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WASHINGTON – Federal regulators are investigating whether telephone companies are doing enough to keep customers’ records from falling into the hands of unscrupulous online data brokers. “These records can include some of the most private personal information about an individual,” Jonathan Adelstein, a commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission, said …

WASHINGTON – A Democrat who plans to vote against Samuel Alito sided on Sunday with a Republican colleague on the Senate Judiciary Committee in cautioning against a filibuster of the Supreme Court nominee. “I do not see a likelihood of a filibuster,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. “This might be …

SAN FRANCISCO – Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Tuesday’s session are Walgreen Co. and UAL Corp. Walgreen Co. (WAG) is expected to report fiscal first-quarter earnings of 33 cents a share, according to analysts polled by Thomson First Call. After Friday’s closing bell, …

LOS ANGELES – Anthony Franciosa, whose strong portrayals of moody, troubled characters made him a Hollywood star in the 1950s and ’60s but whose combative behavior on movie sets hampered his career, has died, his publicist said Friday. He was 77. Franciosa died Thursday at UCLA Medical Center after suffering …

Weekdays at 3 p.m. in the East and high noon in the West! The news begins anew with “Studio B”… Senate confirmation hearings continue for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. FOX is live with continuing coverage. Stay with FNC for the latest. Watch gavel-to-gavel, streaming live video of the Senate …

PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro – Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova, the ethnic Albanian leader and embodiment of the province’s decades-long struggle for independence from Serbia, died of lung cancer Saturday without seeing his dream fulfilled. He was 61. The United Nations currently administers Kosovo, and Rugova’s death leaves the province’s political scene in …

BOSTON – The holidays are over. Adult children and grandchildren have returned from visiting aging parents and grandparents over the winter break. And now the hard part begins. Millions of adult children now have to deal with or continue dealing with the cottage industry known as long-distance caregiving. At present, …

NEW ORLEANS – A Tennessee man’s claim that the maker of the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx should be blamed for his 2003 heart attack was rejected Wednesday by a federal jury, the fourth victory for drug maker Merck & Co. (MRK) in five federal trials. The seven-member jury answered “no” on …

LOS ANGELES – Blockbuster Inc (BBI), the No. 1 U.S. movie rental company, began offering free in-store rentals to subscribers of online rival Netflix Inc. (NFLX) on Tuesday as it tries to take market share from Netflix and reach its year-end subscriber goal. Netflix subscribers can get one free rental …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Significant U.S. combat troops could be pulled out of Iraq by early 2008 as long as the Iraqis meets specific goals toward establishing a unified government, a senior U.S. commander in Iraq said Friday. “I think that’s possible, if, in fact, we have interim steps that are …