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MOSCOW – The U.N. Security Council’s five permanent members are moving significantly closer in their positions on an Iraq resolution, Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said Friday. Ivanov’s comments followed a senior U.S. official’s statement Thursday that the resolution would be delayed as Washington revised its draft to reflect the …

NEW YORK – Stocks rose Friday, capping their fourth straight week of gains, as investorschose toshrug offweak reports on jobs and manufacturing amid hopes that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 120.61 points, or 1.44 percent, at 8,517.64, after closingOctober …

BOSTON – University of Massachusetts president William Bulger will be subpoenaed to testify about his fugitive crime boss brother after refusing requests to appear voluntarily, an official said Saturday. James Wilson, head lawyer for the House Government Reform Committee, said Bulger’s lawyer, Thomas Kiley, told him his client would not …

LOS ANGELES – Seepage through a dam had stopped Saturday but most residents of Corona (search) remained out of their homes in a voluntary, precautionary evacuation. Although a mandatory evacuation was canceled, people were being urged to stay away from homes and a mobile home park until Monday afternoon while …

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) has combined its printing unit with its personal-computer division, helping end speculation that the technology giant would follow competitors in spinning off divisions. The move aims to strengthen the company’s market position and get new products out faster, the company said Friday. In …

ST. LOUIS – Going against the grain in courting the young cocktail crowd, beermaker Anheuser-Busch Cos. (BUD) is launching a new “brew” to go head-to-head with classic mixed drinks — traditional suds spiked with caffeine, fruit flavoring, herbal guarana and ginseng. The world’s largest brewer’s nationwide rollout this week of …

This is a partial transcript from “On the Record,” January 29, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “On the Record” every weeknight at 10 p.m. ET GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: We have another story developing here at home, the mysterious disappearance of Cindy Lynch (search), last seen January …

This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” January 20, 2005, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: True bipartisanship (search), that’s what Democrats are looking for from this president in the next four years. Many say he needs to change the way he works with …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Female interrogators tried to break Muslim detainees at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay (search) by sexual touching, wearing a miniskirt and thong underwear and in one case smearing a Saudi man’s face with fake menstrual blood, according to an insider’s written account. A …

Having extra copies of a gene that produces a blocking protein helps protect people from AIDS (search), a finding that may explain why some people are more susceptible to the disease than others, a new study reports. Researchers wondering why people from the same ancestry varied in their ability to …