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This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” June 3, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Hannity & Colmes” weeknights at 9 p.m. ET! SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: Welcome back to this very special edition of “Hannity & Colmes.” I’m Sean Hannity, reporting tonight from the New York, …

NEW YORK – With some 20 million albums sold worldwide, it’s clear Coldplay (search) has its share of fans. What surprises singer Chris Martin (search) is all the people who actively hate the band. Coldplay doesn’t inspire much ambivalence. “Everyone tells me it’s very healthy,” Martin recently told The Associated …

MIANA SHIEN, Afghanistan – Afghan forces scouring mountains in the country’s south found the bodies of 76 suspected militants killed during a blistering barrage of their camps by Afghan and U.S. forces, the Defense Ministry said Saturday. Meanwhile, Afghan government and U.S. military leaders met with tribal chiefs in a …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran warned Sunday that there will be “certain consequences” if it is referred to the U.N. Security Council (search) for possible sanctions over its nuclear activities. New Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (search) also told a news conference Iran plans to organize tenders for building two more nuclear …

The deadliest hurricanes to hit the continental United States since 1900, listed by name or nickname, location, year, category and number of deaths, according to the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory. Hurricanes in the North Atlantic Ocean were first named in 1950. Categories range from 1, the least severe, to …

NEW YORK – People living in the path of Hurricane Katrina’s (search) worst devastation were twice as likely as most Americans to be poor and without a car — factors that may help explain why so many failed to evacuate as the storm approached. An Associated Press analysis of Census …

WASHINGTON – A day after castigating the federal government’s ousted disaster chief, a House panel is hearing pledges from government auditors that they will closely examine millions of dollars in contracts the Bush administration awarded to politically connected companies for Hurricane Katrina (search) relief. The inspectors general from half a …

NEW YORK – Applications for U.S. residential mortgages rose last week as higher interest rates failed to deter borrowers from refinancing their existing home loans, an industry trade group said on Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association (search) said its index of total mortgage applications (search) for home purchase and refinancing …

Older women who smoke cigarettes or have smoked for long periods of time may be up to 40 percent more likely to develop breast cancer than women who never smoked, according to a new study. The results also suggest that use of combination estrogen plus progestin hormone therapy among older …

NEW YORK – Campaigning for re-election in an unquestionably liberal city, Mayor Michael Bloomberg (search) has broken with fellow Republicans and opposed President Bush’s pick of chief justice nominee John Roberts. Bloomberg said he could not support Roberts because the judge had failed to indicate clearly during his Senate confirmation …