WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday banned farmers from planting a variety of rice containing genetically modified material that has not been approved by the government, and it told growers to destroy any plantings of the seed.

AP - A small plane crashed on a city street Friday evening in suburban Chicago, killing two people who were on the plane, authorities said.

AP - As a father mourned the unimaginable — the loss of five of his children in a fire that also devastated another family that shared his home — a religious leader let him know that his pain was shared by many.

AP - A gunman chased his ex-girlfriend through her office Friday, shooting at her over the cubicles and critically wounding her before fleeing, then turning himself in, authorities said.

ANCHORENA PARK, Uruguay (Reuters) - The United States is prepared to reduce agricultural subsidies but wants to ensure market access for goods, President George W. Bush said on Saturday during a tour of Latin America.

AP - A woman posing as a medical worker kidnapped a three-day-old infant from a hospital early Saturday, police said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. food safety authorities extended a recall of peanut butter linked to a salmonella outbreak to include products bought as early as October 2004.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Brad Delp, the lead singer of the 1970s and '80s rock band Boston was found dead at his home in southern New Hampshire on Friday, local police said.

AP - A faculty leader at Howard University is calling for the ouster of President H. Patrick Swygert, accusing him of putting one of the most prestigious historically black schools in financial jeopardy.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - If a dog is man's best friend, a disabled U.S. Air Force veteran showed the feeling is mutual by saving his drowning pet with mouth-to-snout resuscitation and CPR.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock star Courtney Love is being sued by a luxury Southern California rehab center that says she has not paid a $180,000 bill for drug and alcohol treatment in 2005, court document show.

AP - A devastating Bronx fire claimed its 10th victim when a 7-year-old girl died after a two-day battle for her life, a family spokesman said Saturday.

AP - A man accused at a congressional hearing of molesting a teenage boy has been convicted of charges including enticing a child to engage in sexually abusive activity.

AP - Jose and Rosa Lechuga operated a successful grocery store for a decade in this northeastern Pennsylvania city, but they say a local crackdown on illegal immigrants killed their business.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - James Brown, the 'Godfather of Soul' who died on Christmas Day, was entombed on Saturday at a private family ceremony presided over by the Rev. Al Sharpton, the minister's office said in a statement.

AP - A devastating Bronx fire claimed its 10th victim when a 7-year-old girl died after a two-day battle for her life, a family spokesman said Saturday.

AP - Catherine Hartman is familiar with the concrete barrier where a bus carrying a baseball team from a small Ohio college crashed last week. Five years ago, she and her husband were in an accident at the same spot after she mistook the exit ramp for a commuter lane.

AP - President Bush on Saturday pledged an end to FBI lapses that led to illegal prying into people's lives.

AP - Two more men were arrested in connection with a drug-smuggling ring that bypassed airport security to send guns and narcotics to Puerto Rico, according to court documents.

AP - A second man has pleaded guilty to a hate crime for the racially motivated beatings of two Asian teens who were attacked last August.

AP - With aging, it's become a routine faithfully endured by the Guffords. Each day starts with a blood sugar check and a shot of insulin. Then a couple of pills, maybe mashed into a bowl of tuna and canned carrots. Mixed with dry chow.

AP - An apartment building fire killed three men and a woman Saturday on the city's North Side, and two other suspicious fires were reported nearby around the same time, authorities said.

AP - For a moment, the man in the grainy video looks like a good Samaritan holding the door open for an elderly neighbor. Then he turns and delivers three sharp punches to the 101-year-old woman's head.

AP - A woman who sued over the death of her baby, born over a jail cell toilet even though she complained of labor pains for nearly 12 hours, has received a $350,000 settlement from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

AP - A 7-year-old girl lost her two-day battle for life, becoming the 10th victim of a devastating Bronx fire that also killed all her siblings and her mother.