NEW YORK – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) said Wednesday it will close a Canadian store whose workers are on the verge of becoming the first ever to win a union contract from the world’s biggest retailer. Wal-Mart said it was shuttering the store in Jonquiere, Quebec, in response to unreasonable …
Read More »Chertoff Warned FBI on Detentions
WASHINGTON – Homeland Security Secretary designee Michael Chertoff (search) urged the FBI to address legal problems in the detentions of illegal immigrants who were held for months after they were swept up in terrorism investigations. Answering a 163-page Senate questionnaire, a copy of which was obtained Tuesday by The Associated …
Read More »Doctors Nabbed for Selling Bootleg Botox
MIAMI – Two Arizona doctors have been arrested on charges of creating and selling bootleg Botox (search) that left four people paralyzed. Drs. Chad Livdahl (search) and Zarah Karim (search) of Tucson, Ariz., sold 3,081 vials of knockoff Botox to doctors nationwide for $1.5 million, while spending only about $30,000 …
Read More »Shouting Match Erupts Over TV Talkfests
ASPEN, Colo. – A panel discussion on whether cable debate shows like the recently canceled “Crossfire” have screamed themselves out of business wound up ending in … a shouting match. Panelists including comedian Janeane Garofalo (search), conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham (search) and former White House press secretary Joe …
Read More »Zeta-Jones, Robbins Get Hasty Pudding Awards
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Catherine Zeta-Jones (search) and Tim Robbins (search) will be this year’s recipients of the annual Hasty Pudding awards (search), given by a student drama group at Harvard University (search). The awards, announced Wednesday, are given to performers who have made a “lasting and impressive contribution to the …
Read More »Cancer Warning Suggested for Eczema Creams
Two relatively new and very popular prescription creams used to treat eczema (search) in children and adults may soon carry a “black box” warning — indicating the drugs represent a cancer risk for some. In an FDA meeting, a distinguished nationwide panel of experts reviewed medical data that linked Elidel …
Read More »Man Stabbed During U.K. IKEA Stampede
LONDON – A man was stabbed and five other people were taken to hospital after thousands of customers caused a stampede at the midnight opening of a new IKEA (search) furniture store in north London, British authorities said Thursday. The Swedish retailer expressed regret at the incident. The stabbing victim, …
Read More »February 10: Royal Wedding
Weekdays at 1 p.m. ET • Click here for FREE TICKETS to our studio audience and order a VHS copy of the show call FDCH eMedia at 1-888-44-FOXTV Wedding Bells: Prince Charles (search) announced Thursday that he will marry his lover Camilla Parker Bowles (search) after more than 30 years …
Read More »Europe's Top Rocket Blasts Off for Space
PARIS – Europe’s most powerful rocket, carrying a payload of precious satellites, soared into space Saturday from its South American base in a successful launch more than two years after its inaugural flight ended in disaster. Just a half-hour after liftoff from its base in Kourou, French Guiana, the Ariane-5 …
Read More »Anglican Church Asks U.S., Canada to Leave
LONDON – Anglican primates agreed Thursday that the U.S. Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada (search) would withdraw from a key body of the global Anglican Communion after failing to overcome internal church disagreements about the election of a gay bishop in the United States and the blessing …
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