LOS ANGELES – For several years, the preferred method of terrorist attack in Israel, Iraq and Sri Lanka has been suicide bombing (search). Fortunately, such acts of violence have not struck the United States, but some officials say they eventually will. “It’s the preferred mode, method of operation for Al …
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High-tech scans may show how cholesterol-lowering statin drugs work to prevent heart disease. In a new study, high resolution MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans showed that treatment with statins shrank artery-clogging plaques in people with high cholesterol. Researchers say those plaque-fighting benefits were in addition to statins’ already proven effects …
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WASHINGTON – Democrats say the courtesy calls from President Bush and his top aide, while appreciated, fall far short of the advice and consent consultations they expect before Bush announces a Supreme Court nominee. Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (search) of Illinois got a call Wednesday from White House chief of …
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SEATTLE – Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) shares continued to slump Friday, after the world’s largest software maker reported fourth-quarter profits soared nearly 37 percent on brisk computer sales, continued strength in the server and tools market, and a big tax benefit. Shares of Microsoft fell 35 cents, or 1.3 percent, to …
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. – A judge has refused to freeze property owned by Zsa Zsa Gabor’s only daughter, marking the latest development in a family feud between the ailing socialite and her child with the late hotel magnate, Conrad Hilton. Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Connor ruled Tuesday at a pretrial …
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The news doesn’t stop on the weekend and neither does “FOX & Friends.” So start your weekend in the know with hosts Juliet Huddy, Mike Jerrick and Julian Phillips. Saturday Special Time: Starts at 6 a.m. ET In the wake of the London (search) attacks, is the United States doing …
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NAIROBI, Kenya – A raid by hundreds of Ethiopian bandits on a remote village in northern Kenya (search), and reprisals by tribesmen and Kenyan security forces, left at least 71 people dead, including more than two dozen children, police said Wednesday Armed with guns and spears, the bandits attacked villagers …
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GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Veteran television character actor Kevin Hagen (search), who left behind a string of Western bad guy roles to become the kindly Dr. Hiram Baker in “Little House on the Prairie (search),” has died. He was 77. Hagen died at his home here on Saturday a year …
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New research shows no bone benefits for healthy postmenopausal black women who took vitamin D supplements for three years. The researchers don’t dismiss the vitamin pills. They don’t know if the results would be similar for women of other ethnic groups, elderly women, or those more severely lacking vitamin D. …
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NEW YORK – Danny Simon (search), a comedy writer who together with his brother, Neil, wrote for such classic 1950s television series as “Your Show of Shows,” (search) has died of complications of a stroke. He was 86. Danny Simon died Tuesday in Portland, Ore., Neil Simon (search) said Wednesday. …
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