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JERUSALEM – Israeli police say four people were killed, including a British tourist, when a helicopter crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off the Israeli coast. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the civilian helicopter crashed about 300 meters from the seaside city of Netanya Tuesday afternoon, killing all four people aboard, …

GENEVA – The campaign posters are inflammatory: Minarets rising like missiles from the national flag. A proposal championed by right-wing parties to ban minarets in Switzerland goes to a nationwide vote on Sunday in a referendum that has set off an emotional debate about national identity and stirred fears of …

The news that is not White House approved… Goodness and Welfare The health care law’s requirement that all individuals purchase health care insurance has raised constitutional questions among lawmakers and scholars alike. CNS tracked down Michigan Representative John Conyers to ask him what he had to say about the issue, …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Complaint Department Michigan Democrat John Conyers appears to be on President Obama’s “naughty” list this year. The second longest-serving member of the House tells The Hill newspaper he received a call from the president several weeks ago expressing frustration with Conyers’ criticism: …

NEW YORK – A rare copy of Benjamin Franklin’s “Poor Richard” almanac has made somebody rich — selling at a New York City auction for more than half a million dollars. It’s the second highest price ever paid for a book printed in America. The Sotheby’s auction house says the …

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Kate Gosselin says in divorce papers that her marriage to Jon is “irretrievably broken.” The star of TLC’s “Jon & Kate Plus 8” filed for a no-fault divorce Monday in Montgomery County Court outside Philadelphia. She said in papers that she’s willing to “negotiate a fair and …

NEWPORT, Ore. – Karen Noyes often fed the black bears that came to her home near the Oregon coast. Then things got out of hand. One hungry bear stormed a neighbor’s barn and killed 60 turkeys. Another got stuck in a doggie door. Noyes asked wildlife officers to help remove …

Police in Washington state said the suspect in the killings of four police officers in a Seattle-area coffee shop was not inside the house that they had surrounded since early Monday morning. Negotiators spent the night trying to communicate with 37-year-old Maurice Clemmons, but discovered after a search of the …

MISSOULA, Mont. – The University of Montana is proposing a campus-wide ban on all forms of tobacco, though students and staff would have nearly two years to quit before it’s enforced. The Associated Students of the University of Montana Senate endorsed the ban and President George Dennison recently sent an …

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” November 24, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Expect the official announcement Tuesday night. Now, that’s when President Obama will announce his war strategy for Afghanistan. Of …