WASHINGTON -- Former President Bill Clinton will likely remain out of the big-city limelight as he campaigns for his wife, political analysts said Tuesday.CBSNews.com said Clinton's role in the home stretch of the Democratic nomination race has been redefined as one in which he brings his stature and celebrity to smaller cities and rural areas where he is less likely to cause controversy or overshadow Hillary Clinton."He's certainly been a negative at times on the ... [full story]

VAIL , Colo. -- A 10-inch snowfall in the Vail area contributed to a 50-vehicle crash that resulted in one death, the Colorado State Patrol said.The heavy snow prompted a temporary closure of the Vail Pass Monday so emergency vehicles could reach the scene, The Denver Post reported Tuesday. At least 22 people were injured.Elsewhere, storms moved through the South and East as dry air gave the mid-Mississippi Valley a respite from heavy rain, AccuWeather.com ... [full story]

TOLEDO, Ohio -- Trial began Tuesday in Toledo, Ohio, for three men federal prosecutors say conspired to carry out terrorist attacks in the Middle East, including Iraq.Mohammad Zaki Amawi, 28, Marwan Othman El-Hindi, 45, and Wassim Mazloum, 26, were arrested in 2006 for allegedly planning to wage a "holy war" that included possible attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq.The Toledo Blade said prosecutors have steadfastly refused to release many details other than the allegation the ... [full story]

WASHINGTON -- Democratic Party leaders say they're urging a superdelegates' meeting in June, hoping to avoid a protracted intraparty U.S. presidential nomination fight.Others, though, say a series of smaller superdelegate meetings has begun -- virtually -- to unite the party behind one candidate and avoid a summer-long and convention fight between Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., The Politicoo reported Tuesday.Clinton and her supporters argue that she should continue campaigning; opponents and ... [full story]

WASHINGTON -- U.S. presidents rely on daily secret reports on national threats, but some of those reports are now coming from public Internet sources, officials say.The top-secret President's Daily Brief compiled covert operative reports, spy photos and other highly classified sources. But more and more, intelligence agencies are getting their information from sources available to anyone with an Internet connection, USA Today said Tuesday.Intelligence officers used this "open-source intelligence" to compile evidence on the Iranian ... [full story]

HOUSTON -- Houston police say they are investigating at least three possible suspects in the death of a missing woman found dead in a rural field last week.Investigators Monday confirmed the remains discovered in a shallow grave 75 miles from Houston are those of Tierra Adams, who vanished in January, about a month before she was due to give birth.Although dental records were still being checked Tuesday, the Houston Chronicle said the body had a ... [full story]

PICO RIVERA, Calif. -- Detectives in Los Angeles County say they have not ruled out suicide in the death of a man found shot to death just hours after he got married.Ernesto Frayre, 22, of Pico Rivera was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head Sunday morning in his car, which was parked a block away from where the wedding reception had been held.Family members were stunned at the development and told the ... [full story]

WASHINGTON -- Osama bin Laden and his half-brother went to London in 1986 to discuss buying several surface-to-air missiles for the mujahedin in Afghanistan, a book says."The Bin Ladens," a newly released book by former Washington Post correspondent and noted bin Laden expert, Steve Coll, says bin Laden and his half brother, Salem, met with "contacts" at the Dorchester hotel in London to negotiate the sale of Russian SA-7 missiles from German arms manufacturer Heckler ... [full story]

LONGUEUIL, Quebec -- The Canadian Space Agency is set to start recruiting for two new astronaut trainees, the federal Industry minister responsible for the agency announced.Speaking at a news conference at the agency's headquarters in Longueuil, Quebec, outside Montreal, Minister Jim Prentice encouraged those who might like to apply to watch the agency's Web site next month when details and qualifications are posted.Canada now has six astronauts who fly on NASA missions and assist in ... [full story]

JERUSALEM -- The increasingly radical nature of sermons and media reports from Hamas overshadow the prospects of reaching a common ground with Israel, analysts say.The official Hamas media network, al-Aksa, runs several programs and sermons that some say serve to indoctrinate young Palestinians to radical Islamic positions.The combination of political rhetoric invoking historical Palestine, calls for military resistance against Israel while advocating social programs suggests a irreconcilable division between Israelis and Palestinians, The New York ... [full story]