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SEATTLE – A close friend of Washington Lt. Gov. Brad Owen shot one of Owen’s sons in an apparent workplace dispute Monday afternoon and then shot himself in the head, the lieutenant governor said. Mark Owen, 37, was listed in satisfactory condition Monday evening at Harborview Medical Center. The lieutenant …

A U.S. clinical study suggests that just half a dose of the Novartis AG H1N1 vaccine may be enough to generate a protective immune response, the Swiss drugmaker said on Tuesday. Novartis said data from about 4,000 individuals suggested that half a dose of its U.S.-approved unadjuvanted H1N1 vaccine met …

SAN FRANCISCO – Three members of a California family are in intensive care after eating mushrooms they picked in the wild. Officials at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco say the three have been hospitalized since Tuesday after eating so-called “death cap” mushrooms. The mushrooms are among the world’s …

This is a RUSH transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” August 31, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! LAURA INGRAHAM, GUEST HOST: Continuing now with our lead story tonight. Even some …

This is a rush transcript from “The Journal Editorial Report,” September 26, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. PAUL GIGOT, FOX HOST: Coming up next… (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: We have sought in word and deed a new era of …

The tipping point came when the president promised to sign an executive order saying that no federal funding will be used for abortion activity. That swayed some pro-life Democrats to his cause. But there is no question that most Americans do not want Obamacare passed into law. All the polls …

Umm, problem: About those kids with prior medical conditions all being covered under health care now? One tiny correction: not all kids and not all conditions. It turns out they rushed that one out before they checked the fine print out, which is really surprising since Democratic leaders insisted they …

Fonda Fantastic in Broadway Return | Just 300,000 CD Fans Left in Us? | Steven Tyler Goes To Camp; John Hamburg Goes South Fonda Fantastic in Broadway Return Jane Fonda gives a Tony award winning performance in “33 Variations,” which opened on Broadway last night to standing ovations. But you …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Death and Taxes The taxman cometh, but maybe not in 2010 for some wealthy Americans. The estate tax is due to expire Thursday, meaning estates valued at more than $3.5 million would no longer be taxed at 45 percent. Instead, the rate …

Maintain A Healthy Waist-To-Hip Ratio was written to clear up confusion about the true purpose of that measurement. In that article, the concept of a waist-to-shoulder ratio (WSR) was introduced, with the tagline that people with a WSR < 0.75 are described as more attractive by the opposite sex. With …