DUNKARD, Pa. – Rescue workers from neighboring states have joined in a search for a 12-year-old girl reported missing after leaving her family’s home in southwestern Pennsylvania to ride her all-terrain vehicle. Gabrielle Miranda Bechen has been missing since early Tuesday morning, when she went riding on roads and trails …
Read More »Accusations Fly in Virginia's Democratic Primary
RICHMOND, Va. – One Democrat calls his rival the “anti-Christ of outsourcing” U.S. jobs and argues that he’s trying to buy a win in the Virginia primary. The other fires back, labeling his opponent a sexist who is hostile to affirmative action and is, at heart, a Republican. Accusations fly …
Read More »Judge: Alec Baldwin Could Be Turning Daughter Against Kim Basinger
LOS ANGELES – A judge wants a psychologist to evaluate Alec Baldwin to determine whether he is fit to see his 10-year-old daughter more often as part of an ongoing custody battle with former wife Kim Basinger. Superior Court Commissioner Maren E. Nelson said the question is whether the actor …
Read More »Microsoft Patches Eight 'Critical' Flaws With Latest Security Update
SAN FRANCISCO – Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) on Tuesday warned of eight “critical” security flaws in its Windows operating system and Office software that could allow attackers to take control of a computer. Microsoft, whose Windows operating system runs on 90 percent of the world’s computers, issued patches to fix the …
Read More »30 Killed in Afghanistan Ahead of Major Offensive
MUSA QALA, Afghanistan – Coalition and national troops battled militants in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the eve of a sweeping anti-Taliban offensive by U.S.-led forces — their biggest since the Islamic extremist government’s 2001 ouster. Some 26 militants were slain in an attack on mountain positions in Paktika province, said …
Read More »Update: 7 Marines and 1 Navy Corpsman No Longer Held in Shackles at Camp Pendleton
This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” June 16, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. ALAN COLMES, CO-HOST: Our top story tonight, a “Hannity & Colmes” exclusive follow-up to a story we told you about two nights ago, seven Marines and one Navy corpsman were being held …
Read More »Hollywood Director Vincent Sherman Dies at 99
LOS ANGELES – Vincent Sherman, who directed — and romanced — Bette Davis, Rita Hayworth and Joan Crawford during his heyday as a leading Hollywood filmmaker in the 1940s and ’50s, has died. He would have been 100 on July 16. His death Sunday night of natural causes at the …
Read More »Insurance Group: Available Auto Technology Could Save 10,000 Lives Per Year
WASHINGTON – Ten thousand fatal automobile crashes a year, nearly one-third of all such accidents, could be prevented if more vehicles were equipped with technology that helps to keep them from rolling over, the insurance industry said Tuesday. Click here to visit FOXBusiness.com’s Autos page. A study from the Insurance …
Read More »Tribunal: 2nd Saddam Trial to Open Aug. 21
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Saddam Hussein and six co-defendants will stand trial starting Aug. 21 for his 1980s military campaign against Kurds, Iraq’s High Tribunal said Tuesday. An estimated 100,000 Kurds were killed in the operation in northern Iraq. Known as “Anfal,” Arabic for “spoils of war,” the campaign was aimed …
Read More »D.C. Mayor Declares State of Emergency Over Flooding
WASHINGTON – Three days of heavy rain and the threat of more flooding has prompted District of Columbia Mayor Tony Williams to declare a state of public emergency. A spokeswoman for the mayor said the declaration was prompted by the potential loss of electricity and other adverse effects anticipated as …
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