BIO

• Bill O'Reilly

ENTERTAINMENT

• Widow of 'Crocodile Hunter' Sued for Allegedly Unpaid Debt
  The widow of television's "Crocodile Hunter" on Wednesday lost the first round in a legal battle over more than $2.3 million dollars the conservationist's zoo allegedly owes creditors.
• Dungeons and Dragons Co-Creator Dies
  Gary Gygax, a co-creator of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game has died.
• Boy Band Mogul Lou Pearlman Admits to Ponzi Scheme
  Prosecutors release 47-page plea deal in which Lou Pearlman admits to running scams that defrauded investors and banks out of more than $300 million; he was expected to plead guilty to federal charges on Thursday.
• Heavier Lisa Marie Presley Sparks Pregnancy Rumors
  Images of a heavier Lisa Marie Presley looking a lot like her father in his later years were captured by a paparazzo last weekend at The Grove farmer's market in Los Angeles.
• FOX411: Janet Jackson Gets Second Chance
  'Discipline' finished at No. 1 this week, with about 179,000 copies sold. The hit CD gives Jackson a second chance at restarting her career.
• Dannielynn Declared Anna Nicole Smith's Sole Heir
  A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday not only made 18-month-old Dannielynn Hope the sole heir, but also set up a trust in the girl's name.
• 'Idol' Doesn't Mention David Hernandez's Stripper Past
  David Hernandez's stripper past didn't come back to haunt him on Tuesday night's "American Idol."
• Jeri Ryan Gives Birth to Baby Girl
  Jeri Ryan and her husband, French chef Christophe Eme, have a new family member. The 40-year-old actress gave birth Sunday to daughter Gisele in Los Angeles, her publicist David Lust announced.
• Britney Spears Teaches Dance Students the 'Fish-Move'
  Britney Spears was back in the dance studio Tuesday night teaching a class of 15 kids ... and she was a hit.
• Downey to Portray Black Man in Summer Comedy Film
  Robert Downey Jr. will appear on screen as a white man cast to play a black soldier in satire of film.
• Stallone, Chris Rock, Brad Grey on List in Pellicano Trial
  There are 127 names on the government's revised witness list in the Anthony Pellicano case.
• Patrick Swayze Filmography
• Global Box Office Revenue Hits Record $26.7 Billion in 2007
  The Motion Picture Association of America says moviegoers around the world pushed box office revenue to a record $26.7 billion last year.
• Pop Tarts: Jenna Jameson Gets Kinky for the Camera
  She may recently have gotten rid of her fake breasts, but former porn princess Jenna Jameson is more than happy to wear (and promote) fake flesh.
• Jury Selection to Begin Wednesday in Anthony Pellicano Trial
  With jury selection set to begin Wednesday in the federal wiretapping case against Anthony Pellicano, the private investigator could soon spark some courtroom fireworks if any of his former Hollywood A-list clients take the stand to testify against him.

FNC IMAG

• Michael Steele: McCain Ticket Won't Cause Sky to Fall
  While some may nitpick at McCain's record, Republicans should recognize the great opportunity we have in electing him this November.

HEALTH

• Potential Salmonella in Aunt Jemima Product
  The Quaker Oats Co. said Tuesday it is recalling a limited number of Aunt Jemima Pancake & Waffle Mix products because of potential salmonella contamination from raw or undercooked ingredients.
• Australia Hospital Errors Blamed for Death of New Mom
  The cause of death of a 29-year-old Australian woman who died shortly after giving birth to her third child is due to several medical errors made by the hospital where she had a planned Caesarean-section, news.com.au reported.
• Boston Hospital First to Offer Face Transplants in U.S.
  The New England Organ Bank has authorized a team of surgeons at a Boston hospital to perform partial facial transplants on certain patients with disfigured faces.
• College Student Dies From Meningitis
  More information is expected to be released today on the death of a Loras College student from an apparent case of bacterial meningitis.
• Study: Short Sex is Best
  A new study, published today in the international Journal of Sexual Medicine, says the best sex should last seven to 13 minutes, it is being reported by news.com.au/heraldsun.
• Identical In-Vitro Triplets Born In NY
  Identical triplets were born Wednesday at North Shore University Hospital on Long Island — an event so rare that an obstetrician estimated it might happen just once in 200 million births.
• Glaucoma: Reading This Could Save Your Sight
  In an effort to fight one of the leading causes of blindness, health organizations around the globe have pronounced March 6 as ‘World Glaucoma Day.’
• N.J. Girl, 11, Returns Home After 118th Brain Surgery
  A New Jersey 11-year-old returned home this week after undergoing her 118th brain surgery.

