STAVANGER, Norway – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld (search) and his Norwegian counterpart on Wednesday signed an agreement allowing the U.S. military to continue storing equipment in Norway. The agreement allows for different kinds of U.S. Marine Corps (search) equipment to be stored than the weapons and other material that …

TOLEDO, Ohio – Election officials finished the presidential recount in Ohio on Tuesday, with the final tally shaving about 300 votes off President George W. Bush’s (search) six-figure margin of victory in the state that gave him a second term. The recount shows Bush winning Ohio by 118,457 votes over …

CAIRO, Egypt – With change building in other parts of the Middle East, exiled opposition leaders want to bring some of that momentum to Libya and one of the region’s most entrenched leaders, Moammar Gadhafi (search). Gadhafi’s opponents, battered by political division and weakened by long exile, are gathering for …

NEW YORK – U.S. consumer sentiment (search) improved in early June, soothed by a retreat in gasoline prices, the University of Michigan (search) said on Friday. The University of Michigan said consumer confidence index jumped to 94.8 so far this month from 86.9 in May, according to market sources who …

CHICAGO – Taverns and booze are entwined with Chicago’s history and lore — from Al Capone’s bootlegging empire to the tavern owner whose curse on the Cubs is blamed for keeping them out of the World Series for a half century. But the dark, cool watering holes where for decades …

ORANJESTAD, Aruba – As the mystery of a missing Alabama honors student drags on, questions abound about Aruban authorities’ handling of the Dutch Caribbean island’s highest-profile case in decades. Why were the young men last seen with 18-year-old Natalee Holloway (search) left free for days after she disappeared May 30, …

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – Some U.S. companies are trying to control employee ailments like high blood pressure in order to curb skyrocketing health-insurance costs. “If you’re going to get health care costs under control, you’ve got to do whatever you can to get healthier employees,” said Joe DeSantis, spokesman for the …

McLEAN, Va. – Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) has renegotiated its acquisition of Louisiana’s largest bank to account for the impact of Hurricane Katrina (search), reducing its offer for Hibernia Corp. (HIB) by about 9 percent to $5 billion and delaying the closing of the deal by at least a …

The following is a transcribed excerpt of “FOX News Sunday,” Sept. 11, 2005. CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: There was a major shakeup Friday with FEMA Director Michael Brown (search) removed as the lead federal official on hurricane relief. The new man in charge is Coast Guard Vice Admiral Thad Allen (search), …

LONDON – It was a busy day in Britain’s crackdown on terror: A suspect in failed bomb attacks on the London transit system appeared in court. A Muslim convert was sentenced to 15 years in a separate case. And police arrested a man near planes at Manchester airport and exploded …