This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Bret Baier” from August 20, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I would love to have more Republicans engaged and involved in this process. I think early …
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UNIONTOWN, Pa. – A western Pennsylvania woman is suing McDonald’s saying her 11-year-old grandson was scalded by hot coffee in a cup served with a loose lid in a drive-through lane. Cheryl Cornair of Washington Township, Fayette County, says the boy was burned May 24 at the McDonald’s on Route …
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MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. – A 10-vehicle crash on the New Jersey Turnpike killed five people in one car and injured several others on Saturday afternoon. Turnpike Authority spokesman Joe Orlando said it appeared that nine cars and a tractor-trailer were involved in the fiery crash in the turnpike’s southbound lanes …
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KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. warplanes killed five suspected militants near the Pakistani border, after guerrillas launched an overnight attack on American and Afghan military positions, officials said Wednesday. The planes were scrambled after insurgents fired 13 rockets at two U.S. bases in the southeastern province of Khost (search) and turned …
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. – Prosecutors presented the jury in Michael Jackson’s (search) child molestation trial Wednesday with an avalanche of sexually explicit magazines and videos seized from his home but lost a bid to include adult material from Internet sites found on the pop star’s computers. Superior Court Judge Rodney …
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HOUSTON – A jury in the trial of a man accused of driving and abandoning an airtight tractor-trailer packed with more than 70 illegal immigrants ended its second day of deliberations without reaching a verdict. Jurors were scheduled to resume deliberations on Wednesday in the trial of Tyrone Williams (search), …
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WASHINGTON – People who receive federal grants to relocate or safeguard their homes from hurricanes, flooding or other natural disasters wouldn’t have to pay taxes on that money under a bill approved by the House on Monday. The Internal Revenue Service (search) determined last year that these hazard mitigation grants …
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AMMAN, Jordan – Jordan’s military court sentenced wanted terror leader Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi (search) to 15 years jail and a detained associate to three years behind bars Sunday for planning an attack on the Jordanian Embassy (search) in Baghdad. The court convicted al-Zarqawi, Iraq’s most wanted terrorist, and Al-Miqdad Mohammad al-Dabbas, …
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Iceland, the country where Bobby Fischer (search) won the world chess championship a generation ago, granted citizenship to the 62-year-old recluse Monday — a boost to Fischer’s efforts to fight deportation from Japan to the United States. Fischer, who is wanted by the United States for violating …
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See you in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight … “The O’Reilly Factor” is on… Unidentified Flying Objects: Many think they’re coming. Some believe they’re already here. From recorded sightings to alien abductions, we separate the facts from the science fiction in a “Factor” …
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