OPINION

• Susan Estrich: Democrats Need to Be Careful
  The more hard-fought the primary campaign, the more divided the party will be in the end.
• Peggy Dooley: Will Dems Respect Themselves in November?
  Super Tuesday II finds those Dems not already seduced by the Illinois senator struggling between their hearts and their heads.
• Michael Steele: McCain Ticket Won't Cause Sky to Fall
  While some may nitpick at McCain's record, Republicans should recognize the great opportunity we have in electing him this November.
• Alireza Jafarzadeh: Ahmadinejad's Iraq Visit a Failure
  With the hype of Ahmadinejad’s trip behind us, it is back to reality; the tyrant ayatollahs continue to step up their support for their terrorist network in Iraq.

POLITICS

• N.Y. Fines Franken's Corporation Not Providing Workers' Comp
  The state of New York has fined the personal corporation of Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken $25,000 for not carrying workers' compensation insurance for almost three years.
• Air Force Defends Tanker Contract Award to Euro Mfg.
  The European refueling tanker that won a $35 billion Pentagon contract last week "was clearly a better performer" than its U.S. rival, Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne told lawmakers Wednesday.
• Adm. Fallon: No Spring Taliban Offensive Expected
  The top military commander in the Mideast says he does not expect Taliban forces in Afghanistan to launch a spring offensive this year.
• House Democrats Take Careful Election Year Budget Approach
  House Democrats unveiled a cautious election-year budget blueprint Wednesday that promises to put the federal budget back in the black while awarding greater-than-inflation increases to domestic programs.
• House Votes to Expand Mental Health Coverage
  The House of Representatives votes to require equal coverage for mental and physical illnesses, a decision cheered by advocates fighting for what they call mental health parity.
• Wyoming Becomes 50th State to Criminalize Dogfighting
  With enactment Tuesday of Wyoming's law making dog-fighting a felony, all 50 states now have criminalized the bloodsport, a move that the Humane Society of the United States ushers in as a new era for man's best friend.
• Sen. Robert Byrd, 90, Hospitalized After Reaction to Meds
  Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd, 90, was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday following a reaction to antibiotics.
• Lawmaker Urges FBI to Drop Roger Clemens Probe
  A Democratic congressman asked the FBI on Wednesday to drop its investigation of former New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens because the pitching great had suffered enough from the probe into steroid use.
• GOP Proposes New Immigration Enforcement Package
  No provision in the package mimics the 2006 comprehensive immigration reform legislation that focused on allowing guest workers into the country.
• D.C. Files Last Pitch Before High Court Gun Case Showdown
  The District of Columbia made a final defense of its strict ban on handguns Wednesday, the last legal filing to the U.S. Supreme Court before the justices hear arguments on whether the city's three-decades old law is unconstitutional.
• Job Discrimination Claims Spike 9 Percent, Gov't Reports
  Federal job discrimination complaints filed by workers against private employers shot up 9 percent last year, the biggest annual increase since the early 1990s.
• U.S. Must 'Get Off Oil,' Bush Says
  President Bush said Wednesday that the United States has to 'get off oil' to reduce dependence on foreign suppliers and declared 'it should be obvious' that high demand is creating painful gasoline prices.
• Study: Nationwide Firearms Database a Bad Idea
  Collecting ballistic 'fingerprints' from millions of new guns would create a database that would be too unreliable to be useful in solving gun crimes, a team of scientists said Wednesday.

