This is a rush transcript from “The Journal Editorial Report,” August 2, 2008. PAUL GIGOT, HOST: This week on the “Journal Editorial Report,” Obamanomics, 101. How much would the Democratic presidential candidate raise taxes? And what would it do to our weak economy? Plus, John McCain makes a tax mistake …

TACOMA, Wash. – Miss Washington Elyse Umemoto has apologized for pictures of her in embarrassing poses made public by the gossip Web site TMZ.com. In a press conference, Umemoto says the pictures were stolen and police have been contacted. She says the pictures were taken before she was Miss Washington. …

Those seeking the oohs and aahs of traditional Fourth of July fireworks could be sadly disappointed this year: Public displays and sales of boxed firecrackers are being canceled or scaled back across the nation, victims of a sluggish economy, wildfire fears and product shortages caused by a warehouse fire in …

NEW YORK – A crane accident at a Donald Trump hotel-condominium tower under construction in Manhattan’s trendy SoHo neighborhood sent a worker plummeting 40 stories to his death and injured three other people, authorities said. The worker’s identity was not immediately released. The three injured were taken to a hospital, …

FORT WORTH, Texas – Fighter jets were training nearby the night dozens of Stephenville-area residents reported seeing a UFO this month, Air Force Reserve officials said Wednesday, backtracking on earlier statements. The announcement did little to satisfy residents of Texas dairy country who swear that what they saw in the …

This is a rush transcript from “Hannity,” February 18, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, HOST: And meanwhile in Washington conservatives around the country have gathered to take part in the annual CPAC convention. And earlier today the event kicked …

The world’s heaviest man is set to reveal his weight-loss tips in a new autobiography. Paul Mason, who now weighs in at 700-pounds, left the hospital Wednesday night in an ambulance after undergoing life-saving gastric bypass surgery. The former postman from England had to drop 280-pounds from his 980-pound peak …

The Roman Catholic Church in France is objecting to a new pay telephone line set up to receive people’s confessions, AFP reported. The phone line, called “Le Fil du Seigneur,” or “The Line of the Lord,” was set up at the start of the Christian fasting period of Lent by …

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” May 17, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: And now to Arizona, where things are getting hotter. The illegal immigration fight is still blazing hot, and now …

Kellogg Co. agreed to comply with expanded advertising restrictions in its advertising campaign for Rice Krispies cereal Thursday after U.S. regulators found the company falsely advertised the cereal improved children’s health, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced. “We expect more from a great American company than making dubious claims – …