SAN FRANCISCO – Under pressure to help dispose some of the electronic waste it helped create, Best Buy Co. is testing a free program that will offer consumers a convenient way to ensure that millions of obsolescent TVs, old computers and other unwanted gadgets don’t poison the nation’s dumps. The …

LONDON – The coroner at the Princess Diana inquest yesterday ordered a top-level inquiry after The Sun revealed her former butler, Paul Burrell, had lied in court. The £10million hearing took a sensational twist as Lord Justice Scott Baker halted proceedings after seeing our front page. He told the jury: …

GRAZ, Austria – Police said Tuesday that vandals have damaged or destroyed dozens of stone markers over the graves of Muslims buried in the central cemetery in the southern city of Graz. Authorities in Graz, about 200 kilometers (120 miles) south of Vienna, said about 60 gravestones were overturned and …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish police said Tuesday they have arrested several people suspected of plotting to kill one of the 12 cartoonists behind the Prophet Muhammad drawings that sparked an uproar in the Muslim world two years ago. The arrests were made in pre-dawn raids in Aarhus, western Denmark, “to …

LOS ANGELES – The court commissioner who placed Britney Spears under conservatorship held a closed-door hearing after reviewing an unspecified emergency request in the case. It was not immediately known who brought Thursday’s action, known as an ex-parte motion. Two attorneys for Spears’ father James — who has been named …

LOS ANGELES – Members of the writers guild have overwhelmingly approved a new contract with Hollywood studios that increases payment for shows offered on the Internet, the union said Tuesday. The deal was endorsed by 93.6 percent of the 4,060 votes cast in Los Angeles and New York. “This contract …

SAN FRANCISCO – Yahoo Inc.’s board plans to reject Microsoft Corp.’s $44.6 billion bid to buy the Internet pioneer, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site Saturday. Board members concluded the unsolicited offer massively undervalues the company, a person familiar with the situation told the newspaper. The $31 …

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record ,” February 27, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: A few hours ago, Officer Bobby Cutts, Jr., was not sentenced to death. He got life, but he also got …

WARSAW, Poland – Poland will only sign up to accept a U.S. missile defense base if Washington gives significant help to modernizing Poland’s military, the Polish defense minister said in comments published Saturday. “As long as we cannot sign an agreement about a satisfactory contribution by the Americans to the …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Brad Paisley’s “Online” video received four Country Music Television awards nominations, and Sugarland received three for their video “Stay.” Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift and Trace Adkins were next with three nominations apiece. The fan-voted nominations were announced Thursday by …