NEW YORK – The New York Police Department has quietly flipped the switch on a high-tech command center designed to protect lower Manhattan from terrorist threats. The center, located in a nondescript office tower, is part of an ambitious $100 million security initiative launched in response to the Sept. 11, …

DETROIT – General Motors is bailing out on Tiger Woods. Woods, a global icon in sports with his 14 major championships, has been carrying the Buick logo on his golf bag for the last nine years and still had one year left on his contract. But General Motors Corp. was …

CHICAGO – Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported Monday in the most extensive study of its kind. The disorders include problems such as obsessive or compulsive tendencies and anti-social behavior that …

LONDON – World markets were mostly lower Thursday amid concerns the U.S. Senate may block the bill to rescue Detroit’s carmakers, dismal Chinese economic data and a warning from a leading forecaster that Europe’s biggest economy will be in recession until 2010. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares …

This is a rush transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” July 31, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. ALEXIS GLICK, GUEST HOST: Well, there`s a major security gap, and it was just discovered on the Internet. Right now, hackers are stealing …

GALVESTON, TEXAS – The National Hurricane Center says Edouard has been downgraded to a tropical depression as it moves inland across eastern Texas and western Louisiana. Coastal tropical storm warnings were canceled after Edouard made landfall Tuesday morning east of Galveston. Click for photos The storm kicked up heavy surf …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – An insurance agency owner charged with killing a state Department of Insurance employee investigating his business won’t face the death penalty, prosecutors said Thursday. Prosecutors didn’t explain the decision that was revealed during a court hearing for Michael Howell, 40, who is charged with murder in the …

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away. Fish pedicures are creating something of a splash in the D.C. area, where a northern Virginia spa has been offering them for the past …

NEW YORK – A defendant in a plot to plunder corpses and sell body parts for transplants apparently has pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate against the reputed mastermind. Prosecutors have refused to discuss newspaper reports of a plea deal with Lee Cruceta, a so-called cutter who worked for a …

PARIS – France’s most drastic measure to curb smoking went into effect Wednesday with a full ban on lighting up in cafes, restaurants and discotheques, a sea change for a country where the cigarette came to symbolize the French way of life. A New Year’s Day reprieve allowed revelers their …