NEW DELHI -- India’s ruling coalition scrambled Monday to avert a political crisis even as some allies remained firm on their opposition to an Indian-U.S. nuclear deal.Despite hours of intense negotiations during the weekend, the political deadlock deepened with the Communist members of the coalition insisting the deal would harm India’s foreign policy interests. The deal would allow India to get civilian nuclear technology and fuel from the United States, ending India’s isolation from other ... [full story]

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Ailing evangelist Billy Graham improved enough to visit with friends and eat a chicken dinner, it was reported Monday.“He’s doing real well. He was sitting up, eating,” Franklin Graham said of his father, who was hospitalized Saturday with intestinal bleeding, the Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times reported.Graham, 88, Sunday watched his favorite TV preacher, the Rev. Don Wilton, of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg, S.C., and ate a chicken dinner with family, the newspaper ... [full story]

LONDON -- A potential new suspect in the disappearance of Britain's Madeleine McCann is reportedly under surveillance and may be arrested in a matter of days.Unconfirmed reports in a Portuguese newspaper said British police have their eyes on a suspect in connection with the McCann case, The Daily Mail reported Monday.Madeleine vanished during a family holiday in Algarve, Portugal last May just a week before her fourth birthday.In its report, the Portuguese newspaper Correio da ... [full story]

GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- An investigation into the death of a member of the Canadian air force's elite flying team revealed his seat belt came undone and caused the plane to crash.Canadian air force Capt. Shawn McCaughey, 31, died May 18 when his jet crashed at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.Canadian defense officials launched in inquiry into McCaughey’s death and found out that while he was steering his plane ... [full story]

BAGHDAD -- An Iraqi general said Monday his troops detained more than 100 suspected insurgents during security operations last week.Brig. Gen. Qassim Atta told Pentagon reporters from Baghdad that a large cache of ammonium nitrate, an ingredient in truck bombs, was also seized during what was dubbed Operation Fard al-Qanun.“We praise the role of the Iraqi army and the Iraqi national police and the cooperation the people are showing with the security forces,” Atta said ... [full story]

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah state troopers have launched an investigation into a 14-car pileup that was caused by a dust storm in central Utah.Sunday’s accident killed two people, left three others in critical condition and injured at least 12 on Interstate 15, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Monday."They're trying to figure out who hit whom and how this all started," said Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Ted Tingey.The initial collision was likely due to low ... [full story]

ARIES (March 21 - April 19): Set the stage for fun, romance or socializing this week. Allow your creativity to flow freely and expand through artistic or highly inspired endeavors. TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): Take time during this forecast period to relax and put up your feet. Make a conscious effort to place stressful or pressing issues on the back burner. GEMINI (May 21 - June 21): Your success is riding on good ... [full story]