JACKSON, Miss. – A Democratic congressman from New York says he wasn’t trying to insult Mississippi in published remarks Thursday, but a Republican colleague from Mississippi says Rep. Charles Rangel should apologize to the state. Rangel, D-N.Y., was quoted in a Thursday article in The New York Times, saying: “Mississippi …

SAN FRANCISCO – Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Friday’s session are Whole Foods Market Inc., Washington Post Co. and Electronic Arts Inc. • Get more hot tips in FOXBusiness.com’s Investing Center. Ameren Corp. (AEE) is expected to report earnings per share for the …

RIALTO, Calif. – Firefighters contained a wind-blown blaze Tuesday that had threatened hundreds of homes after being ignited by welders’ sparks and melted metal. Wind gusts up to 50 mph turned Monday’s small brush fire into a 640-acre blaze on the edge of Rialto, 60 miles east of Los Angeles. …

LONDON – A former Russian spy fighting for his life in a London hospital was poisoned at the behest of the Kremlin after years of stinging criticism against the Moscow regime, prominent Russian exiles alleged Monday. Russian authorities denied any link to the man’s condition. Police counterterrorism officials took charge …

VIENNA, Austria – A raid on a suspected gang of international jewel thieves has recovered an uncut ruby known as the “Prince of Burma” worth $4.1 million, Austrian authorities said Thursday. Two men and a woman were arrested in the raid Tuesday afternoon in the southern town of Villach, Austria’s …

ANKARA, Turkey – Residents of a mainly Kurdish village in southeastern Turkey have sacrificed 44 sheep to celebrate the election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States. Dogan news agency video Friday shows villagers in Cavustepe village, in the province of Van, bordering Iran, holding Obama …

MINNEAPOLIS – Under a settlement to a federal lawsuit, up to 100 Somali Muslims who are current or former workers at Gold’n Plump Inc. will receive a total of $365,000. The settlement was filed in Minneapolis on Friday. It sprang from allegations of religious discrimination at the company’s chicken processing …

This is a rush transcript from “America’s News HQ,” November 20, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. JON SCOTT, HOST: A FOX News exclusive now: Joran Van der Sloot, the prime suspect in Natalee Holloway’s disappearance, making news once again. Allegations of …

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MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali pirates holding a Saudi supertanker loaded with crude oil say the ship owner has not contacted them and that they have not yet set a ransom. A pirate spokesman called Daybad, who only gave one name when he spoke to the British Broadcasting Corp. late Monday, …