DETROIT – A postal worker says he couldn’t eat or sleep for three days because of something in a container of flour. What was keeping him up? A $1 million lottery ticket. Fred Morgan of Detroit had five winning numbers in the April 17 Mega Millions game. He knew he …
Read More »The Factor Switches Into War Mode
To watch “The Talking Points Memo” in the Screening Room click here. Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. The Factor switches into war mode. That is the subject of this evening’s Talking Points Memo. According to all military experts the war is going well. Saddam’s days are …
Read More »Air Force says no threat found at North Dakota base that was locked down for 2 hours
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – No threat has been found at a U.S. Air Force base in North Dakota that was locked down for two hours while base officials investigated a domestic violence report from local police. Lt. James Fisher says police in Grand Forks notified the Grand Forks Air Force …
Read More »Texas mom heads home with long-missing daughter after Mexican judge puts girl in her custody
MEXICO CITY – A Texas woman got her long-missing daughter back and headed for home, concluding an eight-year search at a Mexican court hearing a cross-border custody case that earlier mistakenly sent another girl to the U.S. against her will. Houston resident Dorotea Garcia and 13-year-old Alondra Diaz didn’t speak …
Read More »Americans Didn't 'Really Mind?'
And now the most scintillating two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Click here to watch it! Americans Didn’t ‘Really Mind?’ BBC defense correspondent Andrew Gilligan, who from Baghdad in April concluded that it was probably Iraqi, not American, fire that killed …
Read More »The Assault on Christmas Continues
I’m getting very, very tired of the Christian bashers. And I think most Americans of all faiths are with me on this. Wednesday night, I debated former New York City mayoral candidateMark Green (search)over the fact that in the city’s public schools, you can display a Menorah for Hanukkah, a …
Read More »Playground Wood: Cancer Cause or Consumer Scare?
The Consumer Product Safety Commission scared parents this week about wood playground equipment causing cancer in children. It’s another case of a make-believe health risk leading to very real costs for consumers. A new CPSC report claims some children may face an increased risk of lung or bladder cancer over …
Read More »Iran: Why trial of Washington Post reporter should raise red flags about proposed nuclear deal
Tuesday a revolutionary court in Tehran began trying Washington Post Iran correspondent Jason Rezaian on charges of espionage. Rezaian, who has already been held for more than ten months, is but one of four American hostages which the Islamic Republic holds. Former FBI agent Robert Levinson just passed his 3,000th …
Read More »Terror suspect wanted in US wins Irish case, walks free
DUBLIN – An Algerian-born terror suspect wanted in the United States walked free from a Dublin court Thursday after winning a two-year legal battle against extradition. American authorities had sought to convict Ali Charaf Damache, 50, on two counts of conspiring to develop a European terror cell and to aid …
Read More »German police: 14 Indonesian students rescued by helicopter after being stranded on Alps hike
BERLIN – Police in the southern German region of Bavaria say their biggest-ever helicopter rescue operation saved 14 Indonesian students who misjudged the weather during a spring hike in the Alps. The 23- to 25-year-old-students called for help late Sunday after becoming lost amid heavy snowfall at an altitude of …
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