HACKENSACK, N.J. – A nanny in Westfield says she drugged two toddlers. Jennifer Wolff pleaded guilty to third-degree child endangerment Wednesday and faces up to 180 days in jail under a deal with prosecutors. The 24-year-old had faced up to 10 years in prison under the original charges. Wolff told …
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SEATTLE – An undisclosed technical glitch blocked users from logging on to Microsoft Corp.’s free Web-based e-mail service and other sites Tuesday. After several hours, the software maker was able to reduce but not completely fix the problem that left Web surfers around the world unable to access Hotmail and …
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A water main leak forced roads to close in West Los Angeles Thursday after a landslide threatened nearby homes and businesses. Power lines were arching near Montana Avenue and Sepulveda Boulevard, but there were no injuries reported, Los Angeles City Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey told FOX News. Trees, dirt …
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A Massachusetts parent wants the popular novel “The Lovely Bones,” narrated by a 14-year-old girl who was raped and murdered by a neighbor, pulled from her daughters’ middle-school library shelves, according to The Boston Globe. The best-selling book by Alice Sebold has been commonplace in local libraries. Plans for a …
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TIRANA, Albania – Troops and police cordoned off a smoldering army depot north of the capital as crews searched Sunday for workers missing following a chain of explosions that killed at least nine people and injured hundreds. Nine bodies have been found but 10 workers remained missing Sunday, authorities said. …
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HAVANA – Fidel Castro said Friday that the Bush administration was wrong to prohibit Cuba from sending a team to next year’s World Baseball Classic. “He is very much a fool,” the Cuban president said of Bush. “He doesn’t know who the Cuban baseball players are, or that they are …
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NEW YORK – Stocks barely budged Monday, finishing mixed as interest rate worries and a legal setback for Merck & Co. (MRK) countered momentum from a possible multibillion-dollar acquisition by ConocoPhillips (COP). The Dow Jones industrial average lost 10.81, or 0.1 percent, to 10,767.77. Broader stock indicators were higher. The …
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NEW YORK – A widely watched measure of future economic activity rose in November as fewer people filed for jobless benefits, suggesting the nation’s economy may grow moderately into the spring, a private research group said Thursday. The Conference Board said its Index of Leading Economic Indicators, which tries to …
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NEW YORK – Things were looking up, including box-office grosses, attendance and, yes, ticket prices, on Broadway in 2005. Spurred on by strong-performing musicals and plays, Broadway grossed a record $825 million in 2005, a jump from $749 million in 2004, according to figures released Tuesday by the League of …
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WASHINGTON – A Democratic senator threatened to filibuster an agreement to extend the USA Patriot Act after congressional negotiators announced Thursday that they had reached a deal on the controversial measure. “I will do everything I can, including a filibuster, to stop this Patriot Act conference report, which does not …
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