WASHINGTON – The sizzling housing market may have cooled at the end of 2005, but still-surging home prices did not reflect it, according to a report Wednesday from a real estate trade group. The National Association of Realtors said a record 72 metropolitan areas had double-digit gains in sales prices …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s president lashed out Wednesday at the United States and vowed to resist the pressure of “bully countries” as European nations circulated a draft resolution urging that Tehran be brought before the U.N. Security Council for its nuclear activities. In a speech to thousands of supporters hours …

Out-of-the-ordinary news from the folks at “Studio B”… Cut-Off Date Some people wait a long time to get a haircut. Maybe a month, two months. But one Ohio woman waited a lot longer than that. Try 20 years. Cathy Collins hair reached all the way down to her thighs. She …

TOKYO – Hoping to unlock the mysteries of black holes and the Big Bang, a team of scientists from Japan and seven other countries has apparently detected its first neutrinos in a multiyear project underway in Antarctica. The project, dubbed “IceCube,” was launched in 2002, but only detected its first …

MANCHESTER, Conn. – Thomas Haley was unloading supplies for his job at Hardy’s Hardware when he said something odd caught his eye: the face of Jesus Christ on a piece of sheet metal. Now, Haley and a co-worker are hawking the holy hardware on eBay, hoping potential bidders will agree …

LONDON – Lawyers for a Miami company attempting to block a Dubai firm’s takeover of a British port operator said Tuesday their client’s business could be hurt if the deal goes through. Paul Downes, a lawyer for Miami-based cargo-handler Eller & Co., told Britain’s High Court that Eller would be …

This is a partial transcript from “The Journal Editorial Report,” February 11, 2006, that was edited for clarity. PAUL GIGOT, HOST: Protests continue throughout the Muslim world this week over the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper over four months ago. Questions arising, however, about …

NEW YORK – The first thing women might want to put on their shopping list for fall is a pair of long leather gloves. They’ve emerged at New York Fashion Week as a surefire trend. And they’re practical, too, because many of the coats and sweaters on the runway have …

This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” February 23, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. JOHN GIBSON, HOST: An attack on a Shiite shrine in Iraq has led to mass protests and deadly violence across the country. More than 100 people have been killed …

LOS ANGELES – Britney Spears has taken responsibility — well, some of it — for driving with her baby son, Sean Preston, sitting in her lap. “I made a mistake and so it is what it is, I guess,” Spears tells “Access Hollywood” in an interview that was to air …