WASHINGTON – President Bush on Wednesday signed a massive housing bill intended to provide mortgage relief for 400,000 struggling homeowners and stabilize financial markets. Bush signed the bill without any fanfare or signing ceremony, affixing his signature to the measure he once threatened to veto, in the Oval Office in …
Read More »6 Dead, Toothless Sharks Found Along Rural Georgia Road
GRIFFIN, Ga. – Georgia wildlife officials were investigating the bizarre discovery of six dead sharks along the side of a road in a rural area, local media reported Monday. Authorities noted that all six of the sharks found in a pile along the road were toothless, indicating that whoever killed …
Read More »Foreign Fighter Fingerprint Database Turns Up U.S. Arrest Records
WASHINGTON – Information coming in from fingerprinting around the globe is proving to be extremely beneficial to efforts in the War on Terror. Officials have found that many of the foreign fighters and detainees they’ve fingerprinted have U.S. arrest records — many for drunken driving, passing bad checks and traffic …
Read More »Olga Kurylenko, Gemma Arterton Are New James Bond Girls
NEW YORK – James Bond has two new Bond Girls. Olga Kurylenko and Gemma Arterton will co-star in the latest installment of the 007 franchise opposite Daniel Craig, Columbia Pictures has announced. Craig made his debut as Bond in 2006’s “Casino Royale,” which co-starred French actress Eva Green as Vesper …
Read More »What One Democrat Blames For Racial Tensions Between Clinton and Obama
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Color Bind Many Democrats have been unhappy with the racial overtones in some of the exchanges between the Clintons and Barack Obama. And now one prominent Democrat knows exactly who to blame — Republican candidate Mike Huckabee. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn …
Read More »Virginia Rep. Tom Davis Not Seeking Re-Election
McLEAN , Va. – Rep. Thomas M. Davis, R-Va., announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election this year, giving Democrats a strong opportunity to pick up a congressional seat in November. Davis, a moderate Republican who has represented the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington since 1995, said in a …
Read More »Police: Third Child's Body Found in Search for Kids Allegedly Thrown Off Bridge by Father
BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. – Police found a third body in a Mississippi bayou Tuesday in the search for young children allegedly tossed from a bridge by their father. The father, 37-year-old Lam Luong, is being held without bond at Mobile, Ala., on four capital murder charges. A judge approved …
Read More »N.Y. Woman Faces New Charges in Pet Torture Case
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – A Long Island woman has been indicted on animal cruelty and child endangerment charges following the discovery of 42 dead animals buried in her yard. Court documents indicate Sharon McDonough will be arraigned Thursday on the upgraded charges. The 43-year-old Selden, N.Y., woman was arrested in …
Read More »Clinton Hostage-Taker Back in Custody
CONCORD, N.H. – New Hampshire authorities say the man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 is back in custody a day after he cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet. Prosecutor Thomas Velardi says Leeland Eisenberg was found in his Dover apartment at about …
Read More »Shakira Goes to Washington
This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” February 22, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: International singing sensation Shakira is here. She has sold more than 50 million CDs. She is one of the …
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