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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Anchorage police say one of their officers was shot and wounded while sitting in his patrol car early Saturday. Police spokesman Lt. Dave Parker says the officer was taking a report about an assault around 2 a.m. and was parked in a residential area east of downtown …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – As Haitians waited for aid from other countries, they frantically used whatever was available to save those injured in this week’s earthquake. They used sledgehammers and their bare hands to try to find victims in the rubble. In Petionville, next to the capital, people dug through a …

This is a rush transcript from “Hannity,” January 11, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, HOST: Now as we have been reporting the new book, “Game Change,” has quickly become the talk of the country. But Harry Reid’s racially insensitive …

LONDON – Britain suspended direct flights with Yemen on Wednesday and the prime minister said the U.K. will introduce new no-fly lists as it seeks to tighten airport security following the failed Detroit airliner attack. Prime Minister Gordon Brown told the House of Commons the measures are in response to …

Teenage girls who diet to reach size zero may put their bones at risk of long-term problems such as osteoporosis. Findings revealed Wednesday from the Children of the 90s project, which followed a group of children for nearly two decades, shows that fat mass plays an important role in building …

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Extra security at the airport in New Orleans has cost one small boy a Christmas gift from his grandma. On a post-Christmas flight out of New Orleans last week, the TSA confiscated young Josh Pitney’s Play-Doh. “You know all you have to worry about is it …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – After taking a brief field trip to inspect Scott Peterson’s (search) fishing boat, jurors in his murder trial were told Tuesday that the small aluminum vessel does not capsize easily. Prosecutors apparently want to establish that, contrary to defense claims, Peterson could have heaved his pregnant …

On the heels of the divisive health care debate, now comes proposed financial reform. I know it sounds boring, but it is important to your life, so let me break it down in terms that even I can understand. Most Americans understand that the current vicious recession was caused in …

In a day and age where it snows in Florida, you’d think more people would turn to a hot drink to kill the chill. Despite the subzero temperatures, and what seem like mile-deep snow drifts clogging practically every city east of the Mississippi this winter, people still tend to stick …

Washington, D.C. – No nation has ever had a better military than today’s all-volunteer U.S. Armed Forces. Though I wouldn’t trade anything for the young Americans I served with in Vietnam or afterwards, those presently wearing America’s uniforms are the brightest, best-educated, best-trained and combat-experienced military the world has ever …