NEW YORK – Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg (search) has poured $46.6 million of his own cash into his campaign for a second term, including nearly $20 million on advertising, according to finance reports. The media mogul with a $5 billion fortune, which makes him the 40th richest American on Forbes …

Overweight Americans who blame fast food restaurants for causing their obesity won’t get their day in court if the U.S. House of Representatives gets its way. House lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill banning obesity-related lawsuits against restaurants and food manufacturers. More than 20 states already have such laws on …

LONDON – Irish author John Banville’s (search) novel, “The Sea,” which follows a man who returns to an Irish seaside town to confront traumatic memories, beat favorites to win Britain’s top literary honor, the Man Booker Prize (search). Banville’s offering trumped Julian Barnes (search), former winner Kazuo Ishiguro and Zadie …

BATON ROUGE, La – More arrests are likely as authorities investigate at least 140 patient deaths at nursing homes and hospitals during and after Hurricane Katrina (search), including allegations that some patients may have been euthanized, the Louisiana attorney general’s office said Friday. Six hospitals and 13 nursing homes in …

TIJUANA, Mexico – A Roman Catholic priest was found shot to death in his car with his hands cuffed in the rough border city of Tijuana (search) on Monday, in what police said appeared to be an organized-crime killing. Tijuana Bishop Rafael Romo (search) said “the Church has been wounded,” …

KABUL, Afghanistan – Election authorities have fired about 50 employees for suspected fraud in last month’s legislative polls, officials said Sunday, casting a shadow on Afghanistan’s (search) latest step toward democracy. Some 680 ballot boxes, about 3 percent of votes, have been taken out of the counting process because of …

TUCSON, Ariz. – A fired employee of a natural gas distribution company has been indicted on charges he sabotaged the utility’s pipelines by puncturing them and tampering with valves, authorities said. A federal indictment released Friday charges Thomas Lee Young, 58, with 16 counts of destruction of energy facilities between …

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This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” October 13, 2005, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Now a guy says this avian flu (search) could have repercussions for the way we all work, even if it never hits here. Joining me now from the …

PARIS – Jane Fonda (search) canceled plans to attend a premiere of a documentary about her former husband Roger Vadim (search) on Monday because of hip and back problems that prompted her to seek treatment at a Paris hospital. Flying to France had left Fonda with hip and back pain, …