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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – Police questioned a passenger on a small commercial plane that flew from Chicago to a northern Michigan resort town on Friday after the crew reported he was acting suspiciously. Crew members aboard United Airlines Flight 6036 said the 28-year-old California man had taken “an article” into …

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A fire swept through a two-story motel in central Alabama, killing four Mississippi college students who were trapped in their room, officials said Sunday. The victims were students at Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Miss., which is about 90 miles west of Hoover, Ala, the site …

DETROIT – Ed Whitacre Jr. is dropping the interim from his CEO title at General Motors Co. and he reaffirmed Monday the automaker would repay in full its loans from the U.S. and Canadian governments by June. Whitacre said GM’s board asked him to become permanent CEO last week, ending …

VANCOUVER – Olympic organizers say they will truck in snow for the freestyle skiing and snowboarding events at Cypress Mountain. The forecast for the week ahead suggests there will be no new snow for the mountain on Vancouver’s north shore, nor will it get cold enough to make any, the …

LIMA, Peru – Helicopters are struggling to bring out Machu Picchu tourists stranded by mudslides, yet new arrivals are swelling the numbers of those hunkered down in villages near the Inca citadel, complaining of a lack of food, water and accommodations. Conditions are deteriorating for the 1,500 travelers still stranded …

Join host Brit Hume and FOX’s Team Washingtonweekdays at 6 p.m. ET for “Special Report” — Find out what’s happening inside the Beltway and on the world stage. Monday, Nov. 1: One day to go before the polls open and Bush and Kerry are sweeping through as many states as …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Party Patrol House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly had more security guards than guests at a recent Florida fundraiser. The Palm Beach Post writes Pelosi had 12 guards, mostly Capitol police, plus four Palm Beach officers, two sheriff’s deputies and two police boats, …

Alamogordo, N.M. – Here in America’s southwest desert, young Americans are training to fly Reapers, Predators and other Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPAs) capable of attacking our enemies half a world away. Our Fox News “War Stories” team is here at Holloman Air Force Base documenting how these remarkable high-tech weapons …

A beloved grandfather from Long Island, N.Y., was shot to death Wednesday on the streets of Haiti’s capital in what officials believe is the first casualty of an American involved in Haitian relief efforts, FoxNews.com has learned. Jowel Vieux, 62, immigrated to the United States in the 1970s but still …

A posting by Time Magazine’s Joe Klein caught my eye yesterday. Essentially, he said you’re stupid. Now, Joe knows. Not only did Joe attend an Ivy League school, the University of Pennsylvania — OK, yes, that’s probably the trailer park of the Ivy League, but still it is, technically, Ivy …