MIAMI – Former FBI agent John Connolly was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison for the 1982 mob-related killing of a Miami gambling executive. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Stanford Blake imposed the sentence after rejecting defense claims that a four-year statute of limitations had expired on Connolly’s second-degree murder conviction …

Maxim.com features their hottest stars every Monday on FOXNews.com. This week, it’s the women of ‘Heroes.’ Ali Larter plays former Internet stripper Niki Sanders on “Heroes.” She opened up to Maxim about men, dinner, and men at dinner. An old-fashioned gal: “The simplicity of meeting your man and being with …

KHARTOUM, Sudan – Armed men stormed an aid agency compound in Darfur and kidnapped three Westerners, heightening fears that foreigners will be targeted in the backlash over the international arrest warrant for Sudan’s president. The three workers for Doctors Without Borders were kidnapped late Wednesday in a government-controlled area in …

A quick trip around Hannity’s America… Troubled Waters Left-wing Democrat Maxine Waters is defending herself against accusations that her close ties to a Boston bank might affect her ability to serve impartially on the House Financial Services Committee. The Wall Street Journal reports that Waters has been closely tied to …

LOS ANGELES – Authorities say they have arrested Coolio on suspicion of drug possession. The rapper was arrested and booked after being stopped at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday morning. Jail records indicate the 45-year-old rapper was being held on felony narcotics possession. Coolio, whose real name is Artis …

LONDON – Recessions gripping economies around the world will hit men harder than women as job insecurity threatens an inherent sense of masculinity, damaging mental health, a British researchers said this month. A study by Cambridge University showed that despite more women than men losing their jobs in Britain due …

Social workers took a 2-year-old U.K. boy into care after his mother refused to give him junk food. Zak Hessey was 17 pounds, 6 ounces when his mother Lisa took him to hospital, telling doctors he was a “fussy eater” and not gaining weight. Doctors said he should weigh 19 …

MOGADISHU, Somalia – A community leader in Somalia says an explosion of an old land mine has killed six children from the same family near the border with Ethiopia. Hareri Hassan Barre says six children between the ages of 3 and 11 were killed by the blast as their mother …

BANGOR, Maine – Author Stephen King and his wife are donating money so 150 soldiers from the Maine Army National Guard can come home for the holidays. King and his wife, Tabitha, who live in Bangor, are paying $13,000 toward the cost of two bus trips so that members of …

BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Humane Society says a pair of dogs rescued from the frigid waters of an Ada County pond have been reunited with their owners. The organization says a good Samaritan noticed the yellow Labrador retrievers in distress at the pond on Friday and after securing a …