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A plan expected to be approved Monday could make training available for 12,000 Ukrainians in Poland, and another 3,000 in Germany. The move comes as Russia is mobilizing an additional 300,000 troops.

The lack of a jackpot winner in the Friday drawing sent the top prize soaring to an estimated $820 million. The potential jackpot is the fifth largest in the history of the game, Mega Millions said.

Apple's latest gadget, the iPhone, doesn't hit store shelves until late June 29. But prospective iPhone owners are already lining up in front of the Apple store in downtown Manhattan — a full three days in advance.

Residents in the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories were ordered to evacuate Wednesday night as wildfires neared the city of 20,000 people.

Although immigration should be a hot issue in this presidential cycle, the two presumptive nominees are not that different in their proposed policies. Here, NPR looks at the campaigns' top immigration advisers.

Republican Sen. John Warner says he will retire after more than 30 years in the U.S. Senate, concluding his fifth term in 2009. In a brief news conference, he thanked his state for granting him a have "a magnificent and very rewarding career."

Home foreclosure filings more than doubled in the second quarter of 2008 from a year ago, according to real estate data released Friday by RealtyTrac Inc. Nationwide, 739,714 households — one in every 171 — received at least one foreclosure-related notice from April to June.

Michael Stevens II, 38, was released from jail Friday and is now accused of stealing and driving a military vehicle through Maryland before being arrested in Maryland.

The petit basset griffon Vendéen is a rabbit-hunting hound dog from France. It has never won best in show at the prestigious competition before.

The Bidens are trying to "work through solutions," a spokesperson said, after Commander bit a series of Secret Service agents. In the meantime, the German shepherd is staying somewhere else.