Former “American Idol” contestant Luke Menard has stage II Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a representative for the singer’s a capella group Chapter 6 confirmed for FOXNews.com. “The prognosis is good — it’s one of the most treatable cancers, he’s in phenomenal shape and has a great marriage, an amazing family, a very …

TAMPA, Fla. – Government forecasters expect the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season to be near normal or above normal. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials in Tampa say that means there is a 60 to 70 percent chance of 12 to 16 named storms, six to nine hurricanes and two to …

SOUTHINGTON, Conn. – The husband of a second-grade teacher in Southington says his wife has resigned after controversy over her appearance on a satellite radio shock jock’s show. According to the Web site of “The Howard Stern Show,” Marie Jarry has resigned after pictures of her in a bikini taken …

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – A large crane operating at the Black Thunder Mine in northeast Wyoming collapsed and blocked a rail line on Saturday, injuring up to three people, a federal mine official said. Bill Denning, spokesman for the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration in Denver, said federal inspectors were …

WASHINGTON – Any glitches in the nationwide switch to digital television will be felt first in Wilmington, N.C. The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday formally announced that the North Carolina TV market on would be the first to switch from analog signals to an all-digital format. It said five local …

MADRID, Spain – Spain’s Interior Ministry says police have arrested 41 people accused of possessing child pornography videos and sharing them over the Internet. The ministry says the suspects were arrested last week in 30 Spanish provinces and include farmers, architects, civil servants, electricians and computer technicians. The ministry said …

GALVESTON, Texas – Salvage experts have recovered a racing sailboat that sank in the Gulf of Mexico last week, killing one crew member and leaving five survivors adrift at sea for 26 hours. The Cynthia Woods was towed back to shore Wednesday and will be inspected as investigators try to …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down property owners and tenants facing eviction to make room for a new NBA Nets arena in Brooklyn. The justices rejected an appeal that was intended to stop development of the Atlantic Yards project. Eleven property owners and tenants said that using …

HARARE, Zimbabwe – U.S. and British diplomats were attacked Thursday as they tried to investigate political violence in Zimbabwe and a U.S. Embassy staffer was beaten, an embassy spokesman said. U.S. officials in Washington and British officials in London said the diplomats were released after being held for hours at …

PACE, Fla. – An 8-year-old boy and his friend found a live, World War II-era hand grenade while searching for buried treasure with a metal detector. Sidney Mathis and his friend had found nails, bolts and a toy car by sweeping the detector over a field near their home Thursday. …