Nearly two-thirds of U.S. parents say they will hold off having their children vaccinated against the H1N1 swine flu or will not get them immunized at all, according to a survey released on Wednesday. The findings, published by Consumer Reports, underscore one of the main challenges facing the Obama administration …

EVERETT, Wash. – A construction site in Snohomish County has turned into an archaeological dig that is turning up spear points and arrowheads nearly 9,000 years old. State historic preservation officer Allyson Brooks told The Herald of Everett it’s one of the most significant sites in the states. A survey …

French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled the HIV virus so it couldn’t cause AIDS, and then used it to carry in the healthy new gene. The experiment marks …

There he goes again. The president, when he met the emperor and empress of Japan in Tokyo on Saturday gave the typical deep bow expected from subjects not peers. You would think the president would have learned his lesson when he caught such wrath for “bowing” to the King of …

Russian singer Oksana Pochepa, 24, says she has fallen for 53-year-old Mel Gibson and hopes their love is “strong and long-lasting.” She revealed she was the woman snapped frolicking in the surf with Mel earlier this year. The photos sparked a storm of speculation about Mel’s 28-year marriage. On Monday, …

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A judge has upheld the summary prepared by Secretary of State Robin Carnahan for a potential ballot measure barring public funding for abortions and certain kinds of stem cell research. Carnahan’s wording had been challenged both by the sponsors of the proposed constitutional amendment and its …

After a week-long stay, actress Farrah Fawcett was released from the hospital Thursday, FOX News has learned. Fawcett’s publicist told FOX News that she was picked up by husband Ryan O’Neal. On Monday, her spokesman, producer Craig Nevius said that Fawcett’s anal cancer has spread to her liver. The 62-year-old …

ATLANTA – Harvey Strother was a multimillionaire with a small empire of Georgia car dealerships, but when his mistress wheeled him into his lawyer’s office to change his will one last time, he was a wine-soaked shell of his former self. Less than a month from death, he was chugging …

OKLAHOMA CITY – Civil libertarians and some religious groups say a bill to erect a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the state Capitol is a clear violation of the U.S. Constitution and are urging Gov. Brad Henry to veto the measure. Similar displays elsewhere, including a Ten Commandments …