NEW YORK – Editor’s note: This is the third in a five-part series on bird flu that will be featured throughout the week on FOXNews.com. The nation’s drug industry needs enticements to mass produce vaccines that could protect hundreds of thousands of Americans against a flu pandemic, many health experts …

LITTLE ROCK – Chelsea Clinton, not any current occupants of the White House, was the preoccupation of an Arkansas man arrested after he jumped over a fence onto the grounds of the executive mansion at Washington, according to a preliminary psychological assessment. A court-ordered report from the District of Columbia …

NEW YORK – Online retailers stepped up discounting ahead of the deadline this week for most free shipping of Christmas gifts with guarantee of standard delivery. But they’re not panicking — overall, the holiday 2005 shopping season is shaping up well. Meanwhile, traditional storeowners are waiting for the final shopping …

JERUSALEM – Israelis began the eight-day festival of Hanukkah at sundown Sunday with a warning against overdoing the holiday culinary specialties from someone who should know — Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Families gathered at sundown to light the first candle of the Hanukkah festival, which commemorates an ancient victory of …

RENO, Nev. – The strongest storm of the season so far in the Sierra Nevada dropped as much as 3 feet of snow, snarling travel through the mountain range but improving ski resort conditions. Controls were lifted Monday morning on the two major highways linking Sacramento, Calif., to resorts in …

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – An avalanche killed at least 25 people who were digging for gemstones in a remote area of northwestern Pakistan, police said. Regional police chief Ataullah Wazir said the avalanche happened near Kohistan, 210 miles northeast of Peshawar. The area is rich with precious stones, which villagers sell …

LOVELAND, Colo. – A man trimming trees was killed after he was apparently pulled into a wood chipper, police said. Police Sgt. Rae Bontz said the tree-service employee died Wednesday while he and a co-worker were cutting branches at a Loveland residence. Bontz described the death as an industrial accident …

NEW ORLEANS – As Hurricane Katrina roared ashore and began its assault on homes and lives across Louisiana, a political storm was brewing in the Louisiana governor’s office and the White House, newly released documents show. Memos, handwritten notes, e-mails and phone logs turned over late Friday to congressional committees …

CANNES, France – Without Michael Moore (search) and “Fahrenheit 9/11” at the Cannes Film Festival (search) this time, it was left to George Lucas and “Star Wars” to pique European ire over the state of world relations and the United States’ role in it. Lucas’ themes of democracy on the …

BOSTON – Harvard President Lawrence Summers (search) committed his university Monday to spending $50 million over the next decade on a range of programs — from mentoring to child care to late-night transport — aimed at improving the climate for women scientists, many of whom were angered by his remarks …