AMMAN, Jordan – A government official says Jordan’s state security court sentenced 12 defendants to prison terms ranging from one to 15 years in what local media described as a plot by the Islamic militant Hamas group to carry out attacks in the West Bank. The official says eight defendants …

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 …

PEORIA, Ariz. – An Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter with his car because she was becoming “too Westernized” was returned to Arizona Saturday to face aggravated assault charges. Faleh Almaleki was arrested Thursday when he arrived at Atlanta’s airport, sent from the United Kingdom after authorities denied …

CLEVELAND – The man who lived in the house of rotting corpses never gave people a reason to wonder what he was really doing behind closed doors. Anthony Sowell was the guy who liked to sit on his front steps drinking King Cobra Malt Liquor for $1.50 a bottle, sometimes …

WASHINGTON – The Army will conduct an internal investigation to examine whether it missed warning signs about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the man accused of killing 13 people in the Nov. 5 shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, two newspapers reported Monday. Citing anonymous officials, The Wall Street Journal said …