State: Florida Party: Republican Candidate: U.S. House of Representatives Current Office: Representative (R-FL 22nd) Born: 4/19/1939, Miami, FL Religion: Catholic Marital Status: Married, Emilie Education: JD Stetson Univ., 1966 Previous Political Experience: Mayor of Ft. Lauderdale, 1975-80 Campaign Web Site: http://www.clayshaw.com Click here for the Fox News Election Map

ROME – Pope John Paul II made a historic speech to Italy’s parliament Thursday, urging Italians to work for world peace, uphold their Christian values and have more babies. The visit — the first time a pope has appeared before the Italian parliament — underscored the warmth that the country …

The tally of foreigners confirmed dead from the December quake and tsunami in southern Asia, according to their countries’ foreign ministries, as well as the number missing. Some countries include all foreigners who have failed to contact authorities in the count of those missing while others count only those known …

WASHINGTON – Two Democratic congressmen on Thursday asked Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge (search) to provide Congress written communications between his department and a lobbying firm run by a longtime friend. The request stems from an Associated Press story that the day after President Bush named him secretary, Ridge flew …

NEW YORK – Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) suffered a double blow on Friday when a court ruled that the patent on its second-biggest drug will lapse a decade earlier than expected and U.S. regulators elevated their probe of its withdrawn Vioxx arthritis drug into a formal investigation. Shares of …

PHILADELPHIA – MetLife Inc. (MET) on Monday said it would acquire Travelers Life & Annuity (search) from Citigroup Inc. (C) for $11.5 billion in cash and stock, a deal that will make it the largest individual life insurer in North America. The businesses being acquired by MetLife generated revenue of …

BERLIN – Adoption expert Maria Holz usually gets two or three e-mails a day asking about children in need abroad. Since the Asian tsunami (search), it’s been 10 times that. She respects people’s urge to help children who have lost their parents in the disaster but warns it’s too early …

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Israel slowly began easing travel restrictions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Saturday, the eve of Palestinian presidential elections (search), though problems remained and new checkpoints sprouted in some areas, international election observers said. Despite the difficulties, Palestinian election officials said they had completed …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi (search) said Tuesday it was “futile” to set a timetable now for the withdrawal of U.S. and other foreign troops from Iraq and that the country must first build up its security forces to confront the insurgents. “Others spoke about the immediate …

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia – More than two weeks after a huge earthquake and tsunami (search) killed 104,000 people in Indonesia’s (search) Aceh province, the government is stepping up moves to recover and bury up to 50,000 remaining bodies while forging ahead with construction of shelters for survivors. Welfare Minister Alwi …