TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s supreme leader urged the Iraqi president on Tuesday to seek a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, saying the American presence harms the country. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who is paying a three-day visit to Iran, a country …
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MINNEAPOLIS – .The teenage son of a tribal chairman pleaded guilty Tuesday to a criminal charge for his role in shootings that left 10 people dead on an Indian reservation last March. Louis Jourdain, 17, pleaded guilty to threatening interstate communications, according to a docket released by a federal court …
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Four women in California who died of toxic shock syndrome within a week of taking the controversial abortion pill RU-486 had the same rare bacterial infection, federal officials have confirmed. The deaths, which occurred between September 2003 and May of this year, were due to the toxic effects of an …
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NEW ORLEANS – The bodies recovered from a nursing home and hospital after Hurricane Katrina were so decomposed they may not yield any evidence for prosecuting crimes, the coroner overseeing the autopsies says. Louisiana’s attorney general charged the owners of a flooded-out nursing home in Chalmette with negligent homicide in …
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NEW YORK – Rap feuds aren’t usually about differing opinions on President Bush (search). However, that appears to be the case between 50 Cent (search) and Kanye West (search). 50 says he disagrees with West’s infamous statement that ” George Bush doesn’t care about black people,” proclaimed during a September …
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BALTIMORE – A car accident took Nick Anderson’s leg, and nearly his arm. “We had to fight with them not to take the arm off,” his grandfather, Frank Anderson, said Wednesday, recounting the night of the December 2004 accident. Nick Anderson’s left arm no longer has an elbow joint, and …
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WASHINGTON – One day after Washington Post editor Bob Woodward revealed he was told a CIA operative’s name weeks before Vice President’s Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff revealed it to a New York Times reporter, the special prosecutor in the CIA leak case said he isn’t changing tack. While …
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WASHINGTON – Grokster Ltd., which lost a Supreme Court fight over file-sharing software popular for stealing songs and movies online, agreed Monday to shut down and pay $50 million to settle piracy complaints by Hollywood and the music industry. The surprise settlement permanently bans Grokster from participating, directly or indirectly, …
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This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” November 11, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” JOHN GIBSON, GUEST HOST: In the “Personal Story” segment tonight, forget anti-American hatred abroad. …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – A three-day holiday began for Sunni Arabs in Iraq on Thursday, ending a month of fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, and unusual signs of celebration emerged in war-torn cities. In Tikrit, Saddam Hussein’s hometown, children appeared on the streets in new clothes, and the …
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