JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Ariel Sharon left the hospital Tuesday, saying he is in a hurry and fit enough to get back to work after suffering a mild stroke, but aides suggested the rotund 77-year-old may not follow doctors’ orders to go on a diet. Sharon returned to the fray …

LOS ANGELES – At least one Jamie Lynn Spears mystery is over. The younger Spears sister’s popular TV character is back at her fictional California boarding school, although the pregnant 16-year-old star of the children’s show “Zoey 101” is continuing to stay out of the limelight herself. “Zoey 101” concluded …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Three is the magic number for Playboy magazine’s March issue. Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson — better known as Hugh Hefner’s trio of blonde girlfriends from E!’s “The Girls Next Door” reality series — will appear for the third time on the cover of Playboy. …

INDIANAPOLIS – A 2-month-old boy in the hospital on New Year’s Day for hernia surgery may lose his arm because hospital staff did not immediately notice an intravenous needle slipped from a vein and began pouring solution into his arm. By the time staff at Riley Hospital for Children in …

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Eli Manning has arrived, and just in time to take his New York Giants on an improbable trip to the Super Bowl. A suddenly matured Manning guided the Giants to their 10th straight road win Sunday, a frostbitten 23-20 overtime victory over Brett Favre and the …

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. – Orange County sheriff’s deputies shot to death a man they said stole a patrol car and ran over a deputy’s foot. Click here for more on this story from MyFOXLA.com A sheriff’s spokesman said two deputies were approaching a suspicious person about 7 p.m. Friday in …

DETROIT – By a 5-4 vote, the Detroit City Council on Tuesday approved a resolution to start the impeachment process of embattled Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. It also approved a separate resolution to ask Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to expel the mayor. The council is going down this dual-track path, in …

HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Police say a Hutchinson woman bit off the end of her husband’s finger during an argument at their home over the weekend. Lt. Clay Rothe said the woman, 45-year-old Adelghun Khinde Johnson, hit her husband, David Johnson, three times and he pushed her away as they quarreled …

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A federal judge has refused to toss out a bribery indictment against a Louisiana congressman who argued that his alleged misdeeds were technically more akin to influence peddling than bribery. In an order made public Tuesday, U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III denied a motion filed by …

The reported “other woman” in Shania Twain’s separation from her husband was a close friend of the singer’s, sources told People magazine. “Their two families would vacation and spend holidays together,” one source said. “Shania considered Marie-Anne one of her best friends.” Music producer Robert “Mutt” Lange’s relationship with Marie-Anne …