LONDON – A unit of billionaire U.S. investor Warren Buffett’s (search) Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKA) (BRKB) has agreed to buy U.S. electricity firm PacifiCorp for $5.1 billion from British utility Scottish Power Plc. The acquisition is Buffett’s largest since he bought reinsurer General Re Corp in 1998. Under it, MidAmerican …

PASADENA, Calif. – NASA’s Voyager I (search) spacecraft has entered the final frontier of our solar system and is cruising its way to a vast area marking the beginning of interstellar space. The spacecraft, launched 28 years ago, is 8.7 billion miles from the sun in a region called the …

NEW YORK – Stocks surged Wednesday as tame core inflation figures eased investors’ concerns about aggressive interest-rate hikes while falling oil prices and a Merrill Lynch upgrade boosted market sentiment. The Dow Jones industrial average (search) rose 132.57, or 1.28 percent, to close at 10,464.45 after rising more than 191 …

KABUL, Afghanistan – An explosion hit an Internet cafe in the Afghan (search) capital Saturday, killing two Afghans and injuring five others, police said. Officials were investigating whether the blast was caused by a homicide attacker. The explosion occurred inside the Park Net Cafe (search) in Kabul’s upscale Shahr-e-Naw district, …

DETROIT – A retired doctor pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the death of his brother, an alcoholic who was asphyxiated while he was chained to his bed to keep him from drinking. Dr. Merle Rydesky (search) of Orchard Lake had been charged with murder and kidnapping, both of which …

The news doesn’t stop on the weekend and neither does “FOX & Friends.” So start your weekend in the know with hosts Juliet Huddy, Mike Jerrick and Julian Phillips. Saturday President Bush’s European trip is being described as the toughest early test of his second term. So, will it yield …

DENVER – Gov. Bill Owens (search) vetoed a bill Friday that would have outlawed workplace discrimination against gays. But he allowed a measure to take effect extending protection to gays under Colorado’s hate crimes law. The workplace discrimination bill would have prohibited an employer from firing, demoting or harassing an …

Got a taste for gourmet food but little time to make it? Looking for healthier items at the grocery store, or cruising through the take-out lane … again? The Institute for Food Technology (IFT) isn’t surprised. Those patterns are on its list of top 10 food trends. The IFT is …

We come to you LIVE from the heartland Saturdays at 8 p.m. ET! Former Ohio congressman and host John Kasich covers the stories that touch our entire nation! Saturday, April 9: Should Jane Fonda (search) be forgiven more than 30 years later for posing on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun? …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Despite being weakened by the pressure of U.S. and other forces, Al Qaeda (search) remains the main terror menace facing the United States, the State Department says. At the same time, however, lesser-known terror operations, some affiliated with Al Qaeda, others merely inspired by its goals, are …