SCITECH

• Scandinavians Sulk During Abnormally Warm Winter
  Winter in Nordic countries abnormally warm and rainy, though no one's ready to blame global warming just yet.
• Study: Daylight Saving Time Uses More Energy, Not Less
  Indiana households that first adopted daylight saving time in 2006 ended up offsetting savings in lighting with more use of air conditioning.
• Six-Legged Octopus Discovered at English Aquarium
  Henry the Hexapus' shortage of limbs due to birth defect, not injury, keepers at Blackpool Sea Life Centre determine.
• Apple Farmer Finds Pigs Work Better Than Pesticides
  Michigan apple orchard using pigs to gobble up fallen apples containing beetle larvae.
• Birmingham May Buy 15,000 Low-Cost Laptops
  City council of Alabama's largest city OKs $3.5 million outlay to purchase XO laptops for every kid in grades 1 through 8.
• Denver Airport Wi-Fi System Blocks 'Racy' Web Sites
  Such hardcore pornography as Vanity Fair magazine, BoingBoing tech blog blocked by airport's Wi-Fi routers.
• Think Tank: iPods Behind Rising Crime Rate
  Urban Institute figures small, shiny, easy-to-steal Apple MP3 the perfect item of choice for opportunistic thieves.
• Rogue Wolf Kills Dozen Sheep in Massachusetts
  Locals, wildlife officials stunned to find wolf in area species vanished from nearly 200 years ago.
• OECD Urges Quick Action on Climate Change
  Thirty-nation organization says time to act against global warming is now.

U.S.

