BALI, Indonesia – Indonesia police said Tuesday they had made their first arrest in the Bali (search) bombings — a 45-year-old construction worker who shared a rented house on the island with the three homicide bombers before the Oct. 1 attacks. The arrest of the man, identified only as Hasan, …
Read More »Wall Street to Track Earnings, Inflation
NEW YORK – The beginning of the third-quarter earnings reporting season takes center stage for U.S. stock investors next week, and what remains a robust profit picture could provide stocks a much needed lift from October’s dismal start. Earnings for companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (search) are …
Read More »Wis. School Mourns Victims of Bus Crash
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. – Counselors were on hand Monday to comfort mourning students as classes resumed at a high school after its “impossible to replace” band director, a student teacher and three others returning from a marching band competition were killed in a bus crash. Band director Douglas Greenhalgh, 48, …
Read More »Hurricane Beta Storms Over Colombian Islands
SAN ANDRES, Colombia – Hundreds of villagers on a tiny Caribbean island hiked into the mountains on Friday, fleeing a powerful storm that engulfed Providencia (search) in heavy winds and rain. Beta (search) hit Providencia as a tropical storm and became a Category 1 (search) hurricane early Saturday while still …
Read More »Mother of Suspect in Vitale Murder Arrested
MARTINEZ, Calif. – The mother of the suspect charged with the slaying of a prominent lawyer’s wife was arrested Thursday morning, FOX News has confirmed. Esther Fielding was arrested on charges of accessory for murder and bail was set at $500,000, according to the Contra Costa (search) Sheriff’s Department. Her …
Read More »Topics and Guests: October 3
Go “On the Record” weeknights at 10 p.m. ET President Bush picks White House counsel Harriet Miers (search) to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court. Who is she? And will Democrats support her? We’ll examine Miers’ credentials with Susan Estrich, USC law professor and former …
Read More »Astros Look to Get Even With Cards
ST. LOUIS – Roy Oswalt (search), a 20-game winner in each of the past two seasons, will take the mound Thursday night as the Houston Astros try to even the best-of-seven NL Championship series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Mark Mulder (16-9) gets the ball for St. Louis, which won …
Read More »Guests and Topics: Oct. 14
Watch “Hannity & Colmes” weeknights at 9 p.m. ET! Friday, October 14: Karl Rove (search) testified for the fourth and final time today before a grand jury. Did his conversations with two reporters led to the leaking of a CIA (search) operative’s identity? Democratic strategist Bob Beckel and radio talk …
Read More »Hugh Hefner Reveals Puritan Roots
NEW YORK – Hugh Hefner (search), king of the Playboy (search) empire, says he had to reinvent his identity to leave his Puritan roots behind. Hefner tells Time magazine he is a direct descendant of William Bradford, a Puritan who came over on the Mayflower. “There was a great deal …
Read More »Your Mail: Open Debate About OpenDocument
James Prendergast’s column, Massachusetts Should Close Down OpenDocument, touched a nerve among FOXnews.com’s tech savvy readers and ignited a heated response. Below is a sample of some of the mail we received: Bob Halloran of Jacksonville, Fla., wrote: 1) Massachusetts’ argument was simple: they didn’t want their public documents at …
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