PITTSBURGH – A husband and wife from California will each spend a year and a day in prison for distributing violent sex videos depicting simulated rape and murder. Robert Zicari and Janet Romano also received two years of supervised release at sentencing Wednesday. They pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy …
Read More »Palin Friend: 'She's Not a Quitter, She's a Fighter'
This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” July 6, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Stepping down and now firing back, Governor Palin surprising everyone, announcing she’s out. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GOV. SARAH PALIN, …
Read More »'Special Report' Panel on Expectations From the G20 Summit
This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Bret Baier” from March 31, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BRITISH PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN: We must reshape the global financial system for new times so that with early …
Read More »Voters in Switzerland Ban Nude Hiking
APPENZELL, Switzerland – Voters in the heart of the Swiss Alps on Sunday passed legislation banning nude hiking after dozens of mostly German nudists started rambling through their picturesque region. By a show of hands citizens of the tiny state of Appenzell Inner Rhodes voted overwhelmingly at their traditional open-air …
Read More »Jennifer Hudson to Return to Chicago for Holiday Special Following Family Murders
NEW YORK – Jennifer Hudson returns to her hometown of Chicago for an ABC prime-time special, “Jennifer Hudson: I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” that will air in December. Hudson’s return home follows the slaying of her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in Chicago last year. The network says the 28-year-old …
Read More »Four Travelers Missed Doomed Air France Flight 447
PARIS – A reservation mix-up, an overbooking and a Brazilian cabbie’s passion for soccer are all that saved some would-be passengers on Air France flight 447 from the fate of 228 others who lost their lives in the mid-Atlantic. The survivors say their relief is overshadowed by the immense sense …
Read More »Radiation Detected at Three Mile Island, 150 Workers Sick
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – A small amount of radiation has been detected in a reactor building at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in central Pennsylvania. About 150 employees were sent home after the radiation was detected Saturday afternoon, but officials say there is no public health risk. Exelon Nuclear …
Read More »Italy Quake Reconstruction to Cost at Least $16 Billion
ROME – The region in central Italy ravaged by an earthquake more than a week ago will need at least $16 billion for rebuilding, the country’s interior minister said. As some children started going back to school, experts were assessing the damage at buildings that were still standing. Prosecutors were …
Read More »Coed Murder Suspect's Odd Court Antics in Spotlight
PERUGIA, Italy – She grins and chats and on Valentine’s Day sported a T-shirt that read “All You Need Is Love.” One of the first things she said in court was about a rabbit shaped sex toy. Amanda Knox faces life in prison if convicted of killing Meredith Kercher, a …
Read More »Prosecutors Say Accused Somali Pirate in Seige on U.S. Ship Was Brazen Ring Leader
NEW YORK – Prosecutors say Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse was not shy about making his presence known on the Maersk Alabama, brazenly tearing through the ship in a way that belied his young age and skinny, 5-foot-2 frame. He was the first to board the ship, he fired a shot at …
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