• Man Claims to Be Forcibly Catheterized; Wash. Pays Out
  The state has agreed to pay $15,000 to a man who claimed he was forcefully catheterized after being arrested for investigation of drunken driving, authorities said.
• Memphis Police Ask for Help in Solving Mass Slaying
  Residents prayed and officers went door to door looking for tips that could lead to a suspect or a motive in one of the city's biggest murder investigations in decades.
• Two Vermont Towns Approve Bush-Cheney Indictment Articles
  Voters in two southern Vermont towns passed articles Tuesday calling for the indictment of President Bush and Vice President for violating the Constitution.
• Mom of Killer Bobby Cutts Wins Visitation for Grandson
  Mother of former police officer Bobby Cutts Jr., who was convicted of killing his pregnant lover and unborn child received visitation rights to see the couple's 3-year-old son.
• International Pedophilia Network Busted by Australian Police
  FBI agents describe an online forum that distributed more than 400,000 lewd pictures and movies as one of the most sophisticated ever.
• Judge: Ex-Beauty Queen Can Move Out of State in Torture Case
  A judge on Tuesday gave a former beauty queen accused of kidnapping and torturing her ex-boyfriend permission to move out of state.
• Murdered Student Remembered Fondly in Hometown
  When news that the 18-year-old Auburn University freshman was shot to death Tuesday night near campus students at her high school were shocked
• Memphis Shooting Victims Had Criminal Pasts
  in a neighborhood where residents say drugs, prostitution and gang-related violence have been problems for years, people tend to keep to themselves, making solving this crime difficult.
• Soldier Claims Army Blocked Promotion Over Religion
  A soldier claimed on Wednesday that his promotion was blocked because he claimed the Army was violating his right to be an athiest.
• Freshman Murder Shocks Auburn University Campus
  Students and administrators reacted with shock following the murder Auburn University freshman who was shot to death the previous night near campus.
• Hunt Is on for Killer of Auburn University Freshman
  A manhunt was under way on Wednesday for the killer of an Auburn University freshman who was shot to death the previous night near campus.
• Jury Convicts Ex-Navy Sailor of Leaking Ship Details
  A former Navy sailor was convicted Wednesday of leaking details about ship movements to suspected terrorism supporters, an act that could have endangered his own crewmates.
• 2 Arrested in L.A. Freeway Shooting That Wounded Boy, 6
  Two people have been arrested in a Los Angeles shooting that critically wounded a 6-year-old boy.
• NASCAR Fan Takes Posthumous Spin Around Las Vegas Track
  Big George Helms had tickets for last weekend's NASCAR race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but died before he got to use them. He still made it to the track, though.
• Sex Offender Charged With Exposing Himself at Coffee Shop
  A registered sex offender was arrested in Redding, Calif., Tuesday after he allegedly exposed himself to a drive-thru employee at a coffee shop, the Record Searchlight reports.
• Daring Mountainside Rescue Saves California Hikers
  Three hikers were safe Wednesday thanks to an overnight rescue on an icy California mountainside
• N.J. Authorities Foil 'Military Style' School Massacre Plot
  One person is charged in the ongoing investigation into a "military-style assault" plot at Belvidere High School that was uncovered when 17-year-old senior male student was allegedly overheard developing a hit list of students and teachers.
• One Killed, Girl Injured in Pennsylvania House Explosion
  An explosion flattened a house in suburban Pittsburgh, killing a man, injuring his granddaughter, and damaging 14 neighboring homes.
• Federal Jury Deadlocks in Washington Eco-Terror Trial
  Federal jury reaches unanimous verdicts on some charges and deadlocks on at least one other against Briana Waters, who is accused of acting as a lookout when the ELF burned down the University of Washington Center of Urban Horticulture.
• Man, 21, Vanishes After Concert 11 Days Ago
  A 21-year-old Canton, Ohio man vanished after attending a Shorty Lo concert 11 days ago with several friends.
• Bomb Squad Removes Four Grenades From Pa. Goodwill
  Police are searching for a person who left four hand grenades in a Westmoreland County Goodwill shop.
• Police: Woman Threatens to Blow Up Courthouse Over Jury Duty
  An Illinois woman allegedly threatened to blow up a courthouse after being called for jury duty, according to a report.
• Ariz. Campus Police Arming Themselves With Assault Rifles
  High-powered rifles would give school officers the ability to shoot at targets at the end of long hallways or atop tall buildings, officials said.
• Good Samaritan Dies After Trying to Catch Starbucks Thieves
  A 54-year-old Good Samaritan trying to catch thieves who ran off with a Starbucks tip jar after the suspects hit him with their car died Wednesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
• Lincoln Offered to Buy Slaves for $400 Each to End Civil War
