ATLANTA – A teenager is hospitalized with burns covering 70 percent of his body after two other teens attacked him with a pot of boiling rice while he was sleeping. WSB-TV (http://bit.ly/1JAp6dz) reports the 17-year-old victim is in a medically-induced coma in critical condition at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta …

NEW YORK – Bush administration efforts to pass new tax cutsand revamp rules on welfare andequal access to school sports, among other issues,have prompted feminist groups to label President Bush as “anti-women.” The National Organization for Women says the administration’s position on Title IX is just the latest evidence that …

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Officials in one Massachusetts city are moving to sell a city-owned lot that Habitat for Humanity mistakenly built a home on. The sale would allow the family that lives there to stay. The Republican (http://bit.ly/1zOs3Yt ) in Springfield reports that the home was built in 2012, but …

Four Philadelphia police officers were injured in a traffic incident Tuesday afternoon by a motorist they were trying to help, who then tried to run them down before being shot by police, MyFoxPhilly reported. The incident began when officers approached a sedan that had crashed into a wall in the …

DENVER – Denver impresario Lu Vason has died, leaving a legacy of creating opportunities for black cowboys and of celebrating a little-known aspect of Western history. The 76-year-old Vason, who founded the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo three decades ago, died Sunday in a Denver hospital of heart complications, family spokesman …

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Backstage at theNew York Armory (search), supermodels are vigorously tended to by hair, makeup and nail technicians. • Video: Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show It’s less than an hour before show time, and members of the press mill about, cameras pointed at the ready, waiting for their …

And now the most absorbing two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Watch it in the Screening Room! Contradicting Votes? Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, who is leading the filibuster against the nomination of Miguel Estrada, seems to have completely reversed …

HOUSTON – A special group of freshmen is taking Duke and Coach K back to the NCAA Final Four. The Blue Devils and their trio of freshmen starters are going to their 16th Final Four after a 66-52 win Sunday in the South Regional over Gonzaga. Justise Winslow, the freshman …

BERLIN – German lawmakers have agreed to make symbolic payments to former Soviet prisoners of war in acknowledgement of their suffering at the hands of the Nazis. Hans-Ulrich Krueger, a budget spokesman for the Social Democrats, said Wednesday the budget committee proposal allocates 10 million euros ($11 million) as ‘symbolic …

SEOUL, South Korea – A South Korean court Friday suspended the prison term of the former Korean Air executive whose onboard “nut rage” tantrum delayed a flight last year, immediately ending her incarceration. Cho Hyun-ah, who is the daughter of the airline’s chairman, did not violate aviation security law when …