Pushing more docs to ditch prescription pad

The push for paperless prescriptions is about to get a boost: Starting in January, doctors who e-prescribe can get bonus pay from Medicare.

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N.Y. governor not laughing at 'SNL' skit

A "Saturday Night Live" skit portraying New York's blind governor as a bumbling leader didn't get a laugh from Gov. David Paterson.

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3 dead after military jet crashes in Calif.

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Tribune Co. files for bankruptcy protection

Media conglomerate Tribune Co., smothered by $13 billion in debt and weak prospects for generating cash through advertising has sought bankruptcy protection.

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Mavericks owner accused of insider trading

Securities and Exchange Commission accuses Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban of insider trading.

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Priest: No communion for Obama supporters

A South Carolina Roman Catholic priest has told his parishioners that they should refrain from receiving Holy Communion if they voted for Barack Obama because the Democratic president-elect supports abortion.

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Man's coffin kills wife on way to cemetery

Police say a woman has died on the way to a cemetery when a traffic accident hurled her husband's coffin against the back of her neck.

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Hospitals ease ER crowding with beds in halls

Hospital officials nationwide are being urged to consider hallway medicine as a way to ease emergency department crowding, and some are trying it.

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Search continues for abducted Nevada boy

Authorities say they will continue to search for a 6-year-old boy who was snatched from his Las Vegas home this week.

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'Plumber' says he has no plumbing license

Joe the Plumber, America's most famous tradesman, said Thursday he doesn't have a license and doesn't need one.

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Mortgage forgiven for 90-year-old who shot self

Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae said it is forgiving the mortgage debt of a 90-year-old woman who shot herself in the chest as sheriff's deputies attempted to evict her.

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House, in second effort, passes bailout bill

The House passed a $700 billion bailout of the financial services industry Friday, reversing itself after members came around to a larger Senate version.

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Student, city fight for Olympic Web site

A 29-year-old MBA student is countersuing the Chicago Olympic committee for rights to Chicago2016.com.

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Beer drinkers sue to stop InBev-Bud merger

Ten angry beer drinkers are trying to derail the largest brewery takeover in history.

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Exoskeleton suit helps paralyzed people walk

paralyzed for the past 20 years, former Israeli paratrooper Radi Kaiof now walks down the street with a dim mechanical hum.

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U.S. turns over Mexican accused in 19 slayings

A Mexican national wanted in connection with the 1998 drug-related massacre of 19 people in the Baja California resort town of Ensenada has been captured and turned over to Mexican authorities, U.S. immigration officials said Sunday.

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Italian priest organizes beauty contest for nuns

An Italian priest and theologian said Sunday he is organizing an online beauty pageant for nuns to give them more visibility within the Catholic Church and to fight the stereotype that they are all old and dour.

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Steel cross installed near Flight 93 site in Pa.

As hundreds of firefighters bowed their heads in prayer, a cross made out of steel from the World Trade Center was dedicated Sunday near where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into the ground on Sept. 11.

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Paris' mom takes offense at McCain's humor

Paris Hilton's mother doesn't share John McCain's sense of humor. On Sunday, Kathy Hilton, a McCain donor, registered her disapproval over the Republican presidental nominee's TV ads that feature her daughter.

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