DETROIT – A little bit of Eight Mile Road history signed by Eminem (search) is on its way to Nebraska. Someone from the Cornhusker State paid $685 for the last of 30 commemorative bricks from the recently demolished Detroit Artillery Armory on Eight Mile in Oak Park. That’s the most …

ORLANDO, Fla. – A national meeting of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (search) rejected a proposal Friday that would have allowed gays in committed relationships to serve as clergy under certain conditions. The measure would have affirmed the church ban on ordaining sexually active gays and lesbians, but would …

DENVER – The Air Force (search) released new guidelines for religious tolerance Monday that discourage public prayer at official functions and urge commanders to be sensitive about personal expressions of religious faith. The document directs chaplains to “respect the rights of others to their own religious beliefs, including the right …

I have two tech funds that have dropped 72% since I bought them. Should I hold on or am I beating a dead horse? QUESTION: I have two technology funds with $12,000 invested. Combined, they are down about 72%. I feel I should just hold on to them, since they …

This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” August 30, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Hannity & Colmes” weeknights at 9 p.m. ET! SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: And welcome back to a special edition of “Hannity & Colmes.” I’m Sean Hannity. The storm has passed, but weather …

JERUSALEM – Benjamin Netanyahu (search) blasted Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Wednesday for withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, formally opening his campaign to unseat him with an appeal to nationalist members of their governing Likud Party. The split in Israel’s largest party has called into question whether Sharon’s government can …

Retirement requires investors to ask a whole new set of questions. We have the answers. TWO WEEKS INTO retirement, Steve Furste of Zionsville, Ind., started looking for work. Like many recent retirees, the 59-year-old former manager of community affairs and charitable contributions for Dow AgroSciences, who retired in July 2004, …

There’s nothing confining about “Prison Break.” (search) Michael Scofield’s brother Lincoln Burrows is on death row and scheduled to die for a murder he did not commit — or so Michael believes when he holds up a bank to get himself jailed alongside Lincoln and plot their breakout. And that’s …

NEW YORK – Morgan Stanley on Tuesday said its fourth-quarter earnings rose 49 percent, exceeding expectations, as rising investment banking and trading income and a one-time tax benefit outpaced higher credit card losses and expenses related to management turmoil earlier this year. New York-based Morgan Stanley said net income rose …

NEW ORLEANS – A vagrant wanted for questioning in a rape overpowered a 24-year-old police officer who was trying to handcuff him, then shot her to death with her own weapon Monday, police said. The officer’s death was a blow to this city’s psyche, where hopes are high that a …