SAN`A, Yemen – A Yemeni court on Saturday overruled earlier rulings and imposed harsher sentences, including a death sentence, on three militants convicted of attacking a French oil tanker and a helicopter carrying U.S. employees of an oil company. Fawaz al-Rabeiee (search), a Yemeni, was originally sentenced to 10 years …
Read More »Guests and Topics: August 15
Watch “Hannity & Colmes” weeknights at 9 p.m. ET! Here’s just some of what we’ve got planned for you on “Hannity & Colmes” tonight! There are two new developments from Aruba in the case of missing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway (search). We’ll tell you what they are and get reaction …
Read More »NIH Eases Rules on Scientists' Investments
WASHINGTON – Officials at the National Institutes of Health said Thursday that rules designed to reduce conflicts of interest at the agency went too far, so they eased a prohibition on owning stock in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for thousands of employees. Under the new regulation, some 200 senior employees …
Read More »Transcript: Sens. Biden, Lugar on 'FNS'
WASHINGTON – The following is a transcript from “FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace” on August 7, 2005. CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: In Iraq (search) two American soldiers were killed in a roadside bombing. In a separate incident, a suicide bomber exploded an empty fuel tanker near a police station, killing …
Read More »Topics and Guests for August 20 & 21
Watch “The Big Story Weekend” Saturday and Sunday at 9 p.m ET Saturday, August 20 A man who claims he saw Joran van der Sloot (search) and the Kalpoe brothers around 2:30 a.m. the night Natalee Holloway disappeared testified in an Aruban court this past week. His account is significant …
Read More »Roberts Faces Hostility, Questions From Right, Left
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee John Roberts (search) was up on Capitol Hill for a second day Wednesday with Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida after a rare August recess courtesy call with Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden on Tuesday. The two practically had the Capitol to themselves. “Nobody’s around …
Read More »The Game Kicked Out of Fashion Convention
NEW YORK – The rapper the Game (search) says he was kicked out of a major fashion convention in Las Vegas on Tuesday because organizers thought he was involved in the shooting of Suge Knight (search) and feared retaliation. The best-selling rapper was scheduled to showcase his upcoming sneaker, Hurricane …
Read More »French Sailor Circumnavigates the World in Record Time
BREST, France – Francis Joyon broke the around-the-world solo sailing record Sunday, finishing in 57 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes, 6 seconds — more than 14 days faster than Ellen MacArthur’s 2005 journey. The 51-year-old Frenchman completed the circumnavigation off the French Atlantic coast soon after midnight, according to his …
Read More »MySpace Wins $230 Million Anti-Spam Ruling
NEW YORK – A notorious “Spam King” and his partner now owe MySpace about $230 million in damages after a federal judge awarded the popular online hangout what is believed to be the largest anti-spam judgment ever. The judgment is a big victory for MySpace, although service providers often have …
Read More »Administration Lists Polar Bears as 'Threatened Species'
WASHINGTON – Put at risk by global warming, the polar bear is getting a life line: The government has declared it a threatened species in need of increased protection. But another round of legal battles surrounding the majestic animal may be just beginning. The Interior Department put the bear under …
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