Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Second Salvo Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader is again slamming Barack Obama. ABC News reports Nader says Obama will not make the kind of African-American president that he and other civil rights supporters had hoped for. “People who have fought the civil …

CHICAGO – You can look great in a swimsuit and still be a heart attack waiting to happen. And you can also be overweight and otherwise healthy. A new study suggests that a surprising number of overweight people — about half — have normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels, while …

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Authorities say a 17-year-old camp counselor has been arrested after teaching the so-called “choking game” to two boys that passed out for several minutes. Ronald Edward Riley of Saluda was being held Friday at a Clarendon County jail on $30,000 bail. He was arrested at his high …

This is a rush transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” April 2, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Well, it might surprise you that the top three pork spenders on this list were Republicans. That is probably what …

JUNCTION CITY, Kan. – Like hundreds of young men joining the Army in recent years, Jeremy Hall professes a desire to serve his country while it fights terrorism. But the short and soft-spoken specialist is at the center of a legal controversy. He has filed a lawsuit alleging he’s been …

McALLEN, Texas – A custody case that wrecked a small-town south Texas mayor’s political career ended Thursday when she was ordered to return a Shih Tzu to her neighbors. Grace Saenz-Lopez, the former mayor of Alice, had claimed Puddles died last year while she was pet-sitting for the neighbors. Three …

Sarah Edwards worries about the gasoline she burns, the paper towels she throws out, the litter on the beach, water pollution. She worries so much, it literally makes her sick. “Fear, grief, anger, confusion and depression,” Edwards says, pointing to the negativity that has manifested itself in real-life symptoms such …

HARARE, Zimbabwe – African leaders hoped to find a resolution to Zimbabwe’s deepening political crisis Saturday at an emergency summit in Zambia, but state media reported that President Robert Mugabe would not attend the “unnecessary” meeting. Instead, South African President Thabo Mbeki, a key mediator in the crisis, traveled to …

DECATUR, Ala. – A Decatur woman clung to a wooden cross set atop a backyard fence for hours in the summer heat to protest what she called the mistreatment of her son, who is being held in the city jail. A poster placed on the fence in Maria Thornton’s yard …

SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. – A prosthetic leg has been returned to a Sierra Vista woman two weeks after it was stolen. Police Sgt. Lawrence Boutte says a man brought the leg to the station Tuesday, saying his son had found it near a trash can. Boutte says the leg was …