WASHINGTON – A foundation is awarding grants to 32 innovative projects working to improve cities, totaling $5 million in funding. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is announcing Tuesday that the Knight Cities Challenge will award grants in 12 cities from more than 7,000 proposals. The program was …

Terminator 3 |Jennifer Coolidge |Benjamin Franklin Terminator May Have Term Limits Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines openedin select theaters for early previews Tuesday night to a rough reception. Granted, it played in many fewer theaters than Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, but the Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick finished in second …

NEW YORK – A New York state oversight panel wants federal prosecutors to probe the 2013 death of a mentally ill Rikers Island inmate who was locked in his cell for six days without care or medication. A report obtained by The Associated Press calls Bradley Ballard’s treatment “so incompetent …

TOLEDO, Ohio – A judge’s ruling ordering Ohio officials to return six tigers, a lion and other animals to their owner is on hold for now. The judge on Friday issued a stay to his order from earlier in the week. That means Ohio officials will be able to keep …

CLEARFIELD, Pa. – Police say a Pennsylvania man hoping to pass a fraudulent check instead stole $500 when he found that much money left behind by another customer at a drive-thru bank window. Twenty-eight-year-old Randy Gillen Jr. was in the Clearfield County Jail on Monday, awaiting a Feb. 11 preliminary …

So I’m reading this study the other day that predicts the human species is living longer andthat given advances in medicine, will start living a lot longer and a lot sooner than anyone thought. But a 100 years or more? Yeah, that’s what these guys are saying. One researcher says …

BISHOPVILLE, S.C. – South Carolina corrections officials say they’ve contained a disturbance at a maximum security prison. Corrections Department spokeswoman Stephanie Givens said in a statement that the incident began around noon Thursday at the Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville. Givens says an officer was trying to search an inmate …

To watch “The Talking Points Memo” in the Screening Room click here. Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. Is vote-buying hurting your family? That is the subject of this evening’s Talking Points Memo. The recall ofCalifornia Governor Gray Davis (search)is really all about vote-buying. The governor gathered …

TUCSON, Ariz. – The Arizona police officer who used his cruiser to ram into an armed suspect has a prior use of force record in New York City. Records show that Officer Michael Rapiejko of the Marana Police Department was sued in May 2008 by a man who said the …

WASHINGTON – Approaching yet another arena in the ongoing debate over United States immigration policy, Rep. Tom Tancredo says he wants immigrant sponsors to repay any public assistance used by their charges once they get here. “State budgets are being strained to an incredible degree,” Tancredo, R-Colo., said. “There is …