WASHINGTON – Lawmakers and interest groups are gearing up for a fight this fall over Social Security (search), each side hoping to use the retirement and disability program’s 70th birthday to build momentum. President Bush and House Republicans have yet to build a groundswell for shifting a portion of Social …

HELSINKI – Nokia (NOK) shares rose over 2 percent on Monday after a newspaper report that Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) is mulling a bid for the top mobile phone maker to get hold of its wireless infrastructure technology. Nokia’s shares were up 2.26 percent at $16.30 Monday on the New …

This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” August 17, 2005, that was edited for clarity. BRENDA BUTTNER, GUEST HOST: Think James Bond (search). Think Buck Rogers. They could get rid of bombs with a high-tech gadget and now maybe so can the military. That’s because a …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The Arabic television network Al-Arabiya aired a videotape purportedly by Al Qaeda (search) that shows terrorists training for attacks on the United States and on coalition troops in the mountains of Afghanistan. U.S. intelligence officials said they believe the tape is authentic. The two-hour tape, …

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A freelance reporter working for People magazine (search) was given a citation for allegedly trespassing on oceanfront property owned by Brad Pitt (search), the Sheriff’s Department reported. Jeffrey Weiss (search), 23, of Beverly Hills was cited Saturday after being spotted on the property near El Capitan …

PINE LAKE, Ga. – A man shot a police officer to death Thursday following a traffic stop in suburban Atlanta (search), then ran inside a post office and apparently killed himself, authorities said. A witness said the gunman was holding the officer hostage in front of the building when he …

NEW YORK – The lead plaintiff in a massive securities class-action lawsuit against a group of banks stemming from the collapse of Enron Corp. (search) said Tuesday it had reached a third major settlement in the case. Details of the settlement will be discussed at a news conference later in …

ON THE LITTLE cul-de-sac where I live in Colorado, three couples face an unusual estate tax problem. So does my brother. And it’s all because of love. Seriously. My brother, like my friends down the street, married a noncitizen. And that prevents him from leaving unlimited assets to his wife …

MAKHACHKALA, Russia – An explosion in the troubled southern Russian region of Dagestan (search) killed at least two police officers and wounded several more, officials said Saturday. An Associated Press reporter saw two dead bodies in police uniforms lying inn the street in downtown Makhachkala, the capital of the Caspian …

Would you risk your job to help two dogs in trouble? Valerie Cheatham, a longtime employee of a Neiman Marcus (search) store in Atlanta, did just that — and may have been fired for her efforts. Cheatham, 46, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that it all began on Aug. 2, when …