CHICAGO – Ranchers in Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin are howling with anger about a wolf population that has skyrocketed to over 400 gray wolves (search) in their region. The species has been federally protected for over 30 years, but now the gray wolf is back in much bigger numbers. Wisconsin …

SAN FRANCISCO – Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday’s session are Costco Wholesale Corp., Starbucks Corp., Marriot International and Accenture Ltd. Accenture Ltd. (ACN) is expected to report fourth-quarter earnings of 36 cents a share, according to analysts polled by Thomson First Call. …

WASHINGTON – The political process is moving forward in Iraq (search) and “the way forward is clear,” President Bush said Monday as Iraqi ballot-counters continued to tally Saturday’s referendum on whether to approve a draft constitution formulated over the past several months. “An increase in turnout was an indication that …

VELIGONDA, India – Army divers searched Sunday for survivors and the dead in the submerged cars of a train that derailed and plunged into a rain-swollen river a day before in southern India, killing at least 110 people, officials said. The accident occurred early Saturday in the town of Veligonda …

Doctors using a razor the size of a grain of rice are shearing ribbons of yellowish sludge from inside clogged leg arteries. It’s the latest therapy for a hard-to-treat disease that slowly chokes off blood flow in millions of people’s legs. And the shavings it extracts are more than icky …

This is a partial transcript from “On the Record,” October 25, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: The United States government is very interested in the desperate search for Natalee Holloway (search). Earlier this week, Natalee’s mother met with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (search) …

Here’s what is on tap for Thursday: “FOX & Friends First” Starts at 6 a.m. ET No indictments have been handed down yet in the CIA leak (search) investigation. Is the grand jury running out of time? We’ll ask former federal prosecutor Tim Susanin. A 63-year old mystery could be …

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers, many of them upset with the performance of the Transportation Security Administration (search), hope to encourage airports to return to privately employed screeners. A provision in the Homeland Security (search) spending bill, which was passed by the House Thursday evening, shields airports from lawsuits if they switch …

WASHINGTON – President Bush wants to pick a replacement for retiring Federal Reserve (search) Chairman Alan Greenspan (search) as soon as possible, the White House said Friday. Spokesman Scott McClellan described Bush as actively in pursuit of the next Fed chairman. Greenspan’s 18-year run on the Federal Reserve is expected …

WASHINGTON – Reacting to a Supreme Court ruling, the Senate on Wednesday moved to bar some federal funds from projects where people’s homes are seized for private development. An amendment to the transportation, treasury and housing spending bill would prevent any money in the bill from being spent on projects …