LOS ANGELES – A scorpion stung a woman on the hand just before her flight from Los Angeles to Portland took off. Flight 567 was taxiing on the runway Saturday night when the passenger was stung, Alaska Airlines spokesman Cole Cosgrove said. The plane returned to the gate, and the …

ASPEN, Colo. – The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado says the body of a skier who died in an Aspen Mountain avalanche has been recovered. The body had been found Monday afternoon at the bottom of a snow-covered chute at about 9,400 feet after a fellow skier notified emergency …

WASHINGTON – A new drug sheriff with a hawkish reputation is coming to town, and an unlikely assortment of Washington policy watchers want some guarantees that he’s not going to get carried away. Some 65 groups as far apart on the political scale as the right-ish Eagle Forum and the …

Michael Jackson | ‘SNL’ Stars Are Safe | Lindsay Lohan Jacko: Courting Trouble Again? The atrocious behavior of Lindsay Lohan‘s parents is just one reason why the 21-year-old actress is in so much trouble now. That’s what those who are really close to Lindsay and now fear for her life …

Here are some of your responses to Mike Straka’s last column about Michael Vick: Cyndy G. writes: You choose to be in the public spotlight, you should be held to a higher public standard! This includes athletes, music/movie/TV celebrities and politicians. Remember, it was a choice! J. Olsson writes: Let’s …

Jacko Can’t Wed Married Nanny | Leeza’s Ex Cleared of Rape | Blues Before Rhythm Jacko Can’t Wed Nanny: She’s Married The nanny to Michael Jackson’s kids, Grace Rwaramba, isn’t going to marry the pop star, nor is she drugging him, either. As for the first part, it would seem …

WASHINGTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency has provided housing assistance to more than 770,000 families hurt by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, but the agency is now catching a bad rap because of nearly 11,000 mobile homes sinking in a cow pasture in Arkansas, FEMA officials say. “It’s infuriating,” said …

Diet and exercise are probably the best way to slim down and tone for beach season, but there may be a new option on the block. Less invasive, fat-dissolving, skin tightening body contouring procedures can seem oh-so-appealing when weighed against other options, such as liposuction. Some of the latest innovations …

The “Swiftboating” of Cindy Sheehan, that is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo”. This story is no longer about Ms. Sheehan. It’s now about the far-left media trying to legitimatize her in the face of some damning evidence. Sympathetic newspaper columnists are putting forth that Cindy is being …

Ray Charles | Tom Hanks | Jacko Accuser’s Mom Ray Charles: ‘Genius II’ Loves Trouble Don’t get too excited about those announcements last week of a “new” Ray Charles duets album. I’m told there’s trouble brewing on this project that has not been addressed. Earlier this year, Charles won a …