ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A jury awarded $9 million in punitive damages Tuesday to a man who blamed his heart attack on Vioxx, finding that manufacturer Merck & Co. (MRK) knowingly withheld information about the risks of its arthritis drug from federal regulators. Saying Merck’s conduct showed a “wanton and …

PURCELL, Okla. – A slain 10-year-old girl’s body was found with deep saw marks on her neck, said authorities who alleged Saturday that her killer had planned to dismember her and eat the flesh. The family of Jamie Rose Bolin was in shock, not only with the news of her …

More than two years after Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) began promoting Wallop, its technology for social networking, the software company is spinning off the project to a new startup company. Redmond-based Microsoft touted Wallop at a high-profile corporate event in late 2003. But the company has been secretive about the project …

LONDON – The code has been cracked. London lawyer Dan Tench and The Times newspaper on Friday both claimed to have solved the riddle of a code embedded in a judge’s ruling in “The Da Vinci Code” copyright lawsuit. It reads: “Jackie Fisher who are you Dreadnought.” The message was …

BOSTON – There was no red carpet and no televised interviews with famous fund managers. No one teared up giving an acceptance speech. But the 2006 Lipper Fund Awards — and in fact any of the awards given out by the major research and data firms — should have left …

WASHINGTON – Massachusetts Sens. John Kerry and Edward Kennedy, along with a small number of other Senate Democrats, have threatened a filibuster to block the vote for Judge Samuel Alito‘s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, FOX News has learned. “Judge Alito has consistently made it harder for Americans to …

HONOLULU – A skydiving instructor and a student from Japan died when their tandem parachute missed Oahu’s Dillingham Airfield and landed in rough surf 300 yards from shore, authorities said. Skydive Hawaii instructor Erich Mueller, 69, was declared dead shortly after arriving at a hospital emergency room Friday, and student …

This is a partial transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume” from Jan. 13, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANGELA MERKEL, GERMAN CHANCELLOR (through translator): It does have an impact if — as large number of nations in this world as possible make it abundantly …

LONDON – Britain’s Prince William began his training Sunday at the country’s elite Sandhurst academy, joining the army and carrying on a family tradition of military service. William, 23, the eldest son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, becomes one of the 270 recruits taking the 44-week course. …

aWatch “Weekend Live” with hosts Tony Snow and Brian Wilson this Saturday and Sunday from 12 to 2 p.m. ET. Here are just some of the guests joining us this weekend: Saturday, January 14 We’ll talk to Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., who has just returned from the Middle East, about …