TOKYO – Five moderately strong earthquakes rocked buildings across a wide swath of Japan‘s (search) main island on Monday, injuring at least one person. The first two quakes — measuring magnitude 5.6 and 4.1 — struck within 15 minutes of each other early in the morning in Chiba state (search), …

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CAMARILLO, Calif. – The average gasoline price nationwide for all grades dropped less than 2 cents in three weeks, continuing a slide in pump prices that began in April, an industry analyst said Sunday. The average retail price for all three grades dropped 1.65 cents to $2.16 per gallon between …

Watching violent television programs or video games may affect children’s minds even if they don’t have a history of aggressive behavior, a new study shows. Researchers found nonaggressive children who had been exposed to high levels of media violence had similar patterns of activity in an area of the brain …

NEW YORK – A helicopter carrying tourists on a sightseeing trip above Manhattan crashed Tuesday into the East River (search) minutes after takeoff, critically injuring one passenger, authorities said. None of the six others on board was seriously hurt. Police units that patrol the harbor were already in the area …

DETROIT – Ford Motor Co. (F) reported its 12th straight month of lower U.S. vehicle sales Wednesday, as high gasoline prices and flagging demand for its fuel-thirsty sport utility vehicles cost it more market share that went to Asian rivals. The sales slump, Ford’s longest in recent memory, casts another …

WASHINGTON – Some lawmakers and their staffs were kept out of their offices Thursday morning while firefighters put out a small blaze on the roof of a congressional office building. Construction workers are being blamed for the fire on the roof of the Rayburn House Office Building (search). “Roofers using …

This is a partial transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume,” June 27, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Special Report With Brit Hume” weeknights at 6 p.m. ET (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) REP. ELLEN TAUSCHER (D), CALIFORNIA: The Guantanamo we saw today is not the Guantanamo that we …

NEW YORK – Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI), the operator of the Home Shopping Network and Ticketmaster, said Wednesday it has sold its 5.44 percent stake in Vivendi Universal Entertainment (search) to NBC Universal (search) for about $3.4 billion in cash and shares. IAC and Vivendi Universal also agreed to permanently …

NEW YORK – The dollar hit a nine-month high against the euro and an eight-month peak versus the yen on Monday, extending gains after last week’s U.S. trade data and comments from Fed chiefAlan Greenspan (search) reinforced views of more interest rate hikes. The euro fell to $1.2029, its lowest …