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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The Obama administration came to office pledging to reverse course in Afghanistan. But the administration has found itself in a predicament as it prepares to make a final decision on adding more troops. While some naysayers have argued that Afghanistan has little strategic value, Al Qaeda’s ties to Afghan insurgent …

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 …

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 …