CHICAGO – Wireless systems used by many hospitals to keep track of medical equipment can cause potentially deadly breakdowns in lifesaving devices such as breathing and dialysis machines, researchers reported Tuesday in a study that warned hospitals to conduct safety tests. Some of the microchip-based “smart” systems are touted as …

SAVANNAH, Ga. – A man freed from the Chatham County jail faces new charges after he walked out of the jail naked. Savannah-Chatham County police say they arrested 49-year-old Bill Merit less than a mile from the jail after getting calls that a nude man was walking by a busy …

A fourth-grade teacher on Thursday was found guilty of planting terrorizing notes throughout her Philadelphia-area elementary school. Susan Romanyszyn was convicted of 11 counts of leaving threatening messages in the hallways of Longstreth Elementary School in the fall, when she was a teacher there, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. In …

BAGHDAD – Iraq is on the verge of approving its first significant deals with major Western oil companies since the war began, the government said Thursday — a move that could give big firms like BP, Shell, ExxonMobil and Total an important boost as the country’s oil industry expands and …

BEIJING – Half of Beijing’s 3.3 million vehicles will be pulled off the roads during the Olympics to help clean the city’s noxious air for the games. The auto ban is part of an anti-pollution plan that also will halt construction and heavy industry during the Olympics, which begin in …

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – A former security guard has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for the strangling deaths of three women in Bridgeport, crimes that sparked fears of a serial killer on the loose in Connecticut’s largest city in the 1990s. Emanuel Lovell Webb, 42, a former Bridgeport resident, …

RICHMOND, Va. – The state trials of Michael Vick and three co-defendants on dogfighting charges will be delayed until the men are freed from federal prison, the Surry County prosecutor said Monday. “We don’t intend to go forward until these guys are released,” Commonwealth’s Attorney Gerald Poindexter said in a …

This is a rush transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” June 10, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Well, the Republican National Convention just got some competition, not from the Democrats, but from another Republican — Ron Paul …

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against the government in two money laundering cases, making it more difficult for prosecutors to use an important weapon in the war on drugs and organized crime. In a unanimous decision, Justice Clarence Thomas said that a money laundering case cannot be …

Ellen and Steven Howell said they never planned on having five children, but the Houston couple are now the proud parents of quintuplets, MyFox Houston reports. “I cried at the first couple of ultrasounds,” said Ellen Howell. Howell delivered the five babies at an Arizona hospital Tuesday in less than …