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A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 attempting to land at Chicago’s Midway Airport in heavy snow Thursday evening slid off a runway, broke through a barrier fence and stopped in the middle of the street at 55th Street and Central Avenue.

House, Senate Negotiators Reach Deal to Renew Broad Law Enforcement Powers in Patriot Act

Global oil major Chevron Corp. said Thursday that it set a $14.8 billion capital spending and exploration budget for 2006, a 35 percent increase over its planned spending for 2005.

The Food and Drug Administration wants an antidepressant drug reclassified. The FDA is strengthening its warning that Paxil may be associated with birth defects. It cites a new study showing an increased risk of fetuses developing heart defects.

Secret evidence that might have been obtained by torture cannot be used against terror suspects in UK courts, the law lords have ruled.

A US motorcyclist who zoomed through Nebraska at over 128mph (205kph) has been found NOT guilty of reckless driving.

An erupting volcano on this remote South Pacific island of Vanuatu burst into spectacular life Thursday — shooting steam and toxic gases 9,845 feet into the sky.

The Islamic Army in Iraq insurgent group said on Thursday it had killed a U.S. security consultant, according to an Internet statement.

Scientists have discovered how cancer spreads from a primary site to other places in the body in a finding that could open doors for new ways of treating and preventing advanced disease.

For years, restaurant owner Rick Latour has served his special blackened seafood alfredo at the East Bay Crab House without an accompanying glass of white wine. Latour celebrated Wednesday because he’ll soon be offering the dish as it was meant be – with wine on the side.