BELLEVUE, Wash. – Republican Dino Rossi (search) and the state GOP announced Friday they will contest the gubernatorial election that gave his Democratic foe, Christine Gregoire (search), a 129-vote victory. Republicans have been building a case over the past few weeks, gathering evidence of voting irregularities, including illegal provisional ballots …

A consumer group urged the Food and Drug Administration on Monday to order the pain killers Celebrex (search) and Bextra (search) off the market. Public Citizen (search) charged that the two drugs increase the likelihood of heart attack. Celebrex and Bextra are part of the family of drugs known as …

KIEV, Ukraine – Viktor Yushchenko was sworn in as president of Ukraine on Sunday, two months after huge protests over his loss in a fraud-plagued election plunged the ex-Soviet republic into political crisis. Yushchenko (search), a Western-oriented reformer, took the oath in the Verkhovna Rada parliament, placing his hand on …

From the Fearless Prediction Department: I hereby predict that Michael Moore (search) will sweep the Oscars with “Fahrenheit 9/11.” Now, I don’t predict that because Moore swept the People’s Choice Awards (search) — already there are indications that Moore-o-philes might have packed the Internet ballot boxes, so that result is …

The deadly storm that has badgered the Midwest with blackouts, heavy snowfall and bone-chilling temperatures ventured into the Northeast on Thursday, swelling rivers and creeks and coating highways with dangerous layers of ice. Schoolchildren across the storm’s path stayed home, some for the third straight day as snowplows continued to …

INDIANAPOLIS – Governor-elect Mitch Daniels (search) said his proposal to make all of Indiana observe daylight-saving time (search) is an economic development initiative. However, similar efforts to mandate the clock change in 77 counties that do not observe daylight-saving time have failed at least 24 times in the past three …

WASHINGTON – Federal authorities searched Wednesday for a man using a Middle Eastern name and possible bogus construction credentials to try to purchase large quantities of the same explosive used by Timothy McVeigh (search) to blow up the Oklahoma City federal building. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives …

This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” January 11, 2005, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Also making a big splash — how is this for transitions — H&R Block (search), the tax preparer, is offering its customers not swimsuit models but tax deductions …

WASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State James A. Baker III (search), an architect of the U.S. war with Iraq in 1991, is advising the Bush administration to consider a phased withdrawal of some of the 150,000 U.S. troops in Iraq (search). Otherwise, Baker says, the United States risks being suspected …

Move over, Monica — there are some new interns in town. Ditzy debutante Paris Hilton (search) and her wild-child cohort Nicole Richie (search) return Wednesday night with the premiere of “The Simple Life 3: Interns,” (search) at 8:30 p.m. EST on FOX. This time around, the dynamic duo hit the …