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LLOS ANGELES – An elusive alligator who became the hero of song, shirt and short story after it was spotted living in a lake in a Los Angeles park hasn’t been seen since autumn, but officials are ready to try more trapping. Eight wranglers have failed to find Reggie the …

NEW YORK – Tony Bennett has recruited more than a dozen music heavyweights, including Bono, Paul McCartney and Barbra Streisand, to sing on his new album, “Tony Bennett: Duets/An American Classic.” The album of 18 songs, to be released Sept. 26, also features duets with Stevie Wonder, the Dixie Chicks, …

BRUSSELS, Belgium – European competition officials are wary about proposals to crack open Apple Computer’s (AAPL) iTunes Web store to other music players, despite concerns shown by consumer advocates. The French parliament is debating a new copyright bill that would require Apple to permit iTunes music to play on devices …

With midterm elections just four months away, the nation’s largest small-business lobby is pressing its members to get out the vote in support of small-business health-care plans and a repeal of the estate tax, among other issues. Click here to visit FOXBusiness.com’s Small Business page. “It will be important for …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – An Israeli airstrike targeting a key figure in Palestinian rocket attacks killed 10 people Tuesday, including the militant, two children and three medical workers who rushed to the scene of an initial blast. The deaths of at least eight civilians in the Gaza City attack …

WASHINGTON – Cell phone emissions excite the part of the brain cortex nearest to the phone, but it is not clear if these effects are harmful, Italian researchers reported on Monday. Their study, published in the Annals of Neurology, adds to a growing body of research about mobile phones, their …

NEW YORK – Wall Street slumped Tuesday as investors looked past another round of acquisitions and grew increasingly anxious about the Federal Reserve’s upcoming decision on interest rates. The Dow Jones industrials tumbled more than 120 points. Click here to visit FOXBusiness.com’s Investing Center. At the close, the Dow plunged …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nicole Kidman’s Aussie fiancé, Keith Urban, is country music’s sexiest man, according to a reader poll to be released Friday in Country Weekly. Readers picked their top 10 sexiest male country artists with Toby Keith, Trace Adkins, Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney rounding out the top five, …

WASHINGTON – Republican senators weighing a 2008 presidential bid united behind President Bush’s Iraq policy, while potential Democratic candidates favored troop withdrawals but split over a deadline for ending the U.S. military’s combat presence. “We cannot pull out and hope for the best,” said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., calling redeployments …

WASHINGTON – Concerned about the risk of sudden death or serious injury associated with Ritalin and other stimulants used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a federal advisory panel says the drugs should carry the most serious type of warning label. The proposed “black box” warning would inform doctors, patients …