This is a partial transcript from “The Beltway Boys”, July 9, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The Beltway Boys” Saturday at 6 p.m. ET and Sunday at 1 and 6 a.m. EST. MORT KONDRACKE, CO-HOST: Let’s take a look at this week’s ups and downs. DOWN: French …
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11 January
Exxon, Saudi Aramco in $3.5B China Refinery Deal
FUZHOU, China – Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), Saudi Aramco (search) and top Asian refiner Sinopec (search) signed a $3.5 billion deal on Friday to expand a refinery in south China, sealing what they called the country’s largest oil project. The deal gives Exxon, the world’s top oil firm, and Middle …
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11 January
Aruban PM Asks Navy to Help Find Holloway
WASHINGTON – A Navy dive team that checked the waters off Iraq for explosives before the American invasion could be used in the search for a missing Alabama girl in Aruba (search), the country’s prime minister says. Prime Minister Nelson Oduber (search) made the request in a letter to Sen. …
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10 January
Abbas: Truce Can Be Salvaged
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (search) said Monday that a five-month-old truce with Israel can still be salvaged though negotiations with the militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad. But after four days of violence imperiled the February cease-fire, Abbas warned the militants they must refrain from …
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10 January
Rice Schedules Surprise Visit to Mideast
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (search) scrambled her schedule Friday to add a trip to the Middle East designed to nurture Israel’s promised withdrawal from Gaza and part of the West Bank despite a spate of terror attacks. With the pullout a month away, State Department spokesman Sean …
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10 January
Benefit of Breast Screening Questioned
Clinical studies show that for women of a certain age breast cancer screening really saves lives. But new research questions whether the benefits seen in those studies translate to real-world settings. Researchers found no evidence that regular mammograms or doctor’s breast exams improved breast cancer survival among average-risk women. A …
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10 January
Bush to Try Again to Attend Boy Scout Jamboree
WASHINGTON – Bad weather forced the cancellation of President Bush’s trip Wednesday to the Boy Scouts’ national jamboree where tens of thousands of youngsters have been saddened by the deaths of four of their leaders in a tragic accident. The president was to have flown by helicopter to the National …
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10 January
All You Need Is Cash for Lennon Lyrics
LONDON – All you need is love — and a whole lot of cash. John Lennon’s (search) handwritten lyrics for “All You Need is Love,” salvaged from his music stand after The Beatles’ (search) final television appearance in 1967, have sold at auction in London for $1 million. It was …
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10 January
Wednesday, July 20
See you weeknights in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight … “The O’Reilly Factor” is on! Will the president’s new get-tough immigration bill reflect what he wants to see in a comprehensive overhaul of immigration laws? We’ll ask co-authors Sen. John Cornyn (search) and …
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10 January
Woman Pleads Guilty to Having Sex Parties With Teen Boys
GOLDEN, Colo. – A woman who told police she wanted to be a “cool mom” pleaded guilty to sexual assault charges Monday for having sex with high school boys at parties where authorities said she supplied drugs and alcohol. Silvia Johnson (search), 40, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of …
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