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9/11 Widow Blows $5 Million of Compensation Money June 13, 2005 2:25 p.m. EST Douglas Maher - All Headline News Staff Reporter New York ,NY (AHN) - A 9/11 widow has managed to spend the half of her $4.2 million dollar settlement from The Federal Victim Compensation Fund that she was given and $3 million that was given to her by friends and family, an ABC News report says. Kathy Trant's husband, Dan,was working for Cantor Fitzgerald when the office he was working in was struck by terrorists on the morning of 9/11 in the World Trade Center. Suffering bouts...

Study: Herb Helps Curb Binge Drinking By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press Writer Tue May 17, 8:25 PM ET BOSTON - A group of 20-something drinkers seemed to lose the urge to binge-drink when they took pills made from kudzu, that ubiquitous vine that blankets the South, researchers reported. The finding, described as groundbreaking by one expert, might one day lead to a way to attack the binge-drinking problem. Researcher Scott Lukas, with Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital, had no trouble finding volunteers for the study, which required them to hang out in an "apartment," complete with television, recliner and fridge stocked with...

PLAINFIELD, Ill. -- Police said a man playing with commercial-grade fireworks after drinking 10 beers caused an explosion that gutted his home and seriously injured himself and a friend. Police said Steven Glenn lit a 10-inch diameter commercial-grade firework, the type used for professional fireworks shows, NBC5's Lisa Tutman reported. That type of firework is illegal for Illinois residents to have in their possession. "He lit a fuse and thought he could put it out. The fuse at that time, apparently he says about three seconds, went off -- exploded. Next thing he said he remembered was being transported to...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britons are the worst binge drinkers in Europe and women are catching up with men in the heavy drinking stakes, the government said on Friday, urging a "more civilized" late-night culture. A report by Downing Street's strategy unit found that while Britons drink less than most of the continental neighbors, they drink more intensively. "In the UK, binge drinking accounts for 40 percent of all drinking occasions by men and 22 percent by women," the unit said in a report designed to inform government policy on alcohol abuse. That put Britain at the top of the binge...