teens. That’s the conclusion of Brown University psychiatry professor Mary A. Carskadon, PhD, director of the chronobiology and sleep research lab at E.P. Bradley Hospital in Providence, …

This is a partial transcript from “On the Record,” May 16, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: Violent anti-American protests in Afghanistan (search) and across the Middle East have killed at least 17 people and injured many more. The protests are said to be the …

PHOENIX – Emboldened by a voter-approved law denying some government benefits to illegal immigrants, the Legislature voted Thursday to impose new restrictions on the thousands of people who sneak into the state each year from Mexico (search). Lawmakers approved a bill that would prohibit illegal immigrants from attending adult education …

SAN FRANCISCO – Five decades after Gumby (search) first captured the nation’s imagination, the little green guy and his chums are starring in a new art exhibit — the first in a series of events to mark the 50th anniversary of the television icon’s creation and launch his comeback. “Gumby …

LIVERMORE, Calif. – Ed Moses (search) talks of the “grand challenge” that has consumed him for the past five years, comparing it to trying to hit the strike zone with a baseball from 350 miles away or tossing a dime into a parking meter from 40 miles. “That’s the precision …

SAN FRANCISCO – Six alleged gang members ran a drug den in the apartment of a senile elderly woman, even eating her free senior-citizen meals, police said. Five adults and a teenager were arrested last week on a variety of charges, including elder abuse (search), and remained in jail Tuesday …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Suicide bombs ripped through a crowded market and a line of security force recruits Wednesday as a wave of explosions and gunfire across Iraq (search) killed at least 69 people — pushing the death toll from insurgent violence to more than 400 in less than two weeks. …

A South Carolina man would like his enormous wiener returned. Loyd Ardrey, who owns the Ebenezer Grill (search) in Rock Hill, about 20 miles south of Charlotte, N.C., came in to open up Wednesday morning when he discovered that the 12-foot-long smiling hot dog sign on top of the restaurant …

Cancer survivors are more likely to suffer difficulties with mental tasks than people without cancer, according to the June 1 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Researchers at the University of Southern California studied Swedish twins aged 65 and older. They compared mental tasks in each pair. …