BANGKOK, Thailand – The suspect in the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey said he loved the 6-year-old beauty queen “very much” and is “very sorry for what happened.” In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, John Mark Karr said that he contacted JonBenet’s mother, Patsy, before she died of cancer …
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TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey‘s attorney general resigned Tuesday after a special prosecutor concluded she violated state ethics laws by intervening in a traffic stop involving her boyfriend. Zulima Farber, who will step down at the end of the month, said she is leaving office “out of respect for the …
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NEW YORK – U.S. stocks snapped a four-day losing streak and finished higher Thursday as falling oil prices and insurer AIG’s stronger-than-expected profit outweighed concerns tied to news that British police thwarted a plot to bomb U.S.-bound aircraft. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 48.19 points, or 0.44 percent, to …
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ALTOONA, Pa. – Shoplifting rings paid heroin addicts as much as $2,000 a day to hit retail stores, using eBay as a conduit for resale, a state official said. The rings operated in this southeast Pennsylvania town in late 2003 and 2004, with one store — Dunham’s Sports — reporting …
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CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez launched his campaign for a third straight term on Saturday, dismissing his opponents as pawns of a Washington plan to discredit the December election and destabilize Venezuela. Punching his fist in the air, Chavez was greeted by throngs of supporters who formed a sea …
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In Fresno, the morgue is full of victims from a California heat wave. A combination of heat and power outages killed a dozen people in Missouri. And in parts of Europe, temperatures are hotter than in 2003 when a heat wave killed 35,000 people. Get used to it. — For …
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WASHINGTON – Iran’s response to an offer of incentives to halt its nuclear ambitions “falls short” of United Nations demands, the State Department said Wednesday. The Bush administration’s first official comments on Tehran’s response sets the stage for a possible U.N. fight if the West pushes for sanctions. “United Nations …
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This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” August 22, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: In the “Impact” segment tonight, I believe most Americans see John …
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DENVER – Colorado should not wait for the federal government to stop illegal immigration but should implement its own plans, Gov. Bill Owens said Wednesday. The Republican governor told the Joint Budget Committee, which held hearings Wednesday to discuss the cost of illegal immigration, that Colorado spends about $560 million …
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NEW YORK – We have a Suri Sighting. Although Suri Cruise has not been seen in public since her April 18 birth, Leah Remini, a friend of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, and a fellow Scientologist, says she has seen the infant. “She’s a beaming baby. She looks like Tom …
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