BUSINESS

• Need a Tech Job? Develop Applications for Facebook
  College-aged programmers developing new 'Applications' for Facebook rewarded with money and jobs.
• Walgreen to Pay $20M Over Racial Bias Claims
  Walgreen Co. will pay $20 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging widespread racial bias at the nation's largest drugstore chain under the terms of a proposed deal announced Thursday.
• Euro Hits All Time High Against Dollar
  The euro broke through the US$1.38 mark Friday for the first time, as persistent worries about the strength of the U.S. economy pushed the European currency higher.
• China: Food Safety Coordination Needed
  A top health official called for more integration within China's fractured food regulatory system Friday to boost its troubled safety record, while the military warned that unsafe food could undermine its combat readiness.
• Consumer Confidence Drops to Nearly One-Year Low
  Consumer confidence slid to its lowest point in almost a year as worries about job availability, high gasoline prices and the severity of the housing slump weighed on peoples' minds.
• Warren Buffett Weighs 2008 Choices
  Someday soon, Warren Buffett may have to apply his legendary stock-picking skills to the candidates clamoring for his endorsement in the 2008 presidential race.
• June Retail Slump Hints at Tired U.S. Consumer
  U.S. retail sales posted their biggest monthly decline in nearly two years during June, according to government data issued on Friday, indicating the housing market slump and soaring gasoline prices are depressing consumer spending.
• Retail Sales Down Steeply in June
  Consumers put away their wallets in June, sending retail sales crashing by the sharpest amount in nearly two years.
• Court: ABN Amro Can Sell US Arm to BofA
  ABN Amro's sale of its U.S. arm LaSalle Bank to Bank of America was lawful, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled Friday — overturning a lower court's move blocking the proposed $21 billion sale.
• S&P Sets New High; Dow Tops 13,900 For First Time
  Wall Street ended an extraordinary and record-setting week Friday by surging higher again, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 index past a trading high set in March 2000 and thrusting the Dow Jones industrial past 13,900 for the first time.
• E3 Expo Attendees Complain Show Is Too Dull
  New, respectable, smaller format of once-raucous trade fair not as entertaining, but does let business get done.
• Gas Prices Rise, Energy Futures Mixed
  Gasoline prices extended their advance at the pump Friday, while gas futures fell again on a growing sense that supplies are catching up to demand.
• Nintendo Chief Wants Wii to Outsell PlayStation 2
  Satoru Iwata thinks Wii has chance in long term to beat PS2's astronomical 120 million units sold.
• Warner Music Drops Suit, Cuts Deal With Imeem
  Music giant agrees to license music, video content to social-networking site.
• Google CEO Vows to Fight Viacom Lawsuit
  Viacom doesn't have much ground to sue Google over YouTube content, CEO Eric Schmidt tells reporters at Sun Valley confab.
• Conrad Black Convicted of Mail Fraud, Obstruction of Justice
  A federal jury convicted fallen media tycoon Conrad Black and three of his former executives at Hollinger International Inc. Friday of illegally pocketing money that should have gone to stockholders.
• Cuban Taking an Interest in The Chicago Cubs
  Add internet billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to the list of potential Chicago Cubs buyers.
• Guge Sues Google Over Similar-Sounding Name
  Chinese tech company not happy that everyone thinks it's Beijing branch of search giant.
• Gerber Recalls Baby Rice, Oatmeal Due to Choking Hazard
  Gerber recalls organic oatmeal and rice after receiving complaints it caused choking due to potential clumping.
• GE Reports 2Q Profit Up 10 Percent
  General Electric Co. reported second-quarter profits of $5.4 billion Friday and said it was getting out of the U.S. mortgage business.
• Energizer To Acquire Playtex for $1.16 Billion
  Energizer, known best for its infinitely drumming, battery-powered bunny, will buy Playtex for about $1.16 billion to add sun screens, wet wipes and sippy cups to its portfolio, the company said.

