By LAURAN NEERGAARD / AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors who prescribe some popular antidepressants should monitor their patients closely for warning signs of suicide, especially when they first start the pills or change a dose, the government warned Monday. The Food and Drug Administration asked makers of 10 drugs to add or strengthen…

By PAUL RECER / AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It may never be too late to extend life through sensible eating. A study shows that a strict, low-calorie diet increased the life span of aged mice by more than 40 percent. Many studies have shown that starting young mice on a restricted-calorie diet helps…

By MARK NIESSE / Associated Press Writer Bishop Donn Thomas, of Messiah’s World Outreach Ministries, reads a declaration as fellow pastors behind him, William Sheals of Hopewell Baptist Church, left, and Woody Walker of Abundant Life Church, listen. (AP Photo/John Amis) ATLANTA (AP) — There’s a big difference between the civil rights and gay rights…

MURFREESBORO (AP) — A suspect in three killings at a Smyrna Captain D’s restaurant nearly four years ago is not mentally retarded and could be executed if convicted, a judge ruled. LaTonya Taylor, 26, of Nashville scored less than the state standard for retardation, 70, on all but one IQ test she’s taken. But Rutherford…

Gel bags, the latest craze in purses, have arrived in wonderful colors and shapes at Sheena’s Silver and Gifts. Peggy Higgins works on the display in the shop located at 109 Northgate Drive. (Margaret Hobbs photo) Owner — Hershey GlennPhone — 474-3126 Location —109 Northgate DriveYears in business — 4 years At a glanceIf you…

By TOM RAUM / Associated Press Writer Former White House adviser Karen Hughes announces the Bush campaign’s Texas leadership team during a news conference in this Dec. 16, 2003, file photo in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush entrusts adviser Karl Rove to oversee his bare-knuckle bid for a second…

By TED BRIDIS / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is disputing assertions by President Bush’s former counterterrorism coordinator that the administration failed to recognize the risk of an attack by al-Qaida in the months leading up to Sept. 11, 2001. National security deputies worked diligently between March and September 2001 to…

By JIM KRANE / Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — The United States says Iraq will be sovereign, no longer under military occupation, on June 30. But most power will reside within the world’s largest U.S. Embassy, backed by 110,000 U.S. troops. The fledgling Iraqi government will be capable of tackling little more than…

By IRA DREYFUSS / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Buying food for her family sends Andrea Duncan on expeditions. The 42-year-old homemaker from Reston, Va., has given up on the goal that supermarkets were created to achieve — buying all her groceries at one time from one store. “I’m a six, eight, 10-store shopper,”…

By MARTHA IRVINE / AP National Writer Chicagoans Rachel Gillman, right, who has made many new friends through the latest Web craze known as social networking, stands back-to-back with her sister Laura Monday, March 15, 2004, in Palm Springs, Calif. (AP Photo) CHICAGO (AP) — Rachel Gillman has always had a lot of friends. But…