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Perez Hilton’s coverage of Michael Jackson’s death has brought the celebrity blogger more attention — but not because he broke any news. The gossip hound is being slammed from all corners for dismissing the initial word on Thursday that Jackson had been rushed to the hospital, calling it a publicity …

Twenty-five people, including one American, have died over the past two weeks after being poisoned by homemade liquor laced with methanol on Indonesia’s resort islands of Bali and Lombok, police said Tuesday. Former Phoenix, Ariz. artist, Rose Johnson, was among the victims. The 48-year-old died Sunday at the Sanglah General …

SYRACUSE, New York – It was a simpler sort of drug trade. Syracuse police say a 45-year-old man offered a slaughtered pig as partial payment for a bag of crack cocaine. They say two men were spotted making the deal on a street corner just before 8 p.m. Thursday. Angelo …

LOS ANGELES – While BET celebrated the life of Michael Jackson the entertainer, Janet Jackson — in her first public appearance since her brother’s shocking death — memorialized him as her beloved sibling and family member, eliciting tears as she vowed his memory would live forever. “To you Michael is …

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Schools closed, residents of low-lying areas sought shelter and Florida’s governor declared a state of emergency Monday as a late-season tropical storm churned toward the Gulf Coast. After a quiet storm season, residents took the year’s first serious threat in stride. Maps, forecasts, radar and more at …

Here’s a surprising result: Looking purely at the frequency of crashes before and after enactment, new laws that restrict the use of handheld cellphone use (calling and/or texting) while driving produce no recognizable reduction in crashes. So find researchers from the Highway Loss Data Institute, an organization that is funded …

The government has put America on suicide watch. That’s right, the government has rolled out a new mental health Web site, titled “Getting Through Tough Economic Times” because people apparently just can’t handle stress on their own anymore. The site — which makes New York’s DMV Web site look cutting …

Farrah Fawcett’s son, Redmond O’Neal, in jail for drug-related charges, has been granted permission to attend his mother’s funeral Tuesday. O’Neal, 24, has been given three hours freedom from Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, Calif., but only to attend the service, Entertainment Tonight reported. He is also permitted to wear …

A 3-month medication monitoring study showed that 44 percent of glaucoma patients used their eye drops less than three quarters of the time, according to a study published in the journal Ophthalmology. Glaucoma is a group of eye disorders that lead to damage of the optic nerve, which carries visual …

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” June 17, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Earlier, we went to the United States Senate to talk to Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) VAN …