ENTERTAINMENT

• Ex-Spector Lawyer Testifies About Possible Missing Evidence
  Testifying under the threat of jail, one of Phil Spector's former attorneys said she saw a forensic expert at the scene of Lana Clarkson's death pick up a small white object
• Prince Angers Music Industry With Free Album Giveaway
  Prince enraged the music industry and generated disorder with British retailers when he gave away free copies of his new album with a tabloid newspaper.
• David and Victoria Beckham Arrive in Los Angeles
  Soccer star David Beckham and his wife Victoria arrived in Los Angeles on Thursday night.
• David and Victoria Beckham Arrive in U.S. to Massive Media C
  Soccer star David Beckham and his wife Victoria arrived in Los Angeles on Thursday night, greeted at the airport by hundreds of photographers and reporters.
• 411: Courtney Love: Back in the Saddle Again
  Courtney Love is clean, in shape and back with a great batch of songs; will the Beverly Sills memorial service ever happen?
• Reality Check: That Special Something on 'Dance,' 'Paula'
  There was a lot of talk on "So You Think You Can Dance" this week about how important it is to have a magical quality, which the judges all essentially noted that Danny Tidwell lacked.
• Sheriff Probing Paris Hilton Special Jail Treatment
  The sheriff's department is investigating whether or not Paris Hilton received special treatment when she spent 23 days in jail.
• Virgins Offered Free Tickets to Off-Broadway Play
  Producers of off-Broadway show 'My First Time' are giving free tickets to virgins and will have a hypnotist there to screen people in line.

HEALTH

• 126 Illnesses Linked to Taste of Chicago Food Booth
  Authorities say nine cases of salmonella have been confirmed, and 126 people are ill in total from food served at one booth at the Taste of Chicago festival.
• Internet to Blame for Teen Pregnancy, Shanghai Says
  Shanghai officials say the majority of teens calling into a pregnancy hotline met their partners online.
• Another Drug Scandal Plagues WWE, Web Site Says
  While the buzz surrounding the WWE has focused on steroid abuse since the tragedy involving Chris Benoit, a former WWE diva says some wrestlers also abuse muscle relaxers, the Web site TMZ reports.
• Officials Probe Three Liposuction Deaths at Arizona Clinic
  Authorities are probing the deaths of three people who died at an Arizona Clinic following liposuction surgery.
• 'Robodocs' Stand-In for Human Docs at Patients' Bedsides
  Robodocs: Robots making the rounds for doctors at some U.S. hospitals.
• Doctor Gets Five Years for Over-Prescribing Opiates
  A Virginia physician has been sentenced to five years in prison for over-prescribing opiates such as Oxycontin and morphine.
• Baby Born Drunk
  A baby boy in Poland was born drunk because his mother was intoxicated at the time of his birth. Doctors say his blood alcohol was six times the legal limit for driving.
• TB Patient Remains Quarantined, Despite Transfer Order
  A 27-year-old man remains quarantined in the jail ward of a Phoenix hospital where he has spent a year without visitors, exercise or a view of the outside world.
• Teen Birth Rate Hits Record Low, Report Says
  A new study says teen births are at a record low and more teens are finishing high school.

POLITICS

• U.S. Intel: Al Qaeda Renewing Efforts to Sneak in Terrorists
  Al Qaeda is stepping up efforts to sneak terror operatives into the U.S. and has acquired most of the capabilities it needs to strike, according to a new U.S. intelligence assessment.
• McCain: Campaign Problems Are My Fault
  Republican John McCain said Friday he was to blame for the weakened state of his presidential campaign that has undergone two major staff shake-ups in a week and is nearly broke.
• Louisiana Becomes First State to Ban Late-Term Abortions
  Democratic Lousisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco signs law mandating fines and jail terms between one and 10 years for doctors who perform partial birth abortions except when failure to do so would endanger the life of the mother.
• Mourners Remember Lady Bird Johnson
  Lady Bird Johnson made a final trip Friday to her beloved wildflower center, where friends and family followed the former first lady's casket into a gallery for a private memorial service.
• House Dems Issue Contempt Threat to Miers, Subpoena to RNC
  House Democrats told no-show witness Harriet Miers on Friday that she could soon be held in contempt as they issued the Republican National Committee a new subpoena for White House e-mails.
• Iraqi Parliament to Take Aug. Off; U.S. Hopes Otherwise
  The White House on Friday appeared resigned to the fact that theIraqi parliament is going to take August off, even though it has just eight weeks to show progress on military, political and economic benchmarks prescribed by the United States.
• Sen. Johnson Raising Cash for '08 Bid Despite Illness
  Ailing Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota has raised more this year than he did during the same period six years ago, even though he hasn't set foot in the Senate since suffering a life-threatening brain hemorrhage in December.
• Rice Cites Progress in Iraq, Others Warn on Withdrawal
  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice exhorted congressional critics of Iraq war policy Friday to give the Bush administration and the fledgling government in Baghdad until September to "make a coherent judgment of where we are."
• Quiet Since 'Madame' Admission, Vitter to Reappear Next Week
  Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, who has been in seclusion since acknowledging dealings with a Washington escort service, "will be back next week," said a Senate colleague who has exchanged messages with him.
• Two GOP Senators to Suggest Change of Mission in Iraq
  As early as Friday, the top Republicans on the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committee could offer a resolution calling on President Bush to come up with a contingency plan for getting the United States out of Iraq.
• House Passes Bill Requiring Troop Withdrawal Within 120 Days
  The House has approved legislation that would require the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq beginning within 120 days.
• Iraq Leaders Defend Progress After U.S. Report
  Leaders insist there has been military and political progress, a day after the Bush administration rated the country on a series of benchmarks whose goal is to bring stability.

