CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists have found a second gene that helps predict whether people with depression will respond to a commonly prescribed antidepressant, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have seen their bonuses quadruple in recent years at a time when the agency has said it lacks money for adequate inspections, The Washington Post reported in its Thursday edition.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The three top Democratic presidential candidates are virtually tied in a new poll in Iowa, where voters will kick off the presidential nominating process in six months, The Washington Post reported in its Friday edition.

SAN DIEGO, California (Reuters) - Barry Bonds remained stuck on 744 career home runs for a sixth straight game on Friday, one blast shy of moving into a tie with Hank Aaron for the most in Major League Baseball history.

AP - Divers spent a third fruitless day searching for victims of a deadly bridge collapse, finding no bodies inside a crushed car pulled earlier Saturday from the murky Mississippi River waters.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A blogger calling himself 'Fake Steve Jobs,' whose parody of the Apple Inc. chief executive amused and enthralled Silicon Valley, revealed himself on Sunday as an editor of Forbes business magazine.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - With just a hint of Hollywood, famed U.S. environment warrior Erin Brockovich has joined Australian anti-mine activists in what they believe may be the fight of their lives.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Adults aged 19 to 29 are the biggest group of the newly uninsured, according to an independent research group's report released on Wednesday

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barry Bonds wasted little time in adding to his Major League home run record, hitting the 757th homer of his career on Wednesday.

AP - A Border Patrol agent shot and killed a suspected smuggler at a fence that separates the U.S. and Mexico after the agent felt threatened by the man, authorities said Thursday.

AP - Authorities want answers to what caused three men to fall from a construction bucket inside a coal mine air shaft and plunge 500 feet to their deaths.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - At the end of July, Deanna Kory had a bidding war on her hands. Three potential buyers were vying for a luxury apartment the Manhattan real estate broker was selling for a client at a $4 million asking price.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saying he had no regrets, former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson on Sunday dropped out of the crowded race for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination after a poor showing in a straw poll in Iowa.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Trendy dorm furnishings and stylish cell phones should spur U.S. college students and their parents to spend nearly 9 percent more on back-to-school items this year, according to a survey released on Tuesday.

AP - A murderer who lived a double life as a friendly family man and western New York's 'Bike Path Rapist' was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum 75 years to life in prison.

AP - The public got its best view in weeks of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse on Wednesday when the city briefly opened a nearby pedestrian bridge, but the span was soon closed after recovery workers called the move disrespectful to families of those still missing.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards says if elected president his administration would open direct talks with Iran to try to contain Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Cubs moved into first place in the National League Central as Jacque Jones hit a two-run homer to lead them past the St Louis Cardinals 2-1 at Wrigley Field on Friday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Yankees rallied to a 5-2 American League triumph over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Saturday with Roger Clemens securing his 353rd career victory.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johan Santana broke the Minnesota Twins' single-game strikeout record with 17 in eight innings to lead his team to a 1-0 victory over the Texas Rangers in Minneapolis on Sunday.

AP - Students attended the first normal day of classes at Virginia Tech since April's shooting massacre, but things weren't entirely normal: some were being treated for a gas leak, and the horror of the attack resurfaced in a new critical report.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veteran outfielder Garret Anderson bashed his way to a club-record 10 RBIs to power the Los Angeles Angels to an 18-9 rout of the New York Yankees in Anaheim, California on Tuesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co has changed management of an electronic surveillance project along the U.S.-Mexican border after falling more than two months behind schedule, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition early on Thursday.

AP - Former astronaut Lisa Nowak is expected in court Friday and will make her first public statements since her Feb. 5 arrest, her attorney said.

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Third seed James Blake came through another tough test on Friday to set up an all-American final against Mardy Fish in the ATP event in New Haven.

AP - Federal officials showcased an experimental air traffic control system that would let pilots see other nearby planes and help prevent gridlock in the skies.

AP - Keep your boots, long johns and snow shovels handy this winter if you live in the East, the Farmers' Almanac's forecast suggests. Residents of the West, however, can look forward to a milder winter this time around.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-nominated film star Owen Wilson, best known for comedies like 'Wedding Crashers,' sought time on Monday to 'heal in private' after media reports claimed he was hospitalized for a suicide attempt.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Wall Street Journal will rename its Saturday leisure section, the first significant step taken since Rupert Murdoch's News Corp agreed to buy the Journal's parent, Dow Jones & Co., the New York Times reported in its online edition.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's power grid manager on Wednesday called the first 'Stage 1 power emergency' of 2007 that calls for voluntary electricity conservation because of high demand linked to searingly hot weather.

AP - A newlywed couple were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in their home, where the woman's 3-year-old child spent hours before the boy let a relative into the home, police said Thursday.