"I could have chosen somebody else, but it was too good to pass up," says Steve Buscemi of acting reporter Pierre in "Interview." Later, he admits, "Of course, if I had chosen someone else that might have helped us get the financing faster!"   'INTERVIEW' - At the helm of 'Interview,' Steve Buscemi tried for a 'character study of two damaged souls working off each other.' Here he is in a scene with Sienna Miller. CNS ... [full story]

GLENDALE, Calif. -- Police in Glendale, Calif., confiscated $10 million worth of marijuana growing at a sophisticated outdoor pot farm that tapped directly into city water tanks.At least 5,000 plants were spread out across more than an acre above Crescenta Valley Park, The Los Angeles Times said Thursday.No arrests were made.Police said the marijuana growers used a drip irrigation system with pipes that tapped directly into city water tanks that are used by city residents ... [full story]

MARIETTA, Ga. -- A young Georgia woman admitted Wednesday that she was one of the “Barbie Bandits” who robbed a bank of almost $11,000.Heather Lyn Johnston, 19, pleaded guilty to theft by taking and to a misdemeanor charge of possession of less than one ounce of marijuana, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Johnston’s plea was “non-negotiated,” meaning that an agreement on a maximum sentence was not part of the deal.Johnston, Ashley Nicole Miller, Benny Herman Allen ... [full story]

Astro­no­mers have be­lieved for dec­ades that most of the mat­ter in the cos­mos is un­seen. It be­trays it­self only through its gravita­t­ional pull on vis­i­ble ob­jects, whose move­ments are of­ten hard to ex­plain with­out this “dark mat­ter.”And the past year has seen in­creas­ingly bold claims that as­tro­no­mers have “proved” the stuff’s ex­ist­ence.De­spite that, there’s a core of doubt­ers who are­n’t go­ing away. Many of them are stick­ing by an al­ter­na­tive the­o­ry that holds that tweak­ing ... [full story]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Minneapolis police Thursday lowered the death toll in the Interstate 35W bridge collapse to four people confirmed dead, down from seven reported earlier. The recovery effort began Thursday as crews searched wreckage and rubble left from the structure's falling into the Mississippi River and its banks during evening rush hour Wednesday. Officials said at least 20 people were missing. Scores of people were sent to area hospitals. "It's a slow, deliberate recovery operation," ... [full story]

NEW YORK, - A "Spider-Man" fan charged with burglary says he knows nothing about a break-in at the New York City home of the actress who plays Spider Man's girlfriend.James Jimenez, 33, a New York City auto mechanic with a long history of crime, is charged with allegedly helping a friend break into the SoHo Grand penthouse of actress Kirsten Dunst, the New York Post reported Monday.Jimenez on Aug. 9 allegedly helped Jarrod Beinerman break ... [full story]

NEW YORK - The discovery that a major campaign donor is a wanted man in California has U.S. Democrats scrambling to divest donations he made to them.The issue centers on Norman Hsu, a Hong Kong-born textiles businessman who moved to the United States when he was 18.Hsu has raised more than $1 million for the 2008 presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., including donating $23,000 of his own money, making him what is called ... [full story]

BAGHDAD -- Thirteen people were killed by a car bomb near a police station in Habhab, Iraq, Thursday as Coalition forces announced the deaths of two U.S. soldiers. The Multi-National Force announced Thursday two U.S. soldiers involved with Task Force Marne were killed in an "indirect" fire attack that injured 10 others, KUNA, the Kuwait News Agency, reported Thursday. No further information was released. Meanwhile, a suicide car bomb detonated Thursday near the Habhab police ... [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]

BEIJING -- In another coal mine accident in China, a mine shaft at a state-owned facility in east Jiangxi Province was flooded Thursday, trapping 14 miners. The official Xinhua reported 15 miners were working underground at the Zhayi colliery near Fengcheng city when the flooding occurred. One of the miners managed to escape but the other 14 could not, the report said. Rescue work was proceeding to reach the trapped miners, the report said. The ... [full story]