SCIENCE

• Warriors May Have Occupied Dead Sea Scrolls Site
  Three-dimensional modeling of Qumran ruined complex in West Bank looks awfully like a fort.
• Astronomers Need Volunteers to Sort Galaxies Online
  Galazy Zoo needs thousands of volunteers to help it look at photographs of about 1 million galaxies.
• Life-Sized Dinosaurs Invade U.S. in Touring Show
  'Walking With Dinosaurs,' an Australian show in which lifesize dinosaurs roam an arena, opens Wednesday in the U.S.

TECHNOLOGY

• Dvorak: Where Yahoo! Went Wrong
  Company's mistake was letting Hollywood guy convince it it needed him -- when in fact he didn't understand tech business at all.
• Analysts: Facebook Poaching Teens From MySpace
  ComScore Media Metrix reports that Facebook's number of under-18 visitors up 150 percent, while MySpace's down 30 percent.
• Gadgets to Help You Keep Cool, Literally
  Fun inventions that cool you down in the intense summer heat.

U.S.

• Cops Suspect Driver in Truck Stop Killings
  Bruce Mendenhall, 56, of Albion, Ill., was charged with criminal homicide in shooting death of Sara Nicole Hulbert, 25, and police say he implicated himself in at least five other murders across several states.
• Florida Boy Gets Probation for Shooting Slingshot
  An eleven-year-old has been given probation for striking another Tavares Middle School student with pellets from a home-made slingshot.
• Woman Charged With Having Three Husbands
  An Indiana woman is being charged with bigamy after getting married before finalizing divorce proceedings with two other men, the Indystar.com reports.
• Woman Comes Home to Find Burglar Using Her Toilet
  Burglar enters through the back door of a 80-year-old woman's home to use her toillet and fless when she returns home.
• Prosecution Rests in Padilla Terror Support Case
  After nearly nine weeks of testimony from 22 witnesses, prosecutors on Friday rested their case against Jose Padilla and two co-defendants.
• Dad: Mentally Disabled Son Unhurt in Bed-Leashing
  Parents of mentally disabled 30-year-old say they were only trying to help their son learn a lesson by chaining him to a bed on a 12-foot leash after neighbors reportedly complained he was prowling.
• Beauty Queen Pushes Back After Blackmail Attempt
  Miss Jersey refuses to succumb to blackmail and give up her crown.
• New York Teen: I'm a Boy Trapped Inside a Girl's Body
  New York teen Steph Diaz feels she is a male trapped inside a female's body, a not-so-uncommon situation among teens today.
• Alabama Cops Search for Missing Woman, Daughter
  Search teams combed 40 acres in northeast Alabama for a second day Friday, looking for a missing woman and her 11-year-old daughter as the FBI charged her husband, a convicted felon, with weapons possession.
• Prisoners Replace Illegals in Colorado Fields
  Since Colorado adopted tough new laws to crack down on illegal immigrants, farmers have been seeking a replacement source of cheap labor. They've found it in the local women's prison.
• Teens Charged With Making Bomb Threat Against High School
  Two teens were charged with conspiring to attack their Long Island high school after a chilling journal and videotape surfaced in which one teen identifies several potential victims by name.
• Alleged Utah Guard Shooter Ordered to Behave in Court
  A Utah prisoner accused of killing a guard during an escape attempt was warned by a judge to behave in court or face ejection.
• Ex-Miami Beach Cop Accused of Drugging and Raping Models
  An ex-Miami Beach cop has been accused of luring aspiring models to a fake photo shoot so he could drug and rape them.
• Intruder Pulls Gun on Dinner Party, Then Asks for Hugs
  Washington, D.C., police are baffled by an attempted robbery in the Capitol Hill neighborhood that began with a handgun put to the head of a teenager and ended in a group hug.
• Pizza-Bomb Suspect Has Troubled Past
  Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, a suspect in a robbery that ended with a man killed by a bomb locked around his neck, is no stranger to trouble.
• Georgia Girl, 12, Missing in Pennsylvania Woods
  Volunteers, dogs and sheriff's deputies on Friday were searching for a girl who disappeared after being left alone in Laurel Mountain State Park by relatives who went climbing.
• Mom Arrested for Alleged Mistreatment of Head Injury
  A Texas woman was arrested for allegedy treating her son's fatal head injury with a popsicle instead of calling 911.
