There are a “menu of legal choices” available to those who want the courts to overturn Wednesday’s Pledge of Allegiance decision before it can be enforced in classrooms next fall, according to a legal expert. The first step would have the Elk Grove, Calif., School District ask the same three-judge …
Read More »Critics Slam U.N. Treaty on Women's Rights
U.N. bureaucrats are at it again, critics say — this time with a plan for an international treaty on women’s rights. So what’s wrong with the idea of guaranteeing women equal rights? It’s all in the fine print, according to opponents of the agreement who see it as an attempt …
Read More »FBI Scrutinizes Researchers Who Had Expertise in Anthrax and Bioterrorism
WASHINGTON – The FBI is scrutinizing 20 to 30 scientists, including a former researcher at the Army’s infectious disease laboratory, who might have had the knowledge and opportunity to send last fall’s deadly anthrax letters, a U.S. official said. The former Army researcher, Dr. Steven J. Hatfill, allowed agents to …
Read More »Research Suggests Smallpox Used in Soviet Test Caused a Fatal Outbreak
WASHINGTON – Officials weighing whether to dispense smallpox vaccine to the nation were presented with the possibility Saturday that the virus might be a more effective terrorist weapon than they thought. U.S. researcher Alan Zelicoff, drawing on long-secret Soviet documents, reported on an isolated 1971 outbreak that he said appeared …
Read More »Parting Thoughts on Character
There’s a one-word explanation for the surprising Republican success in this month’s elections: character. Undecided voters concluded that George W. Bush stood for something and that Democrats didn’t — and that he means what he says, period. Now comes the interesting part — an inevitable standoff between the United States …
Read More »Third Party Gubernatorial Candidate Stays in N.Y. Race
NEW YORK – Billionaire third-party candidate B. Thomas Golisano said Sunday he was staying in New York’s race for governor, ending days of speculation that he might quit and endorse Democratic challenger H. Carl McCall. Golisano made his announcement during a paid, two-minute address broadcast Sunday night. “A vote for …
Read More »Topics and Guests, November 6
Tonight on Special Report with Brit Hume: In a stunning midterm victory for President Bush, the Republican Party wins control of both houses of Congress. Plus: • The White House relishes history-defying elections that see Republicans recapture the Senate– a shift that will help break a logjam over President Bush’s …
Read More »Bush Pardons Thanksgiving Turkey
WASHINGTON – Granting little “Katie” the opportunity to live a peaceful life, President Bush issued the traditional pardon of a turkey Tuesday in a Rose Garden annual tradition. “And now as we look to our national day of Thanksgiving I have the honor to carry out an important presidential tradition.The …
Read More »Rupert Murdoch, Chairman & CEO of News Corp.
This is apartial transcript from Your World with Neil Cavuto,November 5, 2002, that was edited for clarity. Click here forcomplete access to all ofNeil Cavuto’s CEO interviews. Watch Your World w/Cavuto weekdays at 4 p.m. and 1 a.m. ET. NEIL CAVUTO, FOX ANCHOR: With us now, the chairman and chief …
Read More »GOP Targets Landrieu in Final Senate Race
BATON ROUGE, La. – The Republican Party, already assured of Senate control, is mounting a determined campaign to oust freshman Sen. Mary Landrieu in a Louisiana runoff next month and deal another blow to discouraged Democrats. The GOP is expected to send money, Vice President Dick Cheney and perhaps President …
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