WASHINGTON – The White House has laid the groundwork to place more conservatives on the Supreme Court, scrutinizing the backgrounds and legal views of a shrinking list of candidates amid speculation that ailing Chief Justice William Rehnquist (search) soon will step down. Keenly aware that a chapter of President Bush’s …

Eating a diet full of foods rich in vitamin E may reduce your risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. But don’t try taking a shortcut by taking vitamin E supplements instead. A new study shows that supplements simply don’t provide the same protective effect as the real thing from natural sources, …

This is a partial transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume,” May 19, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Special Report With Brit Hume” weeknights at 6 p.m. ET BRIT HUME, HOST: As correspondent Bret Baier noted, Washington woke up today to a New York Times report based …

JERUSALEM – A Turkish plane carrying 294 passengers landed safely at Israel’s international airport Thursday after the pilot said he was having trouble deploying the landing gear, Israeli media reported. The Airbus (search) plane landed safely with its wheels locked in place normally, Israeli media reported. The plane, an Airbus, …

DALLAS – The NBA fined Houston Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy (search) $100,000 — the largest amount ever for a coach — on Monday, a day after he accused officials of targeting center Yao Ming this postseason and said Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is to blame. While Van Gundy …

This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” May 4, 2005, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Well, what if I told you that traveling to Europe for cheaper prescription drugs is a big waste of time? Well, thanks to my next guest, you may …

NEW YORK – Britney Spears (search) is enjoying her pregnancy. Spears, who announced her pregnancy last month, said she and husband Kevin Federline (search) “ate at some amazing restaurants in Scottsdale” during a “peaceful and relaxing” two-week vacation in Arizona. “Eating for two is so much fun; I get to …

WASHINGTON – The number of unemployed workers seeking initial jobless compensation fell 10,000 last week, a government report said on Thursday, while a less volatile gauge of labor trends rose to its highest level in four months. First-time claims for state unemployment insurance (search), an early reading on the resilience …

WASHINGTON – A group of House Republicans is balking at a Bush administration proposal that would squeeze $20 billion out of the Medicaid (search) program over the next five years. It’s the third budget cut proposed by President Bush that has rankled more than a few members of his own …

CHICAGO – Taser International Inc. (TASR) on Friday said first-quarter revenue would miss Wall Street estimates because of adverse publicity about the safety of its stun guns, sending its shares down 14 percent. Shares of Taser traded down $1.68, or 14 percent, at $10.31 on the Nasdaq market, down from …