FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Police in Gloucester County’s Franklin Township said Monday there will be no underage-driving charges for a 15-year-old girl who accidentally ran over her mother during a driving lesson, killing her. Because the accident took place on private property, police said there will be no prosecution. Police …

NEW YORK – A apartment tenant stabbed his building superintendent after being told to pay his rent or move out, then jumped from a third-floor window to his death, according to police and witnesses. The superintendent, Andres Bautista, said Sebastian Catalan punched him and then stabbed him in the stomach. …

NEW YORK – In the latest boost to its dominance in portable music players, Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) is teaming with General Motors Corp. (GM), Ford Motor Co. (F) and Mazda Motor Corp. to integrate the iPod into car audio systems. GM and Ford are the nation’s No. 1 and …

KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. and Afghan forces raided compounds suspected of being Al Qaeda sanctuaries in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, seizing weapons and explosives and arresting eight people, the U.S. military said. Meanwhile, insurgents hit a Canadian base in southern Afghanistan with mortars, wounding six soldiers, a Canadian military spokesman …

Two Michigan swans were carrying an apparently harmless version of the H5N1 bird flu virus. It is not the same H5N1 bird flu that has killed 139 people in Asia. “We do not believe this virus is a threat to human health,” Ron DeHaven, an administrator at the U.S. Department …

ANNAPOLIS, Md – Police have arrested four women in an investigation into prostitution ads that were posted on a popular Internet classifieds site. The women were arrested over the last three weeks at hotels near Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, police said. They were charged with illegally soliciting sex. Anne …

MOSCOW – A man doused himself with flammable liquids and set himself on fire on Red Square Sunday before dozens of shocked tourists, Russian news reports and witnesses said. The man made no statements or gestures before the incident, which occurred around 4 p.m. in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral, …

SAN FRANCISCO – Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday’s session are Novell Inc., ADC Telecommunications and JDS Uniphase Corp. DSW Inc. (DSW) is expected to report earnings per share for the second quarter or 30 cents, according to analysts polled by Thomson First …

HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Two weeks ago, one of Cindy Kienow‘s regular customers left her a $100 tip on a tab that wasn’t even half that. This week, he added a couple of zeros. Kienow, a bartender at Applebee’s, got a $10,000 tip from the man — for a $26 meal …

SEATTLE – When Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said it planned to begin checking for pirated copies of its Windows operating system using the method it set up to send people security fixes, even some of the company’s traditional critics could sympathize. After all, although Microsoft rakes in billions, piracy of its …