MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A man who says he was severely burned when a portable toilet exploded after he sat down and lit a cigarette is suing a general contractor and a coal company, accusing them of negligence. John Jenkins, 53, and his wife, Ramona Jenkins, 35, of Brave, Pa., filed …
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WASHINGTON – The congressional committee that interrogated Mark McGwire (search) and Jose Canseco (search) will turn its focus Wednesday to steroid use by teenage girls. The House Committee on Government Reform will hold its fourth hearing on steroids (search) in response to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report …
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NEW YORK – With a newly constructed Manhattan studio and expanded news offerings, the fledgling Fox News Radio is marking a key step in its growth plans. The service started two years ago and has offered one-minute newscasts to affiliate stations. On Wednesday morning, Fox News is announcing that it’s …
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NEW YORK – The conclusion of another “American Idol” (search) competition and the “Lost” (search) season finale brought more than 50 million viewers to their television sets last week on the final day of the television season. An estimated 30.3 million people saw Carrie Underwood beat Bo Bice on FOX’s …
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TORONTO – Canada’s Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a Quebec (search) law that banned private insurance for services covered under Medicare, a landmark decision that could affect the country’s universal health-care system. The justices took a year to rule on a case that began in 1997, when George Zeliotis …
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WASHINGTON – Now that the Supreme Court (search) has recessed for the summer, lawmakers are bracing for what may be the most heated judicial nomination battle in nearly two decades. While few high court watchers actually expected Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist (search) to announce his resignation on Monday — …
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CHICAGO – Nine men and women, including three employees of the already scandal-plagued Chicago (search) city water department, were arrested Wednesday as federal officials rolled up what they described as the Chicago branch of a Colombian heroin-trafficking operation. Eight individuals were arrested Wednesday morning in Chicago and one in New …
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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court refused Monday to be drawn into a dispute over President Bush’s power to detain American terror suspects and deny them traditional legal rights. It would have been unusual for the court to take the case of “dirty bomb” suspect Jose Padilla (search) now, because a …
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HARRISON, N.Y. – An intoxicated 20-year-old stole a small plane and took two friends on a three-hour, predawn joyride early Wednesday that ended with a safe landing at a closed airport, authorities said. A Westchester County Airport (search) security car met the plane at 4:15 a.m., and “a significant number …
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Sure sounds to me like Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is getting more blowback than he bargained for with his comments this week about Gitmo and U.S. soldiers. You all heard the two members of Congress debating it today on DaySide (THAT was interesting, eh? — I know you know what …
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