PITTSBURGH – A Presbyterian minister has been charged with breaking church law for performing a marriage between two women. Janet Edwards of the Community of Reconciliation Church in Pittsburgh was charged Tuesday with presiding at the June 2005 wedding in violation of church standards that marriage should be reserved to …
Read More »Willie Nelson Cited for Marijuana and Mushroom Possession in Louisiana
LAFAYETTE, La. – Country music star Willie Nelson and four others were issued misdemeanor citations for possession of narcotic mushrooms and marijuana after the tour bus they were on was stopped Monday morning on Interstate 10 in Louisiana, state police said. In a news release, state police said the citations …
Read More »Kidnapped Austrian Girl Watched 'Star Trek,' Read Children's Classics
VIENNA, Austria – The kidnapped Austrian teen who spent more than eight years in a windowless cell said she asked for classic children’s books during her first months in captivity, and later watched Star Trek and other videos, according to a newspaper. Natascha Kampusch, now 18, told the mass-circulation daily …
Read More »Evacuations Ordered as Montana Wildfire Triples in Size
LIVINGSTON, Mont. – Strong winds that had caused a fire in an area popular with celebrities to nearly triple in size shifted Thursday and helped slow the blaze’s growth, allowing some residents who had evacuated to return. The wind shifted “pushing the fire back onto itself, which is a good …
Read More »Bill Clinton Announces $1B Fund for Renewable Energy
NEW YORK – Former President Clinton announced the launch of an investment fund expected to raise more than $1 billion for renewable energy on Friday, the final day of his global issues conference. The Green Fund would focus on reducing dependence on fossil fuels, creating jobs, lessening pollution and helping …
Read More »Transcript: Democrat's Weekly Radio Response
Good morning. This is Jim Webb from Virginia. More than four years ago – long before this Administration ordered the invasion of Iraq – I warned publicly that an invasion and occupation of that country would be a strategic blunder, that our troops would become terrorist targets, and that there …
Read More »Transcript: Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum on 'FOX News Sunday'
The following is a partial transcript of the Oct. 29, 2006, edition of “FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace”: “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” HOST CHRIS WALLACE: All right. We turn now to Pennsylvania, where Republican Senator Rick Santorum faces an uphill. Senator Santorum joins us from Pittsburgh. We invited his Democratic …
Read More »Are Our Kids Safe at School?
It was a sad day as we discussed the aftermath of the Amish school shooting and we opened with the passing of yet another victim. So many of our callers and e-mailers felt uneasy about sending their kids to school today, and why not? Three attacks in one week; any …
Read More »Democrats Accuse Republicans of Neglecting Scandalized Congressman's Behavior
WASHINGTON – House Republican leaders should have kept Democrats in the loop — and now must conduct a thorough investigation — about the inappropriate e-mails that led to Rep. Mark Foley‘s resignation, a top Democrat said Sunday. “This should be investigated objectively. I think the Democratic leadership should have been …
Read More »Federal Police Take Control of Mexico's Embattled Oaxaca
OAXACA, Mexico – Federal police backed by armored vehicles and water cannons tore down barricades and stormed the once picturesque tourist city of Oaxaca, taking control of the city center that was held by leftist protesters for five months. With helicopters clattering overhead, officers entered the city from several sides …
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