With the help of a walker, the 2-year-old Indian girl born with eight limbs has taken her first steps, it is reported by the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph. Lakshmi Tatma was born joined at the pelvis to a “parasitic twin” that stopped developing in her mother’s womb. The surviving fetus absorbed …

A handshake is being credited for saving the life of a man who had a rare and potentially deadly brain tumor, the Daily Mail reported. Mark Gurrieri of Loughton, Essex, England, was working in a restaurant when he was introduced to a doctor who was dining there, according to the …

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – The end of the Hollywood writers strike means the Oscar show will be the usual star-studded, fashion-filled extravaganza, organizers promised. “The strike, the bad news, is past us,” Sid Ganis, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, said Thursday. The 80th annual awards …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran will launch two more research rockets into space before putting its first domestically built satellite into orbit, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday, claiming the first rocket launch earlier this month was a success. The hard-line president, speaking at a rally marking the 29th anniversary of the …

WASHINGTON – The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Tuesday the loading of nuclear-tipped missiles on a B-52 bomber at a U.S. air base last August was an unprecedented and significant security failure. “This event is really a wake-up call,” Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., told Air Force officers …

WASHINGTON – President Bush, before the swearing in of the nation’s agriculture secretary, warned Wednesday that he would veto any farm bill that would raise taxes or did not include reforms of some farm programs. Bush spoke at the Agriculture Department with former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer, who is …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin and others took offense Tuesday to a planned scene from an upcoming film starring Julianne Moore that they say stereotypes West Virginians as inbreeds and carnival sideshows. The horror thriller “Shelter” is recruiting extras with unusual physical features for a scene in a “West …

Usually, he just finds a way to move faster, to cram more into the day. But some things cannot be rushed, and that is one of the hardest parts. Josh Sommer waits for the test tubes to warm up to 37 degrees Celsius, for the centrifuge to spin them around, …

This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume” from January 31, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) MITT ROMNEY, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Absolutely, unequivocally, absolutely no, I have never, ever supported a specific timetable for exit from …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Victoria’s Secret, the lingerie company that introduced the Very Sexy bra, the Fantasy Bra, and the Internet server-crashing fashion show, has become “too sexy” for its own good, its top executive said. “We’ve so much gotten off our heritage … too sexy, and we use the word …