Laura Bush (search) is reprising her role as her husband’s first defender, making several trips to the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast as President Bush’s approval ratings sink to their lowest level yet. Mrs. Bush is highlighting the positive that has come out of the storm, telling the stories of strangers helping …

TORONTO – There are two sides to the animated Helena Bonham Carter (search). There’s the dead blue chick with the rotting veil and the talking maggot in her eye socket. Then there’s the upper-crust society dame with the freaky orange hair and the passion for giant vegetables. Bonham Carter provides …

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Rap mogulMarion “Suge” Knight (search) has been released from the hospital after treatment for a gunshot wound to the leg he suffered at a star-studded party before MTV’s Video Music Awards. (search) Knight, 40, was released late last week, officials at Mt. Sinai Medical Center said …

This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” August 31, 2005, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Oil prices did drop today, as the president said he’s going to tap the nation’s emergency stockpile. Crude was down more than $1, still pretty high, though, to …

OPELOUSAS, La. – One Hurricane Katrina (search) evacuee died and 17 others were injured when a bus carrying them from the Superdome swerved across a highway median and overturned Friday. The accident happened when the driver lost control of the bus, but other details about what caused the wreck were …

WASHINGTON – Vice President Dick Cheney defended the Bush administration’s Iraq policy on Monday, dismissing one House Democrat’s recent demand to withdraw troops as a “dangerous illusion.” Cheney labeled “dishonest and reprehensible” those Democrats who voted in October 2002 authorizing President Bush’s request to go to war in Iraq and …

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia expelled an American expert on Southeast Asian terrorist networks for one year, an official said Friday, saying her activities could cause public disorder. It is the second time that Sidney Jones, the project director for the International Crisis Group in Jakarta, has been barred from the …

NEW YORK – Brand name novelist Danielle Steel has reached agreement with New Line Home Entertainment for film rights to at least 30 of her books, including such best sellers as “Safe Harbour,” “Ransom” and “Second Chance.” The films are expected to be exclusively for television and home video. “People …

Weekdays at 3 p.m. in the East and high noon in the West! The news begins anew with “Studio B”… In voting booths across the country, people are casting ballots for mayor and governor. Some major referendums are on the table. Could today’s votes affect next year’s national elections? We’ll …

WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says he is more concerned about the leak of information regarding secret CIA detention centers than activity in the prisons themselves. Frist told reporters Thursday that while he believed illegal activity should not take place at detention centers, he believes the leak itself …