  Barely a year into the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln suggested buying slaves for $400 apiece under a "gradual emancipation" plan that would bring peace at less cost than several months of hostilities.
• Cops: Robber Nabbed After Getting Delivery 2 Weeks Later
  New Britain police say they arrested a man for holding up a pizza shop after he called in a food order and a worker recognized his voice.
• Reefer in the Hay: Border Patrol Finds 2 Tons of Pot in Rig
  Border Patrol agents in Southern California pulled over a big-rig on Tuesday and discovered two tons of marijuana concealed in hay bales.
• 'Danny Boy' Banned in New York Pub for Entire Month of March
  A Manhattan pub outlawing the song 'Danny Boy' for during St. Patrick's Day celebrations because it is depressing and written by an Englishman who never set foot on Irish soil.
• Fla. Man Arrested on Charges of Threatening Wife With Voodoo
  A Port St. Lucie man allegedly punched his wife and said he was going to kill her and her children by using voodoo and a gun, police said.
• Report: Fifth Graders Forced to Eat Lunch on Gym Floor
  A New Jersey school administrator has been placed on leave after allegations she punished a class of fifth graders by forcing them to eat their lunches on a gymnasium floor for two weeks.
• Marines Could Face Death Penalty in Murder Trial
  Judge orders three U.S. Marines to stand trial on murder charge that could mean the death penalty if they're convicted.
• Police: Teen Steals Pills From Sick Grandfather, Friend ODs
  Timothy Lebron Smith, 16, reportedly died Saturday after overdosing on Oxycodone pills stolen from his friend’s grandfather, who suffers from cancer, wsbtv.com reports.
• Concerns for Kids' Safety on the Rise After Spate of Crashes
  The iconic yellow school bus has for years been touted as the safest form of motor vehicle transportation, but recent crashes and rollovers have some parents feeling less than confident about the safety of their kids.
• Jack Ruby's Gun Going Up for Auction in Las Vegas
  The man who owns the .38-caliber Colt Cobra revolver Jack Ruby used to kill accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald says the gun is going up for auction this month in Las Vegas.
• Report: Cop's Use of Taser on Speeding Motorist 'Lawful'
  A Utah trooper who used a Taser to subdue a stubborn motorist in a confrontation that was uploaded to YouTube will not face criminal charges for the incident.
• Police Investigate Grenade Thrown Into Florida Nail Salon
  Florida police and the Orange County bomb squad are investigating a grenade that was thrown into a nail salon on Tuesday, MyFOXOrlando reports.
• Ex-Inmate Says Guards Raped, Impregnated Her at Ill. Prison
  A former inmate who became pregnant at an Illinois prison alleges a group of guards repeatedly raped her while she was serving seven months for writing a bad check, The Chicago Tribune reported on Tuesday.
• Worker Charged With Causing 'Catastrophe' in Gas Explosion
  A worker for Questar Gas in Utah is charged with causing an explosion that wreaked millions of dollars worth of damage to an apartment building, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.
• Convicted Child Molester Jumps to Death From Courthouse
  A 52-year-old man jumped to his death from a Southern California courthouse balcony hours after being convicted of child molestation, authorities said.
• School Worker Jailed for Stealing From Disabled Student
  A California high school employee has been jailed for stealing snack money from a disabled student.
• Man Investigated for Illegally Landing Plane on Golf Course
  When Robert Kadera's teenage son was running late for a tennis date near their northern Illinois home, Kadera came up with a novel way to avoid 45 minutes' worth of traffic: He decided to fly.
• Army Taking Over Prosecution of Washington Murder Case
  The Army is taking over prosecution of a Fort Lewis soldier accused of killing two other soldiers in Parkland.
• Mayor: H.S. Football Star's Death 'May' Be Hate Crime
  The weekend shooting death of a high school football star outside his home 'may' be prosecuted as a hate crime, the mayor of Los Angeles said Tuesday.
• Study: Traffic Crashes Cost Americans $164 Billion a Year
  Traffic crashes cost American motorists more than $160 billion a year, according to a new study.
• Police Oppose Returning Guns to Missing Lisa Stebic's Hubby
  Police don't want to return guns and vehicles seized from Craig Stebic to continue their investigation into what happened to his missing wife Lisa Stebic.
• Principal Arrested for Alleged Kidnapping, Sexual Assault
  Police say a South Los Angeles middle school administrator has been arrested for investigation of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a student.
• Flight's Sick Passengers Force Emergency Landing in Fla.
  A Canada-bound plane is back in the air after being forced to make an emergency landing in Florida because of sick passengers.
• 911 Tapes Reveal Chaos at Fla. Wendy's Shooting Rampage
  Recordings of 911 calls made as a gunman rampaged through a fast-food restaurant capture the screams, moans and banging that ensued after he killed a paramedic at the counter and fired at panicked customers.

