NEW YORK – U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan did not ask Paul Volcker for a financial disclosure statement before appointing him to investigate the Oil-for-Food (search) scandal, U.N. officials admitted. The admission comes in the wake of a FOX News investigation that revealed several potential conflicts of interest for Volcker, …

Here’s the latest edition of Some Stories You Won’t Find on any other Sunday show: Pen Mightier Than … Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (search) is not wasting his time in jail while he awaits trial. According to a member of his legal team, Saddam has started writing his memoirs. …

It turns out the hand grenade hurled at President Bush when he was visiting the former Soviet Republic of Georgia (search) last week was live. It could have detonated, but it didn’t. Imagine though, if it had. Authorities say even if it exploded, a hundred feet from the president, he’d …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Changing Their Tune Republicans’ efforts to limit judicial filibusters are being roundly condemned by Senate Democrats, including Iowa’s Tom Harkin (search), who believes it would set a, “dangerous precedent,” and Connecticut’s Joe Lieberman, who says requiring fewer than 60 votes to break …

And now the most compelling two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: Missed The Grapevine? Watch it! It’s What the Poll Doesn’t AskThe New York Times says a New York Times/CBS poll shows that “a majority of Americans say that the nation’s economy is in its worst …

NEW YORK – Big News: The first look at a new motion picture by Quentin Tarantino in five years appears starting tonight. A trailer for Kill Bill, which stars Uma Thurman, David Carradine and Daryl Hannah, will be shown right before every showing of Gangs of New York thanks to …

Why are people buying at Wal-Mart, but not on Wall Street? Why are they spending dollars at Dollar General, but not at the corner of Wall and Broad. And why is Target on target, but scores of companies are missing their target? I think I know why: Folks know what …

SEATTLE – At airports around the country, managers are struggling to meet federal security deadlines for hiring and training thousands of new security workers and screening every single piece of luggage and cargo that goes into the air. Seattle-Tacoma International, the nation’s 16th largest airport, is in preparations to meet …

NEW YORK – Every day, millions of people go to work, hang out with friends, cuddle with loved ones and go through all the motions of life. Technically, none of these people are real– they’re computerized characters people use to represent themselves in ongoing virtual worlds. Although they may seem …

WASHINGTON – President Bush has pledged to secure the world from terrorists by going after every group or individual that threatens the freedom-loving people of the United States.His promise may be impossible to keep. “You cannot declare a war on terrorism. It’s like declaring a war on murder,” said Roy …