NEW YORK – Planned layoffs in September were pushed up by job cuts in the ailing airline and auto industries and consolidation in the retail industry, a report said on Wednesday. Although planned September layoffs were 33 percent lower than a year ago they rose to 71,836 in September when …

BEIJING – China (search) hopes to conduct a spacewalk in 2007 and might recruit women into its next group of astronaut candidates, a senior space program official said Monday following the safe completion of the nation’s second manned mission. The Shenzhou 6 (search) flight ended the first stage of China’s …

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indy Racing League will look into a confrontation between Danica Patrick (search) and Jaques Lazier that took place after the drivers bumped and wrecked during the season-ending race at California Speedway. The two rode in the same ambulance to the track medical center after they collided and …

This is a partial transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume” from Oct. 28, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) PATRICK FITZGERALD, SPECIAL PROSECUTOR: If you’re going to have a grand jury investigation into the improper disclosure of national security information, you are going to have …

It’s the latest hot spot for the rich and famous, and it doesn’t have a Park Avenue address or a Los Angeles ZIP code. In fact, it’s a place many Americans can’t find on a map. Dubai (search) — a seaside city in the confederacy of sheikhdoms known as the …

This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” October 26, 2005, that was edited for clarity. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We’ve got a resilient and strong economy. If you think about what this economy’s been through, I think you’ll agree …

Bridget Murphy, 24, takes her cell phone with her everywhere — while out jogging, even sleeping with it on her pillow — just in case her fiancé, Sgt. Neil Riley, calls from Iraq. “I can’t contact him,” she said. “I have to wait for him to contact me and that …

Though Jerry Rice (search) retired from football this season, he has found another place to stoke his competitive fire — and he’s bringing Karl Malone (search),Bo Jackson (search) and Jennie Finch (search) along with him. The NFL’s most prolific receiver is joining an eclectic group of athletes who will compete …

As big and as important as Microsoft is, the coverage of the company is quite mediocre. This is particularly true in the mainstream press. The reason for this is that today’s newspaper and magazine tech writers know little about computers and are all Mac users. It’s a fact. This is …

RICHMOND, Va. – The two major-party candidates for Virginia governor clashed on the death penalty and taxes during a televised debate Sunday night that included several rancorous exchanges. Republican Jerry Kilgore (search), the former state attorney general, insisted that Democratic Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine (search) could not be trusted to …