This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” February 7, 2006, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Did Saddam Hussein have weapons of mass destruction after all? Secret tapes of conversations between Saddam and his most trusted lieutenants are now in the hands of Congress. …
Read More »It's No Mirage: MGM Board OKs $7B Las Vegas Project
NEW YORK – MGM Mirage Inc. (MGM), the world’s No. 2 gambling company, Thursday said its board has approved a $7 billion budget for its planned CityCenter project on the Las Vegas Strip. MGM expects to break ground on the 66 acre development — which it has labeled the largest …
Read More »Storms Kill One in North Dakota, Cause Tornadoes Across Midwest
FARGO, N.D. – Volunteers filled and stacked sandbags Saturday to protect homes in North Dakota and Minnesota from the rising Red River and its tributaries, swollen by a combination of melting snow and heavy rain. Mayor Bruce Furness said Fargo was preparing for a flood crest next week of 37 …
Read More »Is a New Safe Sex Ad Aimed at Teens Too Hot for Television?
This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” April 21, 2006, 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!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: In the “Unresolved Problem” segment tonight, safe sex versus appropriate viewing. …
Read More »Meteorite Sells for $93,000 at Auction
NEW YORK – A meteorite believed to have come from an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter sold for $93,000 Tuesday at an auction of rare space sculptures. The 355-pound chunk of iron, thousands of years old and discovered in the Campo del Cielo crater field in Argentina, was one …
Read More »Chadian Troops Suppress Rebel Attack
N’DJAMENA, Chad – Government troops using tanks and attack helicopters repelled a rebel assault on Chad‘s capital Thursday. The president assured residents he remained in control, and he blamed Sudan, whose Darfur crisis has spilled over into his country. The pre-dawn attack on N’Djamena demonstrated how little control President Idriss …
Read More »Amid Immigration Debate, Companies Push for More Specialty Work Visas
As the immigration debate rages on across the nation, technology companies and business groups are becoming increasingly concerned that their calls for more specialty work visas will be lost in the political shuffle. While much of the conversation in recent weeks has focused on unskilled, undocumented workers, business leaders continue …
Read More »Flag Waving Banned at Colorado School
LONGMONT, Colo. – Dozens of high school students protested a temporary school policy forbidding students from displaying the U.S. flag — as well as flags from other countries — amid racial tensions following immigration rallies. Skyline High School Principal Tom Stumpf said American flags were brazenly waved in the faces …
Read More »Fighting Breaks Out Near Somali Government Base
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Heavy fighting broke out Wednesday between government troops and a rival Islamic militia near a town where an EU envoy was meeting with Somalia‘s president and prime minister to press for peace talks. A day earlier, fighting killed 10 people near a village northwest of the capital, …
Read More »Kerry, Dodd Talk With Lebanese Leaders Ahead of Syria Trip
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Senators John Kerry and Christopher Dodd held talks on Monday with Lebanese leaders on the country’s deepening political crisis, a day before the two Democratic lawmakers head to neighboring Syria. Kerry and Dodd met with U.S.-backed Prime Minister Fuad Saniora whose government is facing open-ended street protests …
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