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KARABILAH, Iraq – Helicopter gunships and fighter jets streaked across the desert sky Saturday as American and Iraqi forces battled insurgents near the Syrian border, killing at least 50 militants in two massive offensives to stanch the flow of foreign fighters from Iraq’s western neighbor. The U.S. military reported the …

NAJAF, Iraq – A radical anti-American cleric says he will stay away from Iraqi politics as long as U.S. troops remain, and he condemned senior Shiite leaders and the government for embracing this year’s elections that “legitimized the occupation.” In a rare interview with a Western news organization, Muqtada al-Sadr …

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. – Eighteen hillside homes that were declared unlivable following last week’s devastating landslide have been declared safe for occupancy, authorities said. Eighteen of 25 homes that were given a yellow tag to indicate they were only safe for daytime entry were upgraded to green tags, meaning residents …

There is increasing evidence that chemical abnormalities within the brain make some women more vulnerable to eating disorders and anxiety disorders. Two months ago, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh reported that recovered anorexics show increased dopamine in the brain. Dopamine is a chemical involved in weight, feeding behaviors, reinforcement, …

NEW YORK – A tape delivered to ABC News in Pakistan (search ) this weekend features a masked man making terrorist threats against Los Angeles and Australia. ABC News reported that the man is believed to be Adam Yahiye Gadahn (search), an American from California purported to be an Al …

There is more good news in the battle against breast cancer. Newly released figures show that deaths continue to decline, dropping about 2 percent a year since 1990. The drop was most dramatic among women under the age of 50, whose breast cancers tend to be more aggressive and harder …

ORANJESTAD, Aruba – The investigation into the disappearance of a U.S. teen “will not cease” despite the release of the three suspects, Aruba’s prime minister said Monday. One of the three, a Dutch youth who has acknowledged spending the evening with Natalee Holloway (search) before her disappearance but denied any …

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Prosecutors want to question Rush Limbaugh’s (search) physicians in their probe of the conservative commentator’s possible “doctor shopping” for prescription painkillers, according to a motion filed Tuesday. Prosecutors believe Limbaugh illegally deceived multiple doctors to receive overlapping prescriptions for painkillers. He has not been charged …

This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” September 20, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: In the “Factor Investigation” segment tonight, more than 100,000 people have …

WASHINGTON – The Education Department violated a ban on covert propaganda when it paid a columnist to tout government policies and produced a video that seemed like a news story, congressional investigators said Friday. The public relations efforts violated the government’s “publicity or propaganda prohibition” because the Education Department contracts …