WORLD

• FARC Rebel Laptop Unveils Ties With Chavez, U.S. Talks
  Computer files from Colombian rebel leader show alliance with Chavez to discredit Columbia's Alvaro Uribe, prospect that Obama presidency would undo U.S. military support for Colombia.
• Rice Pushing Palestinians to Resume Peace Talks With Israel
  U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Palestinian peace negotiators on Wednesday, hoping to persuade them to resume talks despite a spike of violence between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in Gaza.
• Venezuela Military Buildup Destabilizes Region
  Venezuela's military buildup could foment an arms race in Latin America and destabilize the region, security experts say, noting President Hugo Chavez' recent purchase of fighter jets and helicopters and his intent to buy five diesel submarines.
• Files in Colombian Rebel Laptop Show Chavez's Ties to Rebels
  Files in a laptop computer seized from the wreckage of a Colombian rebel camp in Ecuador offer new insights into Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's desire to undermine Colombia's U.S.-allied government.
• Military to Court-Martial 4 Marines for Alleged Japan Rape
  The U.S. military will court-martial four Marines for the alleged rape of a woman in Japan last October, officials said on Wednesday.
• TV Set Cemetery Mistaken for Real Graves in U.K. Abuse Probe
  Detectives looking for clues at a U.K. children's home at the center of an abuse investigation were thrown off-track by what they believed were shallow graves — but turned out to be a faux cemetery dug for a 1980s-era TV show set.
• Report: Cartoon Faces on Kids' Pics Angers Parents
  Furious parents have slammed a British primary school for covering students' faces on its Web site with cartoons to protect their identities
• Actor Accuses Opera House of Airbrushing Genitals for Ad
  An Argentinian actor in Britain is feeling a bit deflated over an advertisement he appeared in for the Royal Opera House in which, he believes, a certain part of his anatomy was airbrushed to look smaller.
• Finland's Prime Minister Loses Lawsuit Over Racy Memoir
  The former lover of Finland’s Prime Minister was today cleared by a court of any wrongdoing for publishing a steamy kiss-and-tell memoir which revealed how he wooed her with baked potatoes and dumped her by text message.
• U.K. Eyes Forced Marriages in Students' School Absences
  More than 30 children have been absent for at least two months from school rosters in an English city and officials fear they may have been forced into arranged marriages, The Daily Mail reported on Wednesday.
• Officials: Turkish Planes Attack Kurdish Separatists in Iraq
  Turkey launched airstrikes on Kurdish separatist rebels in northern Iraq less than a week after the end of a large-scale ground operation, an Iraqi official said.
• Report: Venezuela Moves Tank Battalions to Colombia Border
  Venezuela has nearly completed its deployment of thousands of troops to states along the border with Colombia, a top general said Wednesday.
• Greens See Red After Airline Flies Just 5 From U.S. to U.K.
  Environmentalists are slamming American Airlines after reports that it flew a plane from Chicago to London with just five passengers on board, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday.
• Report: German Soldiers Pack on Pounds, Smoke Too Much
  A report published Tuesday by the German parliamentary commissioner claims the country’s soldiers are overweight and most of them smoke too much, the Earth Times reports.
• Israeli Prof Suggests Moses, Followers High On Drugs
  Benny Shanon, a psychology professor at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, writes in British journal that ancient prophet and his followers may have hallucinated miracles recorded in Bible after ingesting hallucinogenic plants in Sinai desert.
• Rice Announces Palestinians to Renew Peace Talks With Israel
  U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that the Palestinians and Israel intend to resume negotiations.
• Report: Syrian Man Butchers Baby Nephew in Supermarket
  A Syrian man decapitated his 15-month-old nephew with a knife before his mother's eyes at a supermarket in Jeddah, according to an Arab News report.
• Australian Hostages in China Freed After Hijacker Is Killed
  Police shot and killed a man armed with explosives who took 10 Australians hostage on a tourist bus Wednesday in northern China, a state news agency reported.
• Teacher Faces Jail in Ethiopia After Exposing Pedophilia
  A British teacher is facing up to six months in jail after being convicted of defamation for comments she made in exposing pedophiles at a children's charity in Ethiopia 10 years ago.
• Turkmenistan President to Give Mothers of 8 or More Perks
  Turkmenistan's president hopes to start a baby boom in the gas-rich former Soviet nation with a plan to reward women who give birth to eight or more children -- a one-time bonus and lifetime perks, state media reported Wednesday.
• Japanese Man Fatally Shoots Himself in Front of Parliament
  A reputed right-wing extremist fatally shot himself in the head in front of Japan's parliament Wednesday, demanding a tougher foreign policy and more support for a disputed war shrine.
• Four Killed in Homicide Bombing at Pakistani Naval College
  Two homicide bombers blew themselves up at a naval college on Tuesday, killing four people and underlining the security challenge facing the winners of Pakistan's landmark elections.
• Conflict Grows Between Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador
  Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez should face charges of genocide for supporting FARC rebels.
• Bus Crash in India Kills 11 Hindu Pilgrims
  A truck carrying Hindu pilgrims overturned in northern India on Wednesday, killing 11 and injuring 20 others, officials said.

SHOWS

• Special Report w/ Brit Hume: Political Grapevine: Dollar Value on Presidential Delegates
  We'll put a dollar value on presidential delegates for each candidate