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This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” June 13, 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: “Impact” segment, tonight. The media the drumbeat continues about Guantanamo Bay. …

BANGKOK, Thailand – A dozen homemade bombs exploded almost simultaneously Thursday morning at provincial government offices in Thailand’s restive south, wounding six, police said. Among the injured were three police officers and three civilians, said Boonyasit Suwanarat governor of Yala province. The explosions occurred in Thailand’s three Muslim-dominated provinces, Yala, …

DURHAM, N.C. – A North Carolina Republican says “Durham is torn up” about the Duke lacrosse team rape case so he plans to run against the district attorney prosecuting three students. The chairman of the Durham County Republican Party, Steve Monks, has no experience as a prosecutor and has never …

ROME – Italian police arrested 45 people Tuesday in an anti-Mafia crackdown in Sicily, including top mobsters who had allegedly been in contact with Bernardo Provenzano, the reputed No. 1 boss apprehended earlier this year. Investigators said the arrests in Palermo struck at the heart of the Sicilian Mafia, dealing …

CAIRO, Egypt – The successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the former leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, vowed revenge in an Internet posting on Tuesday as another Web statement claimed that the U.S. airstrike that killed Zarqawi was just a stroke of luck. Zarqawi’s successor, reported on Monday to be …

LOS ANGELES – Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (TTWO) said on Monday it faces a probe by a Manhattan grand jury into everything from hidden sex scenes in a popular video game to acquisitions, accounting and its change of auditors, sending its shares down 20 percent. The announcement marked the latest …

SYDNEY, Australia – Like any bride on the night before the big day, all Nicole Kidman wants is a good night’s rest. “I’m going to get some sleep,” Kidman said when asked what her plans were for the Saturday night before she ties the knot with country music star Keith …

WASHINGTON – Most American cities and states remain unprepared for catastrophes, a government analysis concludes, calling the shortcomings in emergency planning a cause “for significant national concern.” Nearly five years after the 9/11 attacks and 10 months after Hurricane Katrina, the Homeland Security Department concluded that nationwide response plans for …

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky officials are blocking state employees’ Internet access to a political blog that has been critical of Gov. Ernie Fletcher, who was indicted earlier this year in connection with a state hiring scandal. The blocked Web sites include entertainment and humor sites, online auctions and blogs, but …

This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” February 9, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. JOHN GIBSON, HOST: President Bush is reminding us Thursday that Al Qaeda not only wants to strike again, but they have tried since 9/11, revealing the details of a …