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TORONTO – The U.S. and Asian ban on British Columbia poultry will have a minimal effect on the Canadian economy because British Columbia exports less than 10 percent of its flock, Canadian officials said Tuesday. The U.S., Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan banned poultry from mainland British Columbia on Monday …

WASHINGTON – As the holiday season makes its official debut this week, law enforcement and consumer officials say that people will be prone to identity theft over the next few anxious, frenzied, credit-card-swiping weeks. “Identity theft in general should be a huge concern for everybody. It’s one of those crimes …

NEW YORK – U.S. troops could begin leaving Iraq in significant numbers sometime next year, so long as Iraqi forces are properly armed and trained by then, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi told a U.S. audience on Friday. Chalabi, the controversial former exile who came to New York after …

WASHINGTON – Producers of tomatoes, tomato sauce and dietary supplements containing lycopene — the substance that makes tomatoes red — will not be allowed to advertise claims that they reduce the risk of many forms of cancer. The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it will allow only a …

This is a partial transcript from “On the Record,” 9, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: This is a FOX News Alert. At least 67 people are dead and nearly 300 are wounded after terrorists bombed three international hotels in Amman, Jordan. Joining us live …

NEW YORK – Although Internet domain names may be getting longer or more complex as Web sites creatively squeeze into the crowded “.com” address space, most single-letter names like “a.com” and “b.com” remain unused. That may soon change as the Internet’s key oversight agency considers lifting restrictions on the simplest …

BRASILIA, Brazil – President Bush’s detour to Virginia on his way home from Latin America on Monday shows that, despite all his troubles, he can still be considered an asset in a close political race. Bush will try to push Republican gubernatorial candidate Jerry Kilgore (search) over the edge in …

NEW YORK – Tom Cruise has made an unusual purchase for his fiancee Katie Holmes — one that will let them see the development of their baby. “I bought a sonogram machine,” Cruise says on ABC’s “Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2005,” to air Nov. 29 …

An experimental vaccine against nicotine is “safe” and “promising,” researchers report. The vaccine is called NicVax. It’s designed to make the body produce antibodies against nicotine. So far, studies of NicVax have focused on the vaccine’s safety and effects on the immune system. The vaccine’s effectiveness will be directly tested …

ST. LOUIS – Songbirds may be the Sinatras of the animal world, but male mice can carry a tune too, say Washington University researchers who were surprised by what they heard. Scientists have known for decades that male lab mice produce high-frequency sounds (search) — undetectable by human ears — …