NEW YORK – U.S. stock investors will keep a close eye on Treasury bond yields and economic reports this week as the market considers whether interest-rate increases will go further — and last longer — than originally thought. Attention will be paid on Thursday, when the February consumer price index …

WASHINGTON – The Defense Department will investigate allegations of an Army coverup in the shooting death in Afghanistan of Cpl. Pat Tillman, in addition to a criminal investigation into the 2004 killing of the former NFL star, the department said Monday. Gary Comerford, spokesman for the Defense Department‘s inspector general, …

PARIS – French student groups, bolstered by a firm show of support from trade unions, led a new protest march Tuesday to ratchet up pressure on the premier to scrap a contested labor law. Dominique de Villepin, meeting with ruling party lawmakers, expressed willingness to soften two provisions of the …

This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” March 29, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: Thousands of demonstrators who hit the streets this week to protest immigration reform, have they actually hurt their own cause with their anti-American signs? Well, one sign even featured …

BOSTON – Donald Trump, Ben Affleck, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jon Cryer and other celebrities have helped raise more than $2.8 million in a radio-telethon for the Jimmy Fund, the children’s cancer-fighting charity favored by the Boston Red Sox. The all-day fundraiser on WEEI-AM radio and New England Sports Network cable …

BERLIN – A judge on Wednesday denied a request to block the sale of Nazi and Ku Klux Klan merchandise at a county fair, saying the filed motion did not follow the proper procedures. Attorney Steve Jarrett had sought the injunction Tuesday, claiming Clearfield County got sales tax proceeds from …

BATON ROUGE, La. – A state law that would ban sales of violent video games to minors violates free speech rights and cannot be enforced, a judge ruled. U.S. District Judge James Brady said the state had no right to bar distribution of materials simply because they show violent behavior. …

WASHINGTON – An Army base in Missouri used the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy to kick out more soldiers than any other military installation last year, followed by an Army base on the Kentucky-Tennessee border and a naval base in Virginia. Sixty people were dismissed last year from Fort Leonard …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Looking for foreign aid after his election, Haitian President Rene Preval stopped in Havana. When Trinidad’s prime minister needed heart surgery, he twice turned to Cuban doctors. And when the U.N. held its annual vote to denounce the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, the Caribbean …

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanon‘s defense minister said Sunday he is certain Hezbollah will not break the cease-fire but warned all militant groups of harsh measures and a traitor’s fate if they incite Israeli retaliation by firing rockets into the Jewish state. Defense Minister Elias Murr’s strong remarks indicated concern that …