This is a rush transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” June 24, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. 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 “Impact” segment …
Read More »Zimbabwe's Mugabe Says He Is Open to Talks With Opposition
HARARE, Zimbabwe – In a surprising shift before an internationally condemned presidential runoff, President Robert Mugabe said Thursday he was “open to discussion” with Zimbabwe’s opposition. Mugabe, who spoke at a campaign rally Thursday, had until now shown little interest in talks and his government had scoffed at opposition leader …
Read More »George Michael: Gay Marriage in U.S. 'Overdue'
SAN DIEGO – George Michael is a most happy fellow these days: He’s kicking off his first North American tour in 17 years and same-sex marriage has just been legalized in California. “It’s way overdue,” the 44-year-old English pop star told The Associated Press. “It’s something that happened … almost …
Read More »Widow, Friends Grieve Slain Musician and Best Friend
This is a rush transcript from “On the Record ,” June 19, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Tonight, a Christian musician and studio owner gunned down. So is his close friend. At this hour, police …
Read More »No New Evacuations as Another Levee Fails
WINFIELD, Mo. – The swollen Mississippi River burst through yet another levee Tuesday, not endangering any towns but proving to anxious Midwesterners that the high water is still a threat. Water pouring through the new break was expected to swamp only a soccer field and a sod farm on the …
Read More »'Special Report' Panel on Whether We've Heard the Last of Hillary Clinton
This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume” from June 9, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SEN. HILLARY CLINTON, D-N.Y.: Today, as I suspend my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory he has won …
Read More »Judge: 50 Cent Can't Dispose of Property Where House Destroyed by Fire
NEW YORK – A judge Tuesday ordered 50 Cent to hold on to the property where a $2.4 million house at the center of a bitter dispute with his ex-girlfriend burned to the ground last month. State Supreme Court Justice Carol Edmead also ordered the rapper (real name: Curtis Jackson) …
Read More »Pope Benedict XVI Announces Shroud of Turin Will Go on Rare Public Display in 2010
VATICAN CITY – The Shroud of Turin — revered by many Christians as Jesus Christ’s burial cloth — will go on rare public display in 2010, Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday. The shroud last was shown to the public in 2000, when more than 1 million visitors viewed it in …
Read More »Grandfather Arrested in Ax Deaths of Wife, 2 Grandchildren in Australia
An Australian man was arrested and charged Monday with the gruesome ax murders of his wife and two grandchildren. Police have arrested a 69-year-old man over the alleged triple murder of his wife and his two grandchildren in rural New South Wales. Police pounced on John Walsh, 69, as he …
Read More »Italian Police Arrest Dozens of Suspected Mobsters in Nighttime Raids
ROME – Italian police have arrested dozens of suspected mobsters in the Naples area in a series of nighttime raids. Police say 48 people have been arrested in Naples suburbs and nearby towns. They say the arrests Friday dealt a serious blow to a powerful Camorra clan and that they …
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