ALBANY, N.Y. – Sony BMG Music Entertainment (search) agreed Monday to pay $10 million and to stop paying radio station employees to feature its artists to settle an investigation by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer (search). The agreement resulted from Spitzer’s investigation of suspected “pay for play” practices in …

WASHINGTON – Pending sales of previously owned homes rose to a record in August, indicating continued strength in the U.S. housing sector before Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, data released Wednesday by the National Association of Realtors (search) showed. The Pending Home Sales Index (search), based on data …

An effort to show racial solidarity in Montgomery, Ala. is under fire because the symbol being displayed as a sign of that solidarity is a cross and and that might offend non-Christians, according to WSFA-TV. Local religious leaders started the One Movement effort to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the …

This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” October 17, 2005, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: If everyone’s worried about expensive winter heating bills, what can you do now to save yourself some cold cash? I want to bring on my buddy Dave Ramsey …

ATLANTA – Delta Air Lines Inc. (search) , which is reorganizing under protection from the federal bankruptcy court, announced plans Friday to discontinue its discount carrier Song and incorporate Song’s fleet into Delta’s regular service. Song will continue to fly as a separate brand until May 2006, Delta officials said. …

Join host Brit Hume and FOX’s Team Washington weekdays at 6 p.m. ET for “Special Report” — Find out what’s happening inside the Beltway and on the world stage. • President Bush, bracing for the fallout when the U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 2,000, said today the Iraq war …

This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” Oct. 26, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. COLMES: Democrats are addressing more serious issues, like the war in Iraq. Earlier today Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) spoke at Georgetown University in Washington. I caught up with him for an …

WASHINGTON – The number of people thrown out of work from Hurricanes Katrina (search) and Rita rose to 363,000 last week as the adverse economic effects of the Gulf Coast (search) hurricanes continued to mount. The Labor Department reported that an additional 74,000 hurricane-related claims for unemployment benefits were filed …

LOS ANGELES – “ER” star Noah Wyle (search) played dad instead of doctor as he and his wife welcomed their second child, a girl. The baby, weighing almost 7 1/2 pounds, was born in Los Angeles on Saturday to Wyle and wife Tracy, People (search) magazine reported. The baby was …

Earthquake Facts and Statistics Frequency of Occurrence of Earthquakes Descriptor Magnitude – Average Annually Great 8 and higher 1 Major 7 – 7.9 17 Strong 6 – 6.9 134 Moderate 5 – 5.9 1319 (The following are estimated) Light 4 – 4.9 13,000 Minor 3 – 3.9 130,000 Very Minor …