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Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg want to snuff out smoking and are pooling their piles of money and pouring 5 million into a global effort to get people to kick the habit. The billionaire philanthropists, who have a combined worth of more than billion, said Wednesday that the money from their foundations will go toward efforts in developing countries where tobacco use is highest. There are more than 1 billion smokers worldwide.

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | A 17-year-old boy was fatally stabbed by his younger brother after the two engaged in what neighbors described as a fight over a video game console.

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that flooded some low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley.

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | Forecasters say Dolly has weakened to a tropical storm. At 11 p.m. EDT Wednesday, the center of the storm was about 55 miles northwest of Brownsville, Texas. The storm is moving west near 7 miles per hour. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center expect it turn back to the west-northwest Thursday, with a slight increase in forward speed until it dissipates Friday.

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | Hurricane Dolly slammed into the South Texas coast Wednesday with punishing rain and winds of 100 mph, blowing down signs, peeling off roofs and knocking out power to thousands before weakening over land. Local officials' greatest fear -- that the levees holding back the Rio Grande would fail and cause massive flooding -- eased when Dolly meandered 35 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border just before coming ashore on South Padre Island as a Category 2 storm.

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | Leaders of a church destroyed on Sept. 11 have surrendered land needed to rebuild the World Trade Center site in a million deal with the government. The congregation at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church will use the cash to build a new church a few blocks away from where it stood in lower Manhattan.

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | Thousands of commuters and rail travelers in the Northeast had to deal with long delays Wednesday after a power outage snarled train service in the region. Amtrak and NJ Transit said train service was being restored about 5:45 p.m., but significant delays were expected after more than an hour without trains running.

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | The baby cut from a slain woman's womb last week was released from the hospital Wednesday as a defense attorney said the woman accused of the crime intends to plead not guilty.

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | WOR radio has been flooded with calls and e-mails following comments by syndicated talker Michael Savage about children and autism. Fox 5's Dick Brennan has an update from Midtown. Watch the video.

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | The woman who aired her divorce -- and dirty laundry -- on YouTube says her battle is far from over despite a judge ruling that she would have to adhere to a prenuptial agreement. Fox 5's Dari Alexander explains.