This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” July 5, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” JOHN KASICH, GUEST HOST: In the “Factor Follow-Up” segment tonight, Palm Beach prosecutors have …
Read More »Housebound Crow Dies at Age 59
BEARSVILLE, N.Y. – There’s no way to prove Tata was the world’s oldest crow when he died Sunday at age 59. But an expert on crows says it’s possible. Tata’s tale began in 1947 when a thunderstorm blew the fledgling out of his nest in a Long Island cemetery, a …
Read More »Prototype Inflatable Space Station Launched Into Orbit
An experimental inflatable spacecraft bankrolled by real estate magnate Robert Bigelow rocketed into orbit Wednesday to test technology that could be used to fulfill his dream of building a commercial space station. The Genesis I satellite flew aboard a converted Cold War ballistic missile from Russia’s southern Ural Mountains at …
Read More »Conn. Church Probe: Priest Appropriated $1.4M to Finance Luxurious Life With Another Man
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – A priest who resigned from a church in an affluent Connecticut community misspent up to $1.4 million in parishioner donations to lead a life of luxury with another man, according to a church-directed investigation. The Rev. Michael Jude Fay spent church money on limousines, stays at top …
Read More »Gunmen Kidnap Head of Iraq's Olympic Committee
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Gunmen seized the chairman of Iraq’s Olympic committee and at least 30 other people Saturday in a brazen daylight raid on a sports conference in the heart of the city as armed clashes erupted in scattered parts of the capital. Parliament extended the national state of emergency …
Read More »Gas Prices Are Soaring, So Why Aren't Americans Cutting Back on Consumption?
This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” July 24, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: In the “Personal Story” segment tonight, two situations to tell you …
Read More »Park Service Director Quits Post
WASHINGTON – The director of the National Park Service announced her resignation Wednesday from an agency often at odds with environmentalists and Westerners for shifting its focus from conservation to recreation. Fran Mainella headed the agency for six years and most recently oversaw a controversial rewrite of management policies for …
Read More »Cop Charged With 4 Rapes in Illinois College Town
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – A police officer arrested after was he spotted lurking outside a home was charged Friday with raping four women since 2002. Two of the rape victims identified Bloomington Sgt. Jeff Pelo from a photo lineup, and police found a mask, pry bar and other items in his …
Read More »11 Hells Angels Start Trial for Deadly Biker Brawl
LAS VEGAS – Videotape images show rival motorcycle gang members wielding guns, knives, wrenches and chairs in a brawl that killed three and injured at least a dozen in a southern Nevada casino in 2002. The footage is among hundreds of hours of videotape jurors may view during the trial …
Read More »Marine Faces Hearing in Slaying of Iraqi Man in Hamdania
OCEANSIDE, Calif. – Eager to see the world and looking for adventure, Jerry E. Shumate Jr. joined the Marine Corps straight out of high school. Now the 21-year-old lance corporal is in the brig. Shumate is accused, with eight others, of kidnapping and murdering an Iraqi man in Hamdania, west …
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