RAMALLAH, West Bank – The Palestinian parliamentary election set for July should be postponed, a senior Palestinian official said in an interview published Thursday, another sign that the ruling Fatah Party (search) is deeply worried about the electoral prospects of militant Islamic groups. The election, only the second in the …

NEW YORK – Danica Patrick’s (search) first Indianapolis 500 (search) made for great television. ABC’s broadcast on Sunday drew a 6.6 overnight rating and a 17 share, up 40 percent from last year and the highest since 1997. Patrick, who became the first woman to hold the lead at the …

WASHINGTON – An anti-tax group said Tuesday it is will run television ads likening the media and their reporting on Majority Leader Tom DeLay (search) to sharks in a feeding frenzy. The ads will run on select television stations nationally, including in Houston, close to DeLay’s hometown in Texas, the …

CARACAS, Venezuela – Thousands of Venezuelans demonstrated nationwide Saturday as the government demanded the extradition of a Cuban exile accused of plotting the 1976 bombing of a Cuban jet that killed 73 people. State-run television reported that thousands joined rallies at city plazas across the country to demand Washington turn …

This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” May 9, 2005, that was edited for clarity. TERRY KEENAN, GUEST HOST: Last week, we saw some alarming statistics about the health of the newspaper industry, lower circulation numbers (search), lower ad dollars and fewer young readers. So far, …

PHILADELPHIA – A Boston College rower competing in the Dad Vail Regatta (search) passed out at the finish line Saturday afternoon just as his crew won the men’s lightweight eight, and school officials later said he had died. Scott Laio (search), accompanied by his parents, was taken to Hahnemann University …

AUSTIN, Texas – Willie Nelson’s (search) name is off the road again. A state legislator had proposed naming a 49-mile stretch of Texas Highway 130 being built around Austin (search) in honor of the Texas country music singer. But two Republican senators, Steve Odgen of Bryan and Jeff Wentworth (search) …

SEATTLE – After being criticized for quietly dropping support for a state gay rights bill, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) chief executive Steve Ballmer (search) told employees Friday that management would publicly back such legislation in the future. Ballmer’s e-mail, posted on “Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger,” came two weeks after activists accused …

ALBANY, N.Y. – A state Democratic leader blasted Gov. George Pataki (search) and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for “a total lack of leadership” in planning the Freedom Tower in Lower Manhattan. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (search) said the Republican leaders have not coordinated the project well, citing recent …

DENVER – An arrest warrant has been issued for a rape counselor who refused to turn over records of her sessions with a former Air Force Academy (search) cadet, one of the women whose allegations touched off a scandal that toppled the academy’s top leaders. Jennifer Bier (search) is fighting …