LOS ANGELES – Jurors in the Robert Blake (search) murder case ended their second full day of deliberations Tuesday without reaching a verdict. The panel deliberated for 5 1/2 hours without asking any questions of the court or making any requests to review trial testimony. Deliberations were scheduled to resume …
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Chris LeDoux (search), a world champion bareback rider who parlayed songs about cowboys he knew on the rodeo circuit into a successful country music career, died Wednesday from complications of liver cancer. He was 56. LeDoux died Wednesday morning in Casper, according to Judy McDonough, spokeswoman for …
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This is a partial transcript from “The Beltway Boys”, March 26, 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. FRED BARNES, CO-HOST: Hot story number one, morality play. This is obviously Terri Schiavo (search), …
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LOS ANGELES – The FBI has closed its investigation into the 1997 murder of rap star Notorious B.I.G. (search), abandoning the theory that a rogue police officer may have been involved in the slaying. The case was closed after federal prosecutors reviewed the evidence and concluded there was no basis …
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VATICAN CITY – Pope John Paul II (search) may have to return to the hospital to have a feeding tube inserted, an Italian news agency reported Tuesday. It stressed that no decision had been made. The APcom news agency, citing an unidentified source, said the 84-year-old pope might have to …
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KABUL, Afghanistan – Inspired by Afghan women who have boldly shed their burqas after years of Taliban (search) repression, Laura Bush urged more educational opportunities and greater rights for women Wednesday in this war-wrecked nation. Under heavy security, Mrs. Bush spent just six hours on the ground after flying nearly …
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NEW YORK – Bill Clinton’s (search) latest medical problem is an unusual but not ominous complication of heart surgery, and the procedure to fix it is not particularly risky, experts say. “It’s a less-than-1-percent risk of anything major happening to him,” said Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood of East Carolina University …
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Weekdays at 3 p.m. in the East and high noon in the West! The news begins anew with “Studio B”… The King of Pop has been hospitalized with a severe case of the flu! We’ll go LIVE to Santa Maria, California for a report from our own Trace Gallagher. Plus, …
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WASHINGTON – A U.S. appeals panel on Tuesday challenged new federal rules requiring certain video devices to have technology to prevent copying digital television (search) programs and distributing them over the Internet. U.S. Circuit Judge Harry T. Edwards told the Federal Communications Commission (search) it “crossed the line” requiring the …
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NEW YORK – Stocks closed higher Thursday as a late buying spree, fueled by energy companies and semiconductor shares, offset a four-month high in crude oil prices and mediocre economic data. The Dow Jones industrial average (search) closed up 75 points, or 0.70 percent, at 10,748.79. The Standard & Poor’s …
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