CAMAGUEY, Cuba – Ferocious Hurricane Paloma roared across Cuba on Sunday, downing power lines, flooding the coast and forcing hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate on an island still recovering from two other devastating storms. Early reports of damage were limited, but Cuban state media said the late-season storm …

Prosecutors in the case of a missing Florida toddler who is presumed dead said Tuesday they have dropped child neglect charges against Caylee Anthony’s mother. They will continue to prosecute Casey Marie Anthony, 22, on first-degree murder and other charges outlined in the homicide indictment brought against her by a …

A Texas man was jailed last week after refusing to pay for a second buffet meal after his girlfriend “ate a couple bites from his plate.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Wednesday that Dan Linscomb, 40, of Texas City, Texas, was arrested Oct. 21 after refusing to pay for the second …

NEW YORK – Janet Jackson was released from a Montreal hospital just two hours after she arrived, a spokeswoman for the facility said Tuesday, but it was still not clear why she was admitted. The 42-year-old singer became “suddenly ill” and was taken to Royal Victoria Hospital on Monday night …

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation heard so many creative new ideas when it asked scientists around the world to share their “blue sky” global health projects that the foundation decided to hand out almost twice as much money as initially planned. In all, 104 scientists in 22 countries will …

CHICAGO – Three people were injured early Saturday after a regional jet collided with a maintenance truck on a runway at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. No passengers were aboard the United Express jet, operated by SkyWest Airlines. The plane was traveling from a hangar to a gate at O’Hare with …

Christie Brinkley filed for a restraining order from ex-husband Peter Cook on Wednesday, two days before his explosive interview with Barbara Walters is set to air, People magazine reports. Brinkley requested the temporary restraining order as well as a motion for post-judgment relief in a Suffolk County, N.Y., court, the …

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record ,” October 22, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Tonight, we have Governor Palin who’s getting the hits. The hits on Governor Palin — they just keep …

PARIS – French President Nicolas Sarkozy isn’t enchanted with a hot-selling voodoo doll of him and wants a judge to order it pulled from shelves. “Nicolas Sarkozy: The Voodoo Manual” kit includes a handbook and 12 pins. The blue-colored doll shows Sarkozy’s face on a body covered with some of …

HARRIMAN, Tenn. – The Tennessee Valley Authority is working to contain the release of potentially toxic pollutants from a coal-fired power plant after a retention pond released 500 million gallons of water, ash and mud in Kingston, damaging 12 homes. “I would say we are trying to contain first and …