JUNEAU, Alaska – Gov. Frank Murkowski won’t head into retirement quietly. Murkowski plans to call state lawmakers into a new session to push through what would be the defining act of his term: A contract setting the terms to build a $25 billion North Slope natural gas pipeline. It may …
Read More »Ancient Peruvian Artwork Found in London
LONDON – Fashioned from a sheet of embossed gold and centuries old, a prized headdress renowned as Peru’s equivalent of the “Mona Lisa” has been seized by police. With a feline face at its center and eight curving tentacles, the ancient artifact — which collectors claim could be among Peru’s …
Read More »Back to Book, Sleep for Air Travelers
Today Dell Computer company is recalling four million laptop batteries because they might explode and catch on fire. There’s even pictures of these things catching on fire. First thing I thought this morning was, “Oh great, you can’t bring liquids on the plane anymore and now the guy with the …
Read More »6 of 11 Missing Egyptian Exchange Students Now in Custody
WASHINGTON – Three additional Egyptian students who were being sought for failing to turn up for an exchange program at Montana State University were taken into custody Thursday. The FBI says they now have six of the eleven missing students in custody. The students were expected to report for a …
Read More »Lebanon's Acting Foreign Minister Says Israel Is Destroying his Country
This is a partial transcript from “On the Record,” August 1, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: Right now thousands more Israeli troops are across the border joined up with forces already fighting there for three days. And Israel’s deputy prime minister just announced the …
Read More »Martha Stewart Trying to Sell Her Luxury Farmhouse in Connecticut
WESTPORT, Connecticut – Six years after Martha Stewart said she was leaving Westport, the domestic diva really is bidding farewell to this wealthy seaside town — if only someone will buy her house. Stewart has been trying for more than two months to sell her early 19th century federal-style farmhouse …
Read More »Chinese County Exterminates 50,000 Dogs After Rabies Deaths
SHANGHAI, China – A county in southwestern China has killed as many as 50,000 dogs in a government-ordered campaign following the deaths of three local people from rabies, official media reported on Tuesday. The five-day massacre in Yunnan province’s Mouding county spared only military guard dogs and police canine units, …
Read More »Grading: Is Honesty the Best Policy?
This is the ninth part of an exclusive FOXNews.com daily series that takes a look at the college experience, from how to choose what school and course of study is right for you to finding innovative ways to pay the bills. When is an A not an A? That’s the …
Read More »Israel OKs North Gaza Invasion After Militant Rocket Strikes Ashkelon
JERUSALEM – Israel stepped up pressure Wednesday on Hamas militants who launched improved, longer range rockets into the heart of a major Israeli city, authorizing the army to enter populated areas in the northern Gaza Strip. The planned invasion threatened to be far bloodier than Israel’s week-old offensive in Gaza …
Read More »Massachusetts Governor Orders Partial Shutdown of Ted Williams Tunnel
BOSTON – Boston’s Big Dig crisis deepened Thursday when Gov. Mitt Romney shut down the eastbound lanes of a major highway tunnel after two problem bolts were discovered in the ceiling. The Ted Williams Tunnel, which carries traffic to and from Logan Airport under Boston Harbor, already had been limited …
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