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Watch “The Big Story Weekend” Sunday at 9 p.m ET Sunday, September 4 Tens of thousands of people are left homeless and desperate after the deadly Hurricane Katrina (search) ripped through the Gulf Coast states. What’s next for these survivors who have lost everything except the clothes on their back? …

NEW YORK – ESPN, a unit of Walt Disney Co. (DIS), said Wednesday it had reached a deal, worth $2.368 billion, to broadcast Major League Baseball regular-season games for eight years. The agreement, which runs through 2013, gives ESPN, a unit of Walt Disney Co., the right to air up …

At first, I thought the Internet search engine Google (search) was making a political statement. Go to Google, type in “failure” and up pops George W. Bush with a link to the official White House Web site bio of President Bush. But go back and it appears to also link …

This is a partial transcript from “On the Record,” September 5, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: We had lots of visitors today in Houston, including two former presidents of the United States and several members of Congress, including Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, whose own …

WASHINGTON – The military expects to put 30,000 National Guard (search) troops on duty in the Gulf states as demands grow for more security and relief assistance, the commander in charge of military relief and rescue efforts said Thursday. About 24,000 of those will be on the ground in Louisiana …

Last year I bought a laptop computer. I use it for work and for schoolwork. Can I write off the cost? The short answer is “yes.” You may indeed be able to deduct at least part of that $2,000 laptop computer. But consider yourself warned: Figuring out whether you qualify, …

WASHINGTON – FOX News is refusing to air an ad critical of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, citing its lawyers’ contention that the spot is factually incorrect. A spokesman for the groups sponsoring the ad said the network’s decision reflects the political right’s effort to shield President Bush’s choice for …

WASHINGTON – Three years ago, Massachusetts congressmen Martin Meehan, Stephen Lynch and Edward Markey bucked their state Democratic colleagues and cast votes to give President Bush a green light to go to war in Iraq. Since then, the three have renounced their votes and emerged as critics of the way …

Thursday I told you about trouble for Wal-Mart. Trouble from an employee who told a customer not to worry about Wal-Mart using “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas” because: One: Christmas is drawn from Siberian shamanism, which is another way of saying it’s nothing but a bunch of witchcraft. Two: …

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday the United States will always play by international rules as she prepared to visit Middle Eastern nations where the Guantanamo Bay detention camp is shorthand for a discriminatory foreign policy. “For the United States an essential element of the rule of …