• Charges Dropped Against Ex-JonBenet Murder Suspect Karr
  A judge has agreed to drop charges stemming from a domestic dispute against former JonBenet Ramsey suspect John Mark Karr, as long as Karr gets counseling.
• Coach Accused of Molesting Young Boy for 3 Years
  A youth hockey coach is being accused of having a sexual relationship with a 7-year-old for three years.
• 4-Year-Old Boy Drowns in California Water Park Pool
  Lifeguards pull the body of 4-year-old boy from a two-foot deep section of a 355,000 gallon wave pool at the Paramount Great America amusement park in Santa Clara, Calif.
• Guards Save Teen Drowning in Kansas City Wave Pool
  Lifeguards pulled a 15-year-old boy from the Oceans of Fun wave pool Thursday after he was he was hit hard by one of the waves, witnesses said.
• Marine Nabs Fire Extinguisher-Wielding Robbery Suspect
  Former Marine, already irritated about the disappearance of $100 from his bank account, tackles a suspected robber who came into the bank wielding a fire extinguisher and demanding cash.

WORLD

• Death Toll Rises to 15 in Philippines Ferry Sinking
  Three more bodies washed ashore on Friday, bringing the death toll from Tuesday's ferry sinking in the Philippines to 15, officials say.
• IAEA: Iran Agrees to Concessions
  Iran has lifted its ban on visits to a nuclear facility by U.N. experts and now will allow them to inspect the site, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday.
• North Korea's Military Proposes Talks With U.S. Forces
  North Korea's military proposed Friday holding direct talks with U.S. forces, an unusual plea amid recent progress on the nuclear standoff between the two countries.
• British Cops Getting Video Cameras on Their Heads
  Britain is taking its surveillance to a new level by strapping video cameras to police officers' heads, the government said Friday.
• Reporter's Notebook: Bloody War on Drugs in Mexico
  But is the anti-cartel campaign only making the violence worse? Our FOX crew took an exclusive behind the scenes look on the frontlines of the war on drugs in Mexico City.
• Security Tightened Across Pakistan
  Security was tightened Friday outside mosques and government facilities across Pakistan, after Islamic radicals threatened protests over a government assault that left more than 100 dead at a mosque in the capital, officials said.
• American Brothers Gored in Running of the Bulls
  Two American brothers seriously gored during a bull run in the northeastern Spanish city of Pamplona were recovering at a hospital Friday.
• Russian Flight Returns to Airport After Fight Breaks Out
  Passengers aboard a Russian jetliner brawled during a flight to Turkey, prompting the crew to return to St. Petersburg and police to detain three drunk passengers upon landing, an airline official said Friday.
• Baby Survives 8-Story Fall
  A drunken man tossed his 10-month-old baby out a window in China's commercial hub of Shanghai, but the girl survived the eight-story plunge, newspapers reported Friday.
• Spain Seizes Treasure Hunting Company's Ship
  Spanish Civil Guards on Thursday heightened a battle over a $500 million treasure of gold and silver coins from a shipwreck when they seized a vessel belonging to a Tampa, Fla.,-based company.
• Dutch Lawmaker: Jail Women Who Wear Burqas
  A right-wing Dutch lawmaker wants women jailed for wearing the head-to-toe Islamic robe known as a burqa, calling it a "symbol of oppression."
• Chinese Pork Attracting Robbers
  Robbers in southern China are stealing pork due to rising prices for the meat, officials said.
• U.S. Troops Kill 6 Iraqi Policemen
  U.S. forces battled Iraqi police and gunmen Friday, killing six policemen, after an American raid captured an Iraqi police lieutenant accused of leading a cell of Shiite militiamen, the military said. Seven gunmen also died in the fight.
• U.N. Peacekeepers Probed for Gold Smuggling
  U.N. opens investiagtion into gold smuggling allegations against Indian peacekeepers stationed on the border with Rwanda.
• Powerful Typhoon Hits Southern Japan
  A powerful typhoon pounded Japan's southern Okinawa island chain Friday, cutting power to tens of thousands of households and grounding flights with winds up to 100 mph, officials said.
• 20 Missing as Ship Sinks Off Indonesia
  Rescue workers scoured Indonesian waters after a ship carrying 59 people capsized in stormy weather, killing at least two children and leaving more than 20 missing, a port official said Thursday.

