story

Here’s what is on tap for Monday: “FOX & Friends First” Starts at 6 a.m. ET Two suspects, including Joran van der Sloot’s (search) father, are released from Aruban police custody. Is the government case falling apart? We’ll ask Rahul Manchanda, attorney specializing in international law. Plus, are U.S. interrogators …

WASHINGTON – The federal agency in charge of aviation security collected extensive personal information about airline passengers even though Congress forbade it and officials said they wouldn’t do it, according to documents obtained Monday by The Associated Press. The Transportation Security Administration bought and is storing details about U.S. citizens …

A commonly used steroid medication may help women who suffer from frequent miscarriages. A small new study shows that the steroid prednisolone reduces the amount of a type of cell linked to recurrent miscarriages. Researchers say that if further studies confirm these results, the findings may open up new avenues …

NEW YORK – Shares of Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) fell 5 percent Friday, fueled by an Internet report of swelling inventory of its iPod digital music players. The decline came after appleinsider.com (search), a web site that discusses issues related to the company’s products, said Apple is “overstocked on most …

WASHINGTON – Denying any Pentagon foot-dragging, the Bush administration says it is organizing international pressure on Uzbekistan (search) to treat its people more humanely. American assistance of $11 million is being withheld while the United States insists on an outside probe of the shooting of hundreds of protesters last month. …

WASHINGTON – Oil prices jumped by more than $2.50 a barrel on Wednesday in a rally brokers pinned on fears of tight supplies at the end of the year even as they were stunned at the market’s volatility. It was the seventh straight trading session in which crude oil futures …

WASHINGTON – Microsoft (MSFT) acknowledged Thursday that hackers booby-trapped its popular MSN Web site in Korea to try to steal passwords from visitors. The company said it was unclear how many Internet users might have been victimized. Microsoft (search) said it cleaned the Web site, www.msn.co.kr, and removed the dangerous …

LONDON – Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari (search) said Monday that two years would be “more than enough” to establish security in his country. Following talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair (search), al-Jaafari said factors such as building up Iraq’s own security forces, controlling its porous borders and pushing …

Ten years after the end of the 1991 war with Iraq, the physical health of veterans who served in the Persian Gulf was similar to that of veterans who served elsewhere, with several notable exceptions, a new study shows. Gulf War veterans were more likely than veterans who served outside …

California activists are demanding that a mayor apologize for using the word “illegal” to describe people who come across the border in violation of the law, according to the Fresno Bee. They are demanding that he use the word “undocumented” in the future. Fresno Mayor Alan Autry used the term …