NEW YORK – Count Basie (search), Ella Fitzgerald (search) and Benny Goodman (search) head this year’s class of 12 inductees to the Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame, which opened last fall at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s new home in the Time Warner Center. The other 2005 inductees, announced Monday, …

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration should release all of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito‘s internal Justice Department documents before confirmation hearings begin next month, Senate Democrats said Tuesday. The documents “will be important in evaluating Judge Alito’s nomination,” the eight Judiciary Committee Democrats said in a letter to Attorney General …

This is a rush transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” May 20, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. ALAN COLMES, CO-HOST: (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SEN. BARACK OBAMA, (D-ILL.), DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ON MAY 18: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela — these countries are tiny compared …

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and her siblings denied allegations they improperly ran up more than $120,000 in charges on the credit card used by R&B singer Brandy’s mother, according to court papers, People magazine reported. In an answer to the Superior Court lawsuit filed by Sonja Norwood in Los …

KHAR, Pakistan – A top Taliban leader vowed Thursday to target the U.S. after an alleged missile strike killed several people in northwest Pakistan, a threat that could undermine the new government’s efforts to negotiate peace deals with militants. Blasts destroyed a compound Wednesday in Damadola village, a militant stronghold …

CHENGDU, China – More than 1 million people may have to evacuate dozens of villages in a Sichuan province valley if an earthquake-spawned lake threatens to burst and flood the region, an emergency official warned Friday. Authorities were preparing to run a drill starting Saturday to ensure 1.3 million people …

LONDON – Naomi Campbell has been charged with assaulting two police officers during an alleged luggage rage incident at Heathrow Airport, her lawyer and prosecutors said Thursday. The 38-year-old supermodel was charged when she reported to Heathrow police station to answer bail over the April 3 fracas, lawyer Simon Nicholls …

TOKYO – A U.S. Marine accused in an alleged gang rape of a Japanese woman last year was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for “wrongful sexual contact and indecent acts” but cleared of rape, the U.S. military said. Lance Cpl. Larry A. Dean, 20, was one of four …

Pure Porsche Thanks for the great article on the Cayenne. I had spent some time with a Cayenne S [385 hp, no turbo] last year and was amazed at the performance and handling of such a heavy vehicle. It drives the way a Porsche should. The worst part is that …

NEW YORK – A New York food company is recalling more than 286,000 pounds of meat and poultry because it might be contaminated with the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes. The voluntary recall includes several different brands of fresh and frozen products made by Gourmet Boutique, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said …