WASHINGTON – Five National Basketball Association (search) players invited to testify about steroids have yet to agree to appear before a House committee that has concerns about the league’s drug-testing policy, a panel spokesman said. Dave Marin also said the panel’s chairman, Rep. Tom Davis, ranking Democrat Rep. Henry Waxman …

CLEVELAND, Ga. – A 13-year-old boy who died after being restrained at a state-run camp for troubled youngsters had told counselors he needed his asthma inhaler about an hour before he stopped breathing, records show. Travis Parker (search) was restrained at the Appalachian Wilderness Camp (search) for roughly 90 minutes …

WASHINGTON – Bankrupt US Airways Group Inc. (search) and America West Holdings Corp. (AWA) are moving toward a proposed merger that would likely begin as a marketing alliance and take shape in stages, an industry source with knowledge of discussions on the deal said Friday. The plan could be wrapped …

See you weeknights in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight … “The O’Reilly Factor” is on… A photo flap of epic proportions? Published pics showing an imprisoned Saddam Hussein (search) in his underwear have led the U.S. military to launch an investigation and the …

CHICAGO – A 36-year-old woman offered to pay her roommates $3,000 to help her kidnap a baby because she told her truck driver boyfriend she was pregnant, but later dumped the child in a trash can, police said Monday. The boy, who was snatched from his mother’s arms Saturday in …

A mix of chemotherapy drugs could be considered for treating advanced pancreatic cancer, say Italian doctors in The Lancet Oncology’s online edition. Pancreatic cancer has a poor prognosis. More than 80 percent of patients are diagnosed when the disease is already in advanced stages, says the new study, which was …

CHICAGO – Auto parts maker Delphi Corp. (DPH) Thursday said it is seeking secured credit lifelines from lenders to refinance existing deals and preserve liquidity for its restructuring amid federal probes into accounting, shrinking sales at key customers and rising materials costs. Delphi (search) said it plans to replace a …

WASHINGTON – At least 43 House members and dozens of aides failed to report publicly travel financed by special interests until Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s (search) trips were scrutinized, an Associated Press review shows. Despite a rule requiring public disclosure within 30 days after a trip’s conclusion, the AP found …

This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” May 13, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Hannity & Colmes” weeknights at 9 p.m. ET! ALAN COLMES, CO-HOST: Welcome back to “Hannity & Colmes.” I’m Alan Colmes. Coming up, did Jackson’s accuser raid the liquor cabinet on his …

WASHINGTON – Two former employees of a breast-implant manufacturer alleged the company covered up high rupture rates and workers were so fearful of bosses finding defective implant parts that they hid the parts in the ceiling. The allegations are contained in a 2003 lawsuit against the Mentor Corp., (search) which …