Join host Brit Hume and FOX’s Team Washington weekdays at 6 p.m. ET for “Special Report” — Find out what’s happening inside the Beltway and on the world stage. • Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers (search) said she would try to give more information about herself to senators in charge …

NEW YORK – Yum Brands Inc. (YUM), owner of the KFC and Taco Bell fast-food chains, on Wednesday said third-quarter earnings rose nearly 16 percent on strong sales in the United States and growth overseas. Yum, whose shares rose 5 percent, said net income rose to $214 million, or 72 …

NEW YORK – Estate planning is not just a one-time thing. Regular updating is necessary to make sure that your financial plan is covering all of your bases. Bob Carlson, creator of Bob Carlson’s Retirement Watch newsletter, has created a list of situations and questions that would require you to …

Go “On the Record” weeknights at 10 p.m. ET California lawyer Daniel Horowitz (search) made a horrific discovery when he came home on Saturday. He found his wife’s murdered body in the entrance of their California home. We’ll get the latest on the investigation from Henry Lee, reporter for the …

Like a lot of tough guys, commercial airline pilot Cpt. Edward J. Wilson has a tattoo on the left side of his chest that he’s only too happy to show off. But his tattoo isn’t a skull and crossbones or a heart with his wife’s name scrolled across it. Wilson’s …

DALLAS – Harriet Miers spent her teens in an all-white high school far removed from the racial and social upheaval of the early 1960s, consumed instead with academics, tennis and even a stint as the school newspaper’s assistant sports editor. President Bush’s choice for the Supreme Court grew up in …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The first sale of state oil and gas leases in 22 years on the Alaska Peninsula generated 37 bids Wednesday, with a major oil company winning the most. Shell Offshore Inc., part of Shell Exploration & Production Co. (search), was the high bidder on 33 tracts, all …

BISMARCK, N.D. – An early winter storm that blasted in from the Rockies dumped heavy snow across the region, knocking out power to thousands and forcing National Guard soldiers to rescue stranded motorists. Up to 2 feet of snow had fallen by Wednesday night in parts of North Dakota, with …

BANGKOK, Thailand – A 48-year-old man died of bird flu in Thailand (search) after handling his neighbor’s sick chickens, and Taiwan confirmed on Thursday the island nation’s first case of the disease in birds smuggled in from China. In Russia (search), emergency workers were killing domestic and wild fowl in …

GUATEMALA CITY – A week of mudslides and flooding across Guatemala have killed more than 500 people and left another 337 missing, federal emergency officials said Saturday as rescuers in Central America and Mexico (search) still tried to reach isolated areas. The newest death toll includes 37 people killed by …