This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume” from June 4, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She wants to do everything she can to help elect a Democrat and defeat John McCain, and she …
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One part of Mexico — Baja California — has been cleared of suspicion in the outbreak of salmonella-tainted tomatoes, which U.S. officials said Monday now has sickened 277 people. That’s 49 more than had been counted last week, and the latest known illness struck June 5, reinforcing a warning from …
Read More »Texas Halts Inmate's Execution for 1989 Double Slaying
HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Prison officials halted Tuesday night’s scheduled execution of a former topless-club bouncer condemned for a double slaying almost 20 years ago as the clock ticked down on their deadline. After winning a reprieve earlier in the day, Charles Dean Hood spent much of the evening in a …
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William Shatner most likely won’t be invited to the wedding of his former “Star Trek” co-star George “Sulu” Takei, who will marry his longtime boyfriend in September. “We have only 200 seats,” Takei’s partner of 21 years, Brad Altman, told AP radio this week. “Our contact list has, like, 3,500 …
Read More »Transcript: Govs. Pawlenty, Kaine on 'FNS,' Part 2
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Read More »Police: Dad Shoots 2 Kids, Self at Oklahoma Air Force Base
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE – An adult and two children were found dead inside family housing Monday following a domestic disturbance at Tinker Air Force Base. An Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office tactical team entered the home and discovered a man and children, ages 4 and 8, around 4:30 p.m., two …
Read More »Calif. Man Battles Deadly Illness Caused by Brain-Eating Amoeba
A California man is battling a rare and usually fatal parasite caused by a brain-eating amoeba found in soil, the Press Enterprise reports. Matt Moore, a fire captain in Murrieta, Calif., became seriously ill in November and doctors were initially baffled as to what was causing his sickness, according to …
Read More »Dinosaur-Age Frog Was Size of Bowling Ball
WASHINGTON – A frog the size of a bowling ball, with heavy armor and teeth, lived among dinosaurs millions of years ago — intimidating enough that scientists who unearthed its fossils dubbed the beast Beelzebufo, or Devil Toad. But its size — 10 pounds and 16 inches long — isn’t …
Read More »Iranian President to Visit Iraq in March
BAGHDAD – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make a landmark visit to Iraq on March 2, the first-ever trip by an Iranian leader, the Iraqi government said Thursday. Ahmadinejad will meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani during his two-day visit, according to an Iraqi …
Read More »Muslims March Against Reprinting of Danish Newspaper Cartoons Depicting Muhammad
Muslims protested Friday in the Gaza Strip, Pakistan and Denmark against the reprinting of a Danish newspaper cartoon depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Thousands of residents in the conservative Gaza Strip ruled by the militant Islamic Hamas movement marched in the Jebaliya refugee camp chanting: “What Denmark said is heresy.” …
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