WASHINGTON – Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (search) is now a state-of-the-art civilian air facility after a historic military base there was closed in 1996. Texas officials say the facility is responsible for 35,700 jobs, has a total payroll of $790.6 million, and provides the area around Austin with an estimated $1.8 …

LOS ANGELES – The late Ray Charles’ (search) duets album “Genius Loves Company,” recorded during the final months of his life, was the big winner at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards (search) Sunday night. “Genius” won eight awards, including album of the year. The sentimental favorite won for best pop …

NEW YORK – A pair of paintings from the famed series depicting dogs playing poker fetched nearly $600,000 at auction Tuesday. The two works — “A Bold Bluff” and “Waterloo” — were among 16 paintings that artist Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (search) was commissioned to create for a Minnesota-based advertising company …

CAMDEN, N.J. – Campbell Soup Co. (CPB), the world’s largest soupmaker, reported steady earnings on higher sales for its second fiscal quarter which includes some cold months when soup sales generally rise. Its shares fell 2.5 percent in early trading. The foodmaker which also produces V-8 juices and Pepperidge Farm …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Amid increased security, Shiite Muslims in Iraq (search) marked their holiest day of the year on Saturday, one day after a wave of bloody attacks killed 36 people in the deadliest violence to hit this insurgent-wracked nation since the Jan. 30 national elections. As hundreds of thousands …

SAN FRANCISCO – A former worker at San Francisco International Airport has sued the company responsible for security, alleging breaches that included allowing unchecked passengers to board aircraft, failing to detect weapons and alerting checkpoint managers about the presence of supposedly “covert” inspectors. Gerry Berry, president of Covenant Aviation Security …

This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” Feb. 21, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Hannity & Colmes” weeknights at 9 p.m. ET! ALAN COLMES, CO-HOST: During a weekend news conference, the NAACP attempted to reach out to the White House, asking to meet with the …

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TYLER, Texas – The funeral is tomorrow for a 103-year-old woman known as the “Easter Egg Lady.” Nell Burnett (search) died Monday in Tyler, Texas. For decades, she was known for making hundreds of intricately decorated Easter eggs and baskets. Burnett in 1979 told the Tyler Morning Telegraph (search) that …

UNITED NATIONS – Secretary-General Kofi Annan (search), under fire for the world body’s lax management of the U.N. Oil-for-Food program in Iraq, is taking steps to improve the accountability of the world body, Annan’s new chief of staff said Monday. Mark Malloch Brown (search), who took up his new post …