TBILISI, Georgia – Georgian police on Wednesday detained a man suspected of throwing a live grenade during a rally at which President Bush spoke in May, the Interior Ministry said. The capture came after a shootout in which one officer was killed and another wounded. The shootout and detention occurred …

NEW YORK – Communications chip maker Broadcom Corp (BRCM) on Tuesday said it filed an antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) on top of patent infringement and fair trade complaints it already made against the wireless technology firm. The latest lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court (search) for …

MONTARGIS, France – Lance Armstrong (search) retained the overall lead in the Tour de France when he cruised to a safe finish in Wednesday’s fifth stage, won by Robbie McEwen (search) of Australia. Armstrong, going for a seventh straight Tour victory, crossed the finish in 45th place in a pack …

SEATTLE – Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Thursday said fourth-quarter profit rose on strong demand for laptops, personal computers and servers but the world’s largest software maker forecast revenue for the current quarter below Wall Street analysts’ estimates. Shares fell 2.4 percent in after-hours trade. Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft said it had a …

NEW YORK – Bo Bice (search) didn’t win the fourth season of “American Idol,” (search) but he did win his girlfriend’s hand in marriage — and the No. 1 spot on next week’s Billboard hot singles sales chart. The “American Idol” runner-up wed Caroline Fisher (search) in Helena, Ala., Bice’s …

LONDON – Police identified the man who was chased down in a subway and shot to death by plainclothes officers as a Brazilian and said Saturday they no longer believed he was tied to the recent terror bombings. Friday’s shooting before horrified commuters prompted criticism of police for overreacting and …

If your appetite is wrecking your diet, protein might help, new research shows. Protein may help patrol the space between you, the fridge/menu/vending machine, and belt-busting eating habits. You needn’t banish carbohydrates from your plate, researchers write in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Of course, there’s a catch. Forget …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqi and U.S. forces captured a would-be homicide bomber before he could detonate his explosive belt Thursday, and announced a key suspect in the kidnap-slaying of Egypt’s top envoy to Iraq had been arrested in what was hailed as a blow to the terror network. The thwarted …

WASHINGTON – More than two dozen Democratic senators on Monday asked Congress to investigate the leak of a CIA officer’s identity. “Americans deserve a Congress that holds Washington accountable for the truth about our national security,” said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who authored the letter. “Can anyone argue with a …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq’s police force has suffered from inadequate recruiting and screening of candidates, apparently even allowing some insurgents to join, a U.S. report said Monday. Even so, the study by the inspectors general at the Defense and State departments said the effort to build up Iraq’s (search) police …