WASHINGTON – When President Bush introduced the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff last year, he declared, “The first thing America needs to know about Pete Pace is that he is a Marine.” Gen. Peter Pace is, in fact, the first Marine to hold the top job in …

Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck shares these delicious dishes that will make your taste buds tingle! • Crispy Potato Galette With Dill Cream, Smoked Salmon and Sturgeon and Osetra Caviar (Recipe courtesy Wolfgang Puck) (Serves 4-6) Ingredients:3 potatoes, peeled and grated 1/2 pound clarified butter 1/2 pound smoked salmon, thinly sliced …

BOSTON – It was early Wednesday evening when Carmen Electra called. She cooed a sultry hello. She started to talk about dating. I quickly pinched myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. And then, the former “Baywatch” babe said two words that really turned me on: “publicly traded.” A few …

CHICAGO – Bankrupt Delta Air Lines said Friday it has modestly cut the amount of savings it requires from pilots and has offered them $300 million if the airline terminates their pension plan. A Delta spokesman said the No. 3 U.S. carrier has cut its savings demand to $315 million …

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – President Bush, warning against America losing its technological edge in the world, called on Congress Friday to bolster math and science education and spend more money to nurture innovation at business and government laboratories. “There’s a certain amount of uncertainty among some in America that we’ve …

WASHINGTON – Citing troubling behavior by the Kremlin, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed skepticism on Sunday about the future of democracy in Russia. “We are very concerned, particularly about some of the elements of democratization that seem to be going in the wrong direction,” Rice said. Russian President Vladimir …

JAKARTA, Indonesia – A ferry carrying scores of people sank Wednesday in eastern Indonesia after it reported being battered by 10-foot waves, and rescue ships picked up more than 100 survivors, officials said. Rescuers were still searching for at least 47 people believed to have been on board. A navy …

MARTINEZ, Calif. – A judge ruled Friday that prosecutors have enough evidence to put a 17-year-old on trial for murdering a prominent attorney’s wife. Scott Dyleski is accused of bludgeoning neighbor Pamela Vitale to death at the Lafayette estate where she and her husband, Daniel Horowitz, were building a house. …

WASHINGTON – The maker of the BlackBerry Wednesday gained some ground as it fights a battle over patents with NTP, which is trying to shut down most sales and service of the portable e-mail device in the United States. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a final rejection of …

Companies and individuals heeded this week’s warning — some may call it “hype” — about a file-destroying computer worm known as “Kama Sutra,” helping minimize its damage Friday, security experts said. One Italian city shut down its computers as a precaution, but otherwise the worm’s trigger date arrived with relatively …