WASHINGTON – Drug companies have freedom under the Food and Drug Administration (search) rules to ignore their rival’s patents when starting research on competing medications, the Supreme Court (search) ruled Monday. The unanimous decision sets aside a lower court ruling for patent holder Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (IART). It means …

LONDON – Prince Harry (search) made his public debut as an officer cadet as he marched out in his first parade at Sandhurst (search) on Tuesday. After less than seven weeks of gruelling training, the prince marched in perfect step and raised his hat in three cheers to his grandmother, …

This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” June 15, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Hannity & Colmes” weeknights at 9 p.m. ET! SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: Republicans on Capitol Hill, they’re outraged. These comments were made about Guantanamo Bay (search) on Tuesday by Illinois Senator Dick …

TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey’s acting governor seems to go out of his way to look like an average guy. He doesn’t live in the stately governor’s mansion. He eats Cheerios for breakfast. He makes time to coach youth basketball. Pushed into office by his predecessor’s gay sex scandal, Dick …

WASHINGTON – A new independent investigation of abuse allegations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (search), “doesn’t make sense,” Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld (search) said Sunday. Some Democratic lawmakers are pushing for an independent commission to look into conditions at the detention center at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba. An …

WASHINGTON – Lax reporting rules created by Congress, coupled with corporate America’s eagerness to take advantage, have left millions of workers’ and retirees’ pension plans underfunded without their knowledge, senators were told Tuesday. United Airlines (search) may have set an unsavory example for others in the airline industry, Senate Finance …

WASHINGTON – Barbara Bush (search) was making “a personal observation” when she said poor people at a relocation center in Houston were faring better than before Hurricane Katrina (search) struck, President Bush’s spokesman said Wednesday. Scott McClellan, the White House press secretary, did not answer directly when asked if the …

TOKYO – Japan’s Sony Corp. (SNE) said on Monday it would unveil a long-awaited restructuring plan on September 22, aimed at turning around the struggling electronics and entertainment giant. Sony, maker of Vaio PCs and PlayStation (search) game machines, had said it would announce a new strategy in late September …

BALTIMORE – Perched on a rocky outcropping, Phil Feldman took careful aim and shot David “Bart” Bartlett once in the head with his sniper rifle. Bartlett shrugged it off — he had a situation to deal with nearby. A bank had been the site of a terrorist attack, releasing sarin …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – One of five men from the same suburban mosque arrested earlier this year was indicted Thursday on federal charges alleging he intended “to wage jihad (search) in the United States.” Hamid Hayat (search), 23, was already charged with lying to the FBI (search) about attending a terrorist …