NEW YORK – Sen. Norm Coleman (search), R-Minn., is preparing subpoenas in order to force two former Oil-for-Food (search) investigators to testify before a congressional panel, FOX News has learned. Coleman, chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, could issue the subpoenas as early as Thursday, directly challenging the …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – With the father of a slain 9-year-old looking on, Gov. Jeb Bush (search) signed legislation Monday that strengthens punishment and monitoring of child sex abusers. The Jessica Lunsford Act (search) requires those who prey on children under 12 to be sentenced to at least 25 years in …

NEW YORK – Oil prices climbed above $50 a barrel Wednesday despite rising U.S. inventories of crude oil and gasoline, a counterintuitive market response that analysts chalked up to technical trading and speculation about future supply tightness. Light, sweet crude (search) for June delivery rose 63 cents to settle at …

ATLANTA – The Florida murder suspect whose 56-hour crane standoff led to a traffic-clogging spectacle in Atlanta last week was denied bail Monday pending an extradition hearing. A brief hearing was held Monday at the Fulton County Jail for Carl Edward Roland (search), who will appear Tuesday in Superior Court …

EAST LYNNE, Mo. – Seven of 10 classroom teachers in a tiny school district resigned after a colleague was fired for helping an 11-year-old girl who was left alone in a playground to pick up rocks as punishment. The fourth-grader in the East Lynne School District in Cass County was …

NEW YORK – Topher Grace (search), who starred in “That ’70s Show,” has joined the cast of “Spider-Man 3.” Although his character wasn’t revealed, director Sam Raimi (search) said Grace “will be perfect for the complexities of the role we are developing.” “Topher Grace is an extraordinarily talented actor,” Raimi …

AMMAN, Jordan – Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (search) arrived in neighboring Jordan (search) Saturday on his first state visit abroad for talks expected to focus on improving ties strained by a February homicide bombing in Iraq erroneously blamed on a Jordanian. Talabani received a red-carpet welcome on arrival at an …

WASHINGTON – A Georgia telemarketing executive pleaded guilty Tuesday to obstructing federal regulators’ probe of an alleged nationwide securities fraud scheme that used voicemail messages made to seem accidentally left on people’s answering machines to pique their interest in stocks. Michael J. O’Grady (search), who was the president of Georgia-based …

Could antioxidants add years to your life? It’s a controversial topic, say researchers who recently tested the theory in mice. Peter Rabinovitch, MD, PhD, and colleagues don’t have the final answer. But they did find that mice that made more of an antioxidant called catalase lived longer than normal. How …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The mistrial for highway shooter Charles McCoy Jr. (search) might make his attorneys less likely to accept a plea deal even though second trials tend to favor the prosecution, experts said Monday. A hung jury was declared Sunday after four days of deliberations in the trial of …