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AMMAN, Jordan – Saddam Hussein believes the United States will have to seek his help to quell the bloody insurgency in Iraq and open the way for U.S. forces to withdraw, his chief lawyer said Sunday. Khalil al-Dulaimi argued in an interview with The Associated Press that the former leader …

Some people will do anything to get out of jury duty. An Ohio man spent a night in jail after claiming to be a heroin addict and a killer to avoid being chosen for jury duty in a death penalty case, the Associated Press reports. Benjamin Ratliffe stated he had …

CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez said Venezuela will purchase 24 new Russian-made Sukhoi fighter jets this year — and may purchase more — while his government moves forward with plans to set up factories to produce Kalashnikov assault rifles under license. Chavez said Wednesday the SU-30 jets will replace …

SAN FRANCISCO – The adult entertainment industry is on the verge of making online gaming sexier at a time when mainstream publishers are fighting a political and cultural war over erotic content. The controversial topic will be the subject of a conference in San Francisco on Thursday, where many of …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has added another headache to an already weary Florida citrus industry by restricting its shipments to California, Texas, Louisiana, and Arizona, in an effort to reduce the spread of citrus canker. Click here to visit FOXBusiness.com’s NEW Small Business page. About 5 percent of Florida’s …

Not long after Richard Evey began flying an American flag upside down outside his home, one infuriated neighbor called police. Another began making obscene gestures each time he drove past. Then, one night as Evey slept, someone stole up to his front doorstep and snatched the Stars and Stripes from …

WASHINGTON – The excitement over a novel class of drugs being developed to fight HIV has been dampened by fears they could pose serious safety risks, including the possibility they might actually speed the progression of AIDS. The new class of drugs, called CCR5 receptor antagonists, blocks a secondary but …

WASHINGTON – The pace of U.S. housing construction rose more than expected in May after three months of declines as groundbreaking on both single-family and multifamily units jumped, a government report showed on Tuesday. The Commerce Department said May housing starts rose 5.0 percent in May to a 1.957 million …

NEW YORK – DNA testing is virtually infallible when used to determine a person’s identity, but how reliable are the people responsible for conducting the investigations? That question is at the heart of the case of two college students, Laura VanRyn and Whitney Cerak, who were involved in an April …

The antidepressant drug Prozac does not help prevent relapses in patients recovering from anorexia nervosa, new research shows. Researchers from Columbia University and University of Toronto compared treatment with Prozac (fluoxetine) to that with placebo in patients who had recently regained weight after intensive hospital-based treatment. They found no significant …