WASHINGTON – The Obama administration plans to raise fuel efficiency standards by 2 miles per gallon to 27.3 mpg for new cars and trucks in the 2011 model year, marking the first increase in passenger car standards in more than two decades. Under the changes, which are slightly less stringent …

LONDON – A school of mechanical, battery-powered robots in the shape of fish will be released into a Spanish port to help monitor pollution there, scientists said Friday. The 5-foot-long (1.5-meter-long) robots work by mimicking the swishing movements of a fish’s tail, according to University of Essex robotics expert Huosheng …

ATHENS, Texas – An east Texas man charged with stealing a small plane he crashed Wednesday claims he bought it online, according to police. Athens Municipal Airport workers saw the plane flying low and erratically and called its owner, who said he hadn’t given permission for someone else to fly …

DUSTIN, Okla. – Two sisters of a girl who was allegedly raped and impregnated four times by her father traveled to Oklahoma to help locate the unmarked grave of a baby from one of those pregnancies. Investigators believe the remains of a 4-month-old girl discovered Saturday near Dustin in Hughes …

The Israeli government is refusing to comment on reported American claims that its air force carried out a long-range air strike in Sudan. CBS News reports claims by U.S. officials that Israeli aircraft attacked a 17-truck convoy, believing it to be carrying Iranian weapons supplies bound for Hamas in Gaza. …

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad submitted his resignation on Saturday in a move that could help usher in a power-sharing deal between Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas and his rivals in the militant group Hamas. Fayyad’s resignation was meant to be a goodwill gesture toward the militant …

Michelle Duggar, star of the TLC show “18 Kids and Counting,” gave birth to her 19th child Thursday, according to a statement from TLC, which airs the program. Josie Brooklyn arrived three months prematurely and weighed only 1 pound, 6 ounces. She was due March 18, according to the Duggar …

The International Atomic Energy Agency intends to probe Iran on its plan to expand its uranium enrichment program, Reuters reported. “The Agency will be seeking clarification from Iran on its announcement,” said IAEA Spokesperson Gill Tudor. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said it is not necessary to hold discussions with the …

ATLANTA – Ann Nixon Cooper, the Atlanta centenarian lauded by President Barack Obama in his election night speech last year, has died. She was 107. Obama in his 2008 speech called Cooper an example of “the heartbreak and the hope” of the past century. He noted she was born at …

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” December 8, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Tonight, the question you’ve all been waiting for! Is press secretary Robert Gibbs just a big baby? Now, why …