Spiderman? I can take him. ActorTobey Maguire (search)is not so tough without his Spidey-gear. As Red Pollard, thejockey he plays in Seabiscuit, the movie about the legendaryDepression-era race horse, he’s constantly getting his butt kicked. But I’ve got a $5″exacta” betwith Fox Magazineexecutive producer Marvin Himelfarb,thatsays the Universal/DreamWorks filmtops Lara …

Seven skiers at a Maine resort were injured after a chairlift stopped and began sliding backward down the mountain, officials and witnesses said. Four people were taken to a hospital from Sugarloaf Mountain Resort, though none are believed to have life-threatening injuries, resort spokesman Ethan Austin said. “It was really …

HAVANA – A Cuban delegate to talks with the United States says the two sides have held “a respectful, professional, civilized conversation” on human rights in Washington. Nevertheless, Anaysansi Rodriguez Camejo told Cuban state television that Tuesday’s talks “ratified that there are differences.” She’s Cuba’s ambassador to the U.N. in …

MARKHAM, Ill. – An expert on police tactics says “unreasonable and unnecessary” force was used by suburban Chicago police who fired beanbag rounds at a knife-wielding 95-year-old. Park Forest Officer Craig Taylor is on trial on a felony reckless conduct charge in the death of John Wrana. The victim refused …

SEATTLE – Marijuana-related calls to poison control centers in Washington and Colorado have spiked since the states began allowing legal sales last year, with an especially troubling increase in calls concerning young children. New year-end data show that the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center received 151 calls for marijuana …

With another snowstorm expected to bring up to a foot of snow in New England, a New Hampshire town might be without snow plows. A fire destroyed a fleet of plows in the small town of Henniker. The fire started at the Henniker Highway Department Friday night after the plows …

And now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Click here to watch it! Campaign 2004 Update President Bush and Vice President Cheney are posting information on the more than 100,000 people who have already contributed money to their campaign, including information on those who …

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Leon Kent, who led a group of American soldiers that knocked out five German tanks and held up the enemy advance during the Battle of the Bulge, has died. He was 99. His family tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/17gLdIM ) that Kent had pneumonia and …

And now some fresh pickings from the grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Click here to watch it! Disconcerting Dissertation? A George Mason University graduate has finished work on a dissertation that is raising a few eyebrows. Sean Gorman took information available to anyone on the Internet and created maps …

SEATTLE – A new study is finding encouraging results for a first-of-its-kind Seattle program that aims to keep low-level drug offenders and prostitutes out of jail. The University of Washington review released Wednesday says participants in the program were up to 60 percent less likely to be arrested in the …