ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A new explosive has begun to replace 19th century black powder as Alaska Natives seek more humane weaponry in the traditional hunt for bowhead whales. “It’s a lot safer,” said Eugene Brower, a Barrow whaling captain who chairs the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission‘s weapons improvement program. Brower …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. average retail price for gasoline fell below $2.20 a gallon for the first time since late June, the government’s top energy forecasting agency said Monday. The national price for regular unleaded gasoline declined 4.7 cents over the last week to an average $2.15 a gallon, up …

MONTREAL – The United States came under renewed criticism Tuesday as thousands of environmentalists and international officials hammered out rules for a global treaty to cut greenhouse gas emissions. U.S. comments that it would resist any binding commitment to curb global warming by capping industrial emissions infuriated environmentalists, who accused …

I’m getting a real sense for the first time that the holiday season is here and it wasn’t because we spent two segments talking about turkeys. The weather cold, the numbers of fans from out of town plentiful, and once again James Rosen is covering the President in Crawford. For …

Andrew Stack joined FOX News Channel (FNC) as a reporter in December 2004. Prior to joining FNC, he worked as a reporter at news stations throughout the country. From 2003-2004 Stack traveled with the 142nd Military Intelligence Battalion from Kuwait to Baghdad. His coverage earned him two Emmy Awards in …

BAKU, Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan’s (search) top election authority performed an abrupt about-face Tuesday and said that voters could use Soviet-era passports and temporary documents as proof of their identity when voting in this weekend’s parliamentary election. The move came just hours after a group representing thousands of devout Muslim women …

LOS ANGELES – A transient who broke into Jennifer Aniston’s (search) rented Malibu (search) beach house pleaded no contest to a burglary charge on Tuesday and was sentenced to one year in jail. Superior Court Judge Karen Nudell ordered David Hesterbey, 49, to undergo psychological counseling as part of a …

BERLIN – Some 2,000 neo-Nazis clashed with police on Saturday outside Germany’s largest World War II soldiers cemetery, where the extremists had hoped to stage a demonstration in honor of the Nazi soldiers. Thousands of police were on hand in Halbe to keep the peace between the roughly 2,000 skinheads …

DETROIT – DaimlerChrysler’s (DCX) Chrysler division Thursday said it was raising its customer incentives and offering buyers more than $2,000 worth of free gasoline in a bid to combat slumping U.S. auto sales. The move follows sweeter incentive offers announced earlier this week by General Motors Corp. (GM) and Ford …

The risk of cervical cancer may linger for many years despite preventive treatment in high-risk women, according to a new study. Researchers found that women who had potentially precancerous cells removed from their cervix remain at increased risk for developing cervical cancer for up to 20 years after treatment. Cervical …