PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY (PNP) caretaker for St Catherine North Eastern, Phyllis Mitchell, yesterday received the green light from the Court of Appeal to challenge Gregory Mair's eligibility to sit in Parliament.

The Ministry of Health and Environment is appealing to parents or guardians who have children between one and 18 years to ensure that they are fully immunised, in the wake of an imported case of measles.At the same time, the

Ocho Rios, St Ann:Fire believed to have been caused by an electrical short circuit destroyed a 15-apartment building in Main Street, St Ann's Bay, yesterday, leaving 19 people homeless.The mostly wooden structure also housed...

The fraud case involving former state minister for energy, Kern Spencer, and his two associates, Coleen Wright and Rodney Chin, has again been delayed to facilitate the prosecution.The three are facing fraud and money-laundering...

Federal officials today released the final rewrite of a recovery plan for the threatened spotted owl. Critics reacted quickly, calling this version an improvement over a draft plan from last year. But they say it doesn't do enough to restrict

The Senate last night voted to nullify the FCC's decision to loosen media ownership rules which allows media companies to own a newspaper and atelevision station in the same market.Sponsored by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), and 26 othersenators - including

The Federal Communications Commission has dismissed the application by Satellite CD Radio Inc. (aka Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.) to launch and operate the FM-6 satellite.The FM-6 satellite was to replace two of Sirius' satellites - FM-1 and FM-2 - and

Barrington Research analyst Jim Goss writes in a recent report that he feels Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. is "better positioned" than XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. to achieve profitability should the merger not go through."We continue to believe that the

GORDON Brown has been urged not to back down over plans to detain terror suspects for up to 42 days â€" by one of his fiercest critics in the Labour Party.

THEY set off for distant peaks in long tweed skirts, but once away from prying male eyes, they continued their climb in starched knickerbockers.

MANCHESTER United fans reacted angrily to news that they will miss out on a Champions League Cup home-coming celebration in the wake of rioting by Rangers supporters.

HOUSE of Commons managers are considering whether to launch an appeal after losing a High Court battle to keep secret details of MPs' expenses.

TWO patients have died after contracting a bug which has struck in two different Scottish cities.

THE Scottish Government has been urged to come up with a 25-year plan to tackle the threat of flooding.

A YEAR after it refused to denounce Robert Mugabe's regime, the Church of Scotland has finally expressed outrage at events in Zimbabwe.

THE chairman of Rangers yesterday said he "deplored" the violence of fans in Manchester as police revealed the details of supporters charged in the wake of the running

FARMING is to blame for 25 per cent of Scotland's greenhouse gas emissions, a new report has revealed. The study into agriculture and its impact on the environment says

Jerry Springer is used to being in the limelight, but his appearance Friday in Chicago didn't have everyone chanting his name. CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports on the talk show host's speech at Northwestern University's law school graduation.

Many drivers looking for relief from soaring gas prices are turning to new kinds of vehicles. CBS 2's Derrick Blakely report the success of the Smart car may be the ultimate proof that Americans no longer believe bigger is better.

Three months. That's all that separated five Northern Illinois University students from receiving their degrees. The NIU community will send off their 2008 class on Saturday, and pay tribute to those that lost their lives in the deadly campus shooting.