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SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) — An explosive device was found in a Starbucks coffee shop in central San Francisco on Monday. The building was evacuated and a police bomb squad disarmed the device, authorities said.

A Starbucks employee found the device about 1:15 p.m. (4:15 p.m. ET) on the coffee shop’s bathroom floor, police spokesman Neville Gittens said.

"If it had detonated, it would have caused damage," Gittens said. "It was what we consider an IED," an improvised explosive device.

The device was not concealed, he said. Gittens would not describe the explosive’s appearance.

Officers told CNN that police were called to investigate a metal flashlight and determined it was an explosive.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — A freelance writer on assignment for The Christian Science Monitor was kidnapped Saturday in western Baghdad, and her Iraqi interpreter was killed, the newspaper said Monday.

Jill Carroll, 28, has been reporting from the Middle East for American, Jordanian, Italian and other news organizations for three years.

"Jill’s ability to help others understand the issues facing all groups in Iraq has been invaluable," said Richard Bergenheim, editor of The Monitor, which is a non-religious newspaper published in Boston. 

"We are urgently seeking information about Miss Carroll and are pursuing every avenue to secure her release," Bergenheim said.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Rep. Tom DeLay announced Saturday he will not try to reclaim the House majority leader post he had held for three years, but the Republican said he will seek re-election in his Texas district when his term expires in November.

"I plan to run a very vigorous campaign, and I plan to win," he said at a news conference in his home district of Sugar Land.

The Republican faces illegal campaign finance charges in Texas and was forced by party rules to step down from the leadership post while under indictment. Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri assumed the majority leadership job.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Eleven U.S. troops — eight soldiers and three Marines — were among about 140 people killed in attacks across Iraq Thursday, military officials said. It was the deadliest day in Iraq in nearly four months.

A U.S. soldier and a U.S. Marine were killed in a major suicide bombing targeting an Iraqi police recruitment center in Ramadi, the military said Friday. Both were assigned to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

Their deaths bring the number of people killed in the Ramadi attack to at least 82, along with about 70 wounded. (More on what happened)

In addition, two U.S. Marines were killed by small arms fire in separate attacks during combat operations in Falluja, the military said. The Marines were assigned to Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

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(CNN) — Television evangelist Pat Robertson suggested Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s stroke was divine retribution for the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, which Robertson opposed.

"He was dividing God’s land, and I would say, ’Woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the [European Union], the United Nations or the United States of America,’" Robertson told viewers of his long-running television show, "The 700 Club."

"God says, ’This land belongs to me, and you’d better leave it alone,’" he said.

Robertson’s show airs on the ABC Family cable network and claims about 1 million viewers daily.

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