In the splintered, frantic, snark-happy, 500-channel multimedia universe in which we now live, it's hard to imagine one man with the kind of almost universal regard as Cronkite, who died Friday. He delivered the news with care and consideration and humanity, never far removed from his declarative sentence, wire service and radio-announcing roots.

Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and the oldest surviving British veteran from World War I, has died at the age of 113, his care home said Saturday.

The conventional but sophisticated modus operandi used in twin hotel bombings prompted Indonesian officials to suspect one of the nation's most-wanted men, official media reported Saturday.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's first day in India began on a solemn note as she signed a condolence book at a Mumbai luxury hotel ravaged last year by terrorists.

HOUSTON (AP) -- Rockets center Yao Ming will have surgery on his broken left foot next week and the team says he may not be available until the training camp before the 2010-11 season.

WASHINGTON -- The Associated Press has learned that federal agents have a convicted felon under arrest for providing the gun later used to kill ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair.

ATLANTA (AP) -- On the day the Atlanta Braves retired Greg Maddux's number, his former manager Bobby Cox led the praises.

COLMAR, France (AP) -- Tour de France organizers say two riders have been slightly injured in a shooting incident along the road of the 13th stage of the cycling classic in northeast France.