DUBLIN – A fiercely debated, long-delayed investigation into Ireland’s Roman Catholic-run institutions says priests and nuns terrorized thousands of boys and girls in workhouse-style schools for decades — and government inspectors failed to stop the chronic beatings, rapes and humiliation. Nine years in the making, Wednesday’s 2,600-page report sides almost …

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Atlantic City police can finally question the mother of a toddler who has been missing for more than 22 years. The child’s father found her by accident. Authorities had been looking in vain for Bonita Sanders since February. That’s when police got a tip about where …

The U.S. Army is set to start testing a computerized, high-tech projectile launcher that can take out bad guys hiding around corners and in caves or trenches, even if they’re out of the soldier’s line of sight. Some experts call it the “Judge Dredd” gun, after the Sylvester Stallone movie. …

ALBANY, N.Y. – A 33-year-old Albany man was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole for shooting three people in the head after a night of drinking and smoking marijuana. Jovan Underdue killed his 26-year-old friend Bobby Jones, 25-year-old Victor Anderson and 16-year-old Keynon Hankins in an apartment building …

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” October 28, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: An ominous warning from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Senate Democrats are putting government-run health care in their bill …

MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man who launched a military flare that sparked a major fire has been sentenced to 90 days in jail. Twenty-five-year-old Kurtis J. Popp was received the same sentence Monday that his 23-year-old brother, Joshua J. Popp, did. Kurtis Popp must spend 30 days in jail for …

LONDON – A national postal strike is to begin within hours, crippling mail deliveries across Britain. It comes after the Royal Mail and union bosses failed to reach an agreement in their dispute over pay conditions and modernization. Up to 120,000 members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will stage …

LODI, Calif. – The city of Lodi is facing a possible lawsuit after the City Council voted to support a policy of saying prayers before council meetings. After the vote Wednesday, an official with the Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation repeated the group’s threat to sue the city. Annie Gaylor, …

VATICAN CITY – African cardinals denounced the “cultural imperialism” of wealthy countries in their aid, trade and health care policies for Africa, saying Wednesday that Western influences were destroying the continent’s moral fabric. African prelates attending the three-week meeting on the role of the Catholic Church in Africa said their …

A new study suggests less-invasive keyhole surgery for prostate cancer may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence and impotence when compared with traditional surgery. Laparoscopic, or keyhole, surgery is increasingly chosen by men having a cancerous prostate removed. And often it involves the highly marketed da Vinci robotics system. …