HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – The man named as a person of interest in the disappearance of a Hilton Head Island couple appears to have committed suicide, authorities said Tuesday. The body of Dennis Ray Gerwing was found by his lawyer around 4 p.m. in the bathroom of a resort …

LOS ANGELES – It was the best of both worlds at Saturday’s Kids Choice Awards for Miley Cyrus, who took home trophies for favorite female singer and TV actress and rocked the show with a spirited performance of her hit song, “GNO — Girls Night Out.” It was also a …

BAGHDAD – The fortified Green Zone came under fresh attack Monday, less than 24 hours after anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr told his fighters to stand down following a week of clashes with government forces. Al-Sadr’s order stopped short of disarming his fighters and left the militia intact in a …

PERU, Ind. – An Air Force reservist was found stabbed to death in a hotel room on a Texas base where she had been taking a training course, officials said. Senior Airman Blanca A. Luna of Chicago was pronounced dead Friday, shortly after she was found unresponsive with a stab …

ORLANDO, Fla. – Pro golfer Tripp Isenhour said it was a “one-in-a-million” golf shot that killed a protected hawk and that he was only trying to scare the bird he now faces criminal charges for killing. Isenhour spoke on the Golf Channel’s PODS Championship post-round show Friday, his first public …

A few years ago, the slogan was “milk does a body good.” Then the thinking went “organic milk does a body better.” Now the point of contention is the toll that both regular and organic milk take on the environment, even before that cold white drink can leave the ubiquitous …

NEW YORK – Tiffany Rubin had all but given up hope of ever seeing her abducted child again when she received an anonymous tip through her MySpace page. Someone had spotted her 7-year-old son and ex-boyfriend in South Korea. On Easter Sunday, the Queens special education teacher caught a 15-hour …

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A woman who donned a black mask, ordered her ex-lover’s wife to her knees and shot her twice in the head was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday. “You carried out this plan with great planning and deliberation,” Judge Roger …

ATLANTA – Two people in rural northwest Georgia are dead and dozens injured after a series of severe storms moved through the state, producing the first-ever tornado to hit downtown Atlanta. A woman was killed in Polk County early Saturday afternoon when a storm demolished her home and threw her …

WASHINGTON – The CIA announced Monday that it will now pay the full cost of legal liability insurance for about two-thirds of the agency workforce. The insurance costs about $300 a year. Until now the CIA has paid just half of the premium annually. Only about 15 percent of eligible …