MANSFIELD, Connecticut – Peter Tork, a former member of the 1960s pop group the Monkees, says he has a rare form of head and neck cancer, but the prognosis is good. The 67-year-old Tork had surgery Wednesday in New York. His spokeswoman says he is doing well and will begin …
Read More »European Parliament Member Disagrees With Spending to Get Out of a Recession
This is a rush transcript from “Your World With Neil Cavuto,” March 25, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) DANIEL HANNAN, MEMBER OF BRITISH PARLIAMENT: The truth, prime minister, is that you have run out of our money. (END …
Read More »Ohio School to Drop 'Belief in God' From Mission Statement
UNIONTOWN, Ohio – An Ohio school district facing a possible lawsuit from an atheist group plans to drop belief in God from its mission statement of values. The Lake Local school board near Canton has voted to delete the reference to belief in God. A final vote is planned next …
Read More »Afghan Defense Force Buildup Key to War Strategy
KABUL – President Barack Obama has his troop surge. Afghanistan’s beleaguered security forces have theirs. While the new U.S. war strategy was unveiled with worldwide fanfare, Afghan’s defense force has been quietly planning its own troop buildup to break the Taliban’s tightening grip on swathes of the nation. The Afghan …
Read More »Family Says Terror Suspect Disappeared While Studying Abroad
LAGOS, Nigeria – The family of the Nigerian man accused of trying to bring down a U.S.-bound airliner says he disappeared while studying abroad. In a statement released Monday morning, the family of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab says that after his “disappearance and stoppage of communications while schooling abroad,” his father …
Read More »Police Say Shooter Targeting Moving Vehicles in Cleveland Suburb
BEREA, Ohio – Police in a Cleveland suburb say they think someone has been shooting at moving vehicles over the last few months. Berea police say four vehicles have been damaged in three shootings since mid-August. No one has been hurt, but police Lt. Gary Black says it’s a dangerous …
Read More »Thousands Attend Memorial for Four Murdered Washington Police Officers
Thousands participated Tuesday in a procession to the memorial for four murdered Washington state police officers, with initial estimates putting the crowd of mourners as large as 20,000. Pierce County officials said 2,000 police and fire vehicles from more than 150 agencies joined the procession to the service at the …
Read More »Wayward Pilots 'Caught by Surprise,' NTSB Says
WASHINGTON – A single call from a flight attendant to the pilots of the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis catapulted the cockpit crew from complacency to chaos. Interviews with the flight crew and other documents released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board indicate the pilots were completely unaware …
Read More »Suspect Identified in LaGuardia Bomb Scare, Evacuation
NEW YORK – The central terminal at New York’s LaGuardia Airport was evacuated Saturday morning after a man entered the building with a fake bomb in a bag, police said. The scare was over in a few hours, but it disrupted travel plans for thousands of people as flights were …
Read More »Congressman Fleming Wants to Force Lawmakers to Take Public Health Care Plan
This is a rush transcript from “Your World With Neil Cavuto,” August 10, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Are you willing to put your family on this government assistance, which is different from the one you …
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