BAGHDAD, Iraq – For Pfc. Jennifer Lee, it was supposed to be a Saturday night with friends. “We were in our rooms getting ready and there were about five explosions and everyone spread out of the rooms to the bunkers,” the 22-year-old said. “We heard another explosion, but I couldn’t …

NEW YORK – Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) on Thursday said U.S regulators will not approve its schizophrenia drug Risperdal (search) as a treatment for psychosis in Alzheimer’s (search) patients. The company said it received a “not approvable” letter from the Food and Drug Administration (search), which it will review to …

LONDON – Tony Blair’s victory in Britain’s national election Thursday may turn bittersweet if the Labour Party’s diminished majority in Parliament sets the stage for anti-war critics within the party to oust him as prime minister. Labour beat the main opposition Conservatives with a sharply reduced majority — apparently reflecting …

NEW YORK – Morgan Stanley (MWD) shares sank Monday after the board reaffirmed its support for embattled Chief Executive Philip Purcell (search), disappointing investors speculating on a break-up of the company. The board did approve significant by-law changes making it easier to unseat Purcell in the future and investors unhappy …

NEW YORK – The Freedom Tower to be built on the former World Trade Center (search) site must be redesigned to address security concerns raised by the police department, Gov. George Pataki said Wednesday following a meeting with the mayor and other officials. “We believe that a building that meets …

DALLAS – A car driven by a 14-year-old crashed into a day-care center in a shopping center Tuesday afternoon, injuring eight children, police said. Investigators say the teenager hit a curb as she tried to turn into the shopping center, lost control and careened into the building. The car crashed …

NEW YORK – America’s “Idol” is … Carrie Underwood (search)! It came down to the country girl vs. the rock star. Wednesday night, in a special two-hour finale live from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest announced who won America’s hearts: Underwood, the fresh-faced 22-year-old crooner …

SEOUL, South Korea – The two Koreas concluded their first face-to-face talks in 10 months Thursday without making any progress on the impasse over the North’s nuclear program, although they did agree to hold Cabinet-level talks next month. The agreement was announced as word emerged of a secret meeting last …

WASHINGTON – They have been called a “family of seven judicial fanatics.” Also “radical,” “corporate stooges,” the “most extreme of the extreme.” The seven men and women whose judicial nominations are at the center of Washington’s (search) filibuster fight have been packaged as all-American success stories: a sharecropper’s daughter, a …

FORT HOOD, Texas – Defense lawyers sought leniency for Pfc. Lynndie England (search) at a hearing Tuesday to determine her punishment in the Abu Ghraib (search) prison abuse scandal, with a psychologist testifying that the reservist was oxygen-deprived at birth, speech impaired and had trouble learning to read. West Virginia …