NEW YORK – The city said Friday that it will search parts of the World Trade Center site again for remains of the Sept. 11 dead after several bones were pulled out of an abandoned manhole — a discovery that stirred up new fury and disbelief among victims’ families. The …
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WASHINGTON – House Speaker Dennis Hastert said Tuesday anyone in his office found to have covered up any concerns over former Rep. Mark Foley‘s online exchanges with former teenage House pages will get the boot. Meanwhile, Rep. Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz., released a statement Tuesday trying to clear up some of …
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NEW YORK – Bank of America Corp. (BAC), the second-largest U.S. commercial bank, now wants to be your broker too. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based Wednesday said its brokerage unit will offer free online stock trades for individual investors who deposit $25,000 or more at the bank, the latest volley in …
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SAN DIEGO – A trainer at SeaWorld Adventure Park remained hospitalized Thursday after a killer whale grabbed him and twice held him underwater during a show, officials said. The trainer was in fair condition at the University of California, San Diego, Medical Center, nursing supervisor Denise Thompson said. Ken Peters, …
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The trouble begins… now! Does John’s My Word make your blood boil? Click here to listen live to The John Gibson Show on FOX News Radio (weekdays, 6-9 p.m. ET). It’s your chance to call in and argue with John! Yesterday came the big news that the Germans had suddenly …
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ATLANTA – Arby’s Restaurant Group announced Tuesday its eateries will no longer serve french fries with trans fat and cut the artery-clogging oil from its other foods. The Atlanta-based chain, which has more than 3,500 restaurants worldwide, has joined the fast-food race to cut the cooking oil from its products. …
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WASHINGTON – The unemployment rate dropped to a five-year low of 4.4 percent in October as employers added 92,000 new jobs — flashing a picture of a strong labor market as the midterm elections draw near. The latest report, released Friday by the Labor Department, showed that the civilian unemployment …
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BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombia’s largest rebel group is calling on Denzel Washington, Oliver Stone and Michael Moore to help it reach a deal with the government on exchanging imprisoned guerrillas for rebel-held hostages, including three U.S. citizens. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better known as the FARC, issued a …
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NEW YORK – After a string of strong years, U.S. auto sales are slowing and an increasing number of forecasts say sales could fall next year to their lowest in nearly a decade, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Monday. Slowing growth in the overall U.S. …
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LOS ANGELES – Web search leader Google Inc. (GOOG) is hiring scores of radio sales people and is spending heavily in a bid to expand its position in the $20 billion radio industry. Google spokesman Michael Mayzel said this week that the company will begin a public test of Google …
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