SHOWS

• Hannity & Colmes: Hannity & Colmes: Ted Nugent Targeted for Assassination?
  Rocker Ted Nugent claims he's been targeted for assassination by liberal blogger
• Hannity & Colmes: Hannity & Colmes: Fred Thompson
  Fred Thompson inches closer to White House run
• On the Record w/ Greta: Birkhead's ugly legal fight with Opri
  Larry Birkhead's attorney on ugly legal fight with Debra Opri
• On the Record w/ Greta: Greta Van Susteren: Tony Dungy's Quiet Strength
  Fashion frenzy? Check out my video blog today
• Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld: Greg Gutfeld: God Is Here to Stay. Deal With It!
  God is here to stay. Deal with it!
• Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld: Greg Gutfeld: Root of All Evil? 'Root Causers'
  I hate 'root causers'
• Special Report w/ Brit Hume: Brit Hume's Political Grapevine
  Online outage: Is anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan losing her voice?
• Specials: Final Delivery: The Pizza Bomber Mystery
  For three years the FBI, ATF and state police couldn't crack this bizarre case. Now we have some answers, but do we really know the whole truth?
• The Big Story w/ John Gibson: John Gibson: Week's Winners and Losers
  The week's winners and losers
• The O'Reilly Factor: Bill O'Reilly: The Truth About Iraq
  The truth about Iraq
• The O'Reilly Factor: Tony Snow on Iraq
  White House spokesman Tony Snow on supporting U.S. efforts in Iraq
• War Stories: War Stories: Silent Warriors episode
  A look at the special role played by submarines of the Pacific
• War Stories: War Stories: Animal Warriors
  How our four legged friends have braved enemy fire to our troops safe
• Your World w/ Neil Cavuto: Neil Cavuto: The Economy Stinks? Says Who?
  The economy stinks? Says who?

FOX FAN

• New Quiz: Check to see how much you remember!
  Check to see how much you remember!
• Adam Housley: Drug Cartels in Mexico City
  Our undercover drug officer walks us through one neighborhood called “Tipito,” where anything can be bought and murder in broad daylight is common.
• Coming Up on FOX News Sunday: New Sentence for Libby
  Our panel discusses whether the president successfully stopped the Republican revolt on Iraq and the week in 2008 politics.
• FOX Fan Mailbox
  Thanks for sending us your questions — although we can't write back to everybody, we're going to start posting answers to some of your queries here.
• Dick Morris, Eileen McGann: Is Hillary Hedging on Hedge Funds?
  Although Hillary Clinton claims to support tax "fairness," she can't make up her mind about whether Wall Street barons should have to pay the same tax rate as regular workers she loves and the corporatiosn she loathes.
• Father Jonathan: Reactions to Catholic Controversy
  I’m always amazed at how many non-Catholics and non-Christians follow your writings. Click over for Fthr. Jonathan's Response!
• How Much News Do You Know?
  How Much News Do You Know?