If he is convicted, Dr. Kevorkian says he will die a martyr's death by going on a hunger strike.

FEMA says that it does not factor in previous losses into its decisions on applications to redraw the flood zones.

A foundation representing firefighters who die in the line of duty is calling for Congress to strip the Centers for Disease Control of its role investigating firefighter deaths.

Though some student activists of the 1960s may have idolized Alinsky, he didn't particularly idolize them.

Mohammed al-Qahtani was not alleged to be a leader of the Sept. 11 plot. He was not trained as a pilot. If he was involved, he was one of the 'muscle' hijackers.

About 100 firefighters a year die in the line of duty in the U.S. Heart attacks on the job and vehicle accidents on the way to the fires account for about half. The other half are traumatic deaths while fighting fires.