Businesses must prepare for a severe shortage of employees and other disruptions associated with a potential bird-flu pandemic, according to a White House report released Wednesday. Click here to visit FOXBusiness.com’s NEW Small Business page. The 228-page report outlines several hundred point-by-point steps to be implemented by federal agencies and …

JERUSALEM – Israel‘s high court narrowly upheld on Sunday a controversial law that bars West Bank Palestinians from living with spouses and children who are Arab citizens of Israel. The law, passed in 2002 at the height of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, is believed to have kept hundreds, and possibly thousands, of …

LOS ANGELES – Rap music mogul Suge Knight testified Friday that his Death Row Records struggled after he was jailed several times and hit with a $107 million judgment in a case by a couple claiming they helped start the label. Knight answered questions about his business at a federal …

WASHINGTON – America’s economy is strong. Or it’s in trouble. It just depends on who’s talking. Trying to retool his message and right his listing presidency, President Bush is speaking out more frequently and forcefully on the economy. It’s in good shape right now, his advisers say, and they want …

WASHINGTON – The newly chosen president of Gallaudet University, the nation’s only liberal arts college for the deaf, received a no-confidence vote from faculty Monday in a dispute that she said comes down to whether she is “deaf enough” for the job. The vote, which passed 93-43, is nonbinding. The …

NEW YORK – In an extraordinary move, NBC has completely revamped the fall schedule it announced only last week after seeing what its broadcast rivals had done. NBC moved “Law & Order” to Friday nights, took “Medium” off the schedule until midseason and shifted its highly touted Aaron Sorkin show …

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A federal judge on Friday reaffirmed her ruling that gives some families of Sept. 11 victims access to evidence in the Zacarias Moussaoui trial as part of two civil lawsuits that have been filed. Prosecutors had asked U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema to reconsider her April 7 …

COLORADO CITY, Ariz. – Law enforcement authorities meeting to discuss the search for a fugitive church leader now on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list didn’t receive a warm welcome from the polygamous community. Some residents were seen leaving town as police and prosecutors arrived Tuesday. “People weren’t exactly waiting …

When the Chicago city council decided to cut the fat out in late April, they weren’t talking about the governmental budget. Instead, they were placing themselves at the forefront of a movement that has animal rights activists cheering and America’s gourmands shaking in their bibs. The Chicago ordinance, passed nearly …

TOKYO – Stung by repeated setbacks, Japan’s space agency plans to start talks next month with NASA about jointly developing a supersonic successor to the retired Concorde, an official said Monday. Japan is trying to leapfrog ahead in the aerospace field with a plan to build a next-generation airliner that …