NEW YORK – Mariah Carey (search), Kenny Chesney and Rob Thomas will perform at the 2005 American Music Awards (search). The awards will be presented Nov. 22 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles during a three-hour ABC-TV special hosted by Cedric the Entertainer. Additional artists will be added to …

MARIPI, Colombia – Colombian troops raided a sprawling clandestine drug laboratory run by a paramilitary group that was capable of producing 10 tons of cocaine a month, officials said Tuesday. “This is the biggest cocaine-processing factory we’ve found this year, it contained a large quantity of chemicals used to process …

NEW YORK – Crude oil prices pulled back on Friday as traders took profits from surges earlier in the week, but jitters remained over the slow recovery of oil facilities on the Gulf Coast and the possible impact on winter fuel supplies. Light, sweet crude for November delivery on the …

NEW YORK – Investors should see stocks snap back next week and resume their September rally as long as any comments from the Federal Reserve (search) on inflation and the economic effects of Hurricane Katrina (search) are relatively benign. Also, quarterly results expected next week from companies in financial services, …

As recovery efforts continue in the Gulf Coast, the public health crisis wrought by the storm continues to unfold. With flooding slowly receding in New Orleans, health officials have shifted the focus of their concern from the disease threat posed by the polluted flood waters to the utter destruction of …

See you weeknights in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight “The O’Reilly Factor” is on… He’s been criticized by politicians on both sides of the aisle and his job approval numbers are at their lowest point in his presidency. Can President Bush come back …

NEW ORLEANS – The Big Apple (search) will raise its glasses to the Big Easy (search) — not for toasts, but to collect money for more than 80,000 hospitality workers from the hurricane-ravaged city. In addition to New York, bars around the country also have promised to mix cocktails to …

NEW YORK – Stocks rose Wednesday as rising concerns about inflation and unemployment were offset by a rise in energy and food companies, including Dow component McDonald’s Corp. (MCD). The Dow Jones industrial average (search) rose 44.26, or 0.42 percent, to 10,633.50. On Tuesday, the Dow rose 141.87, its best …

See you weeknights in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight Bill hosts a special edition of “The O’Reilly Factor”… We’ll have the latest on the situation along the Gulf Coast including LIVE reports from the region. Then, moveon.org has a rally planned today outside …

NEW ORLEANS – On Sept. 1, with desperate Hurricane Katrina (search) evacuees crammed into the convention center, Police Chief Eddie Compass reported: “We have individuals who are getting raped; we have individuals who are getting beaten.” Five days later, he told Oprah Winfrey that babies were being raped. On the …