LOS ANGELES – The Department of Homeland Security (search) announced Thursday it has no plans to enlist citizen volunteers to help patrol U.S. borders, one day after its top border enforcement official said he was exploring such an idea. On Wednesday, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Robert C. Bonner (search) …
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NEW YORK – The similarities between Ozzy Osbourne’s family and Terry “Hulk” Hogan’s (search) bleached-blond brood are as striking as the wrestling legend’s famous leg drop finishing move. Hogan, 51, is the only seasoned celebrity among his family of four, just like Ozzy. Daughter Brooke, 16, is an aspiring music …
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MELILLA, Spain – For the fifth time in a week, hundreds of destitute Africans rushed Morocco’s border with this Spanish enclave Wednesday, scrambling up a razor-wire fence only to be grabbed by the legs and yanked back by police. Moroccan officers, often accused of turning a blind eye to the …
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WASHINGTON – Americans are grumbling about gas prices hovering around $3 a gallon, but that price would be welcome in many other countries. AP-Ipsos polling found wide disparities in what people in the U.S. and eight other countries think is a fair price. Americans grit their teeth as they pump …
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About the bird flu (search): It is coming to get you. It might be tomorrow in the sense that tomorrow is the future, but not tonight. The Centers for Disease Control (search) has been getting a lot of questions from people about this flu like: Is it safe to have …
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The Creative Zen Vision occupies its own niche in the portable media player (PMP) market. Unlike the Archos AV and PMA series, it doesn’t record video, and it’s not as small as the fifth-generation iPod, but its gorgeous 3.7-inch screen provides a very comfortable photo- and video-viewing experience, despite some …
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NEW YORK – The ongoing FOX News investigation into the U.N. procurement department scandal has uncovered a possible link between a major U.N. contractor and a businessman who has been fingered as an Al Qaeda financier. The trail begins at IHC Services (search), a company that has been involved in …
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This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” October 26, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. JOHN GIBSON, HOST: Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald (search) is wrapping up his two-year investigation into who outed CIA officer Valerie Plame (search) to the press and the whole thing …
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WASHINGTON – Laying out a broad plan to win the War on Terror, President Bush on Thursday outlined an approach that includes public diplomacy, “city-by-city” fighting, military support for Iraqis and ridding that country and the world of terrorists. “Our goal is to defeat the terrorists and their allies at …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – A key prosecution witness in Saddam Hussein’s trial will testify at an unexpected session Sunday because the former intelligence official is seriously ill with cancer, officials said Thursday. The witness, Wadah Ismael Al-Sheik, was a senior Iraqi intelligence officer at the time of the Dujail massacre in …
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