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This is a partial transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume,” July 18, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Special Report With Brit Hume” weeknights at 6 p.m. ET (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I would like this to end as quickly …

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – A 7-year-old boy vacationing with his family drowned in a hotel pool and remained unnoticed for a couple of hours as deputies and others searched for him, authorities said. A tourist wearing goggles found Tad Williams, of Wadesboro, N.C., Sunday at the bottom of the 8-foot-deep pool …

LONDON – Eight years after Princess Diana (search) died, the car she was riding in when she was killed has been sent from France to Britain for forensic examination, police said Thursday. The wrecked Mercedes (search) was shipped Wednesday to London with “the assistance of the French authority,” in the …

WASHINGTON – Sen. Max Baucus (search) said Friday he would allow the Senate to act on Treasury Department nominees after the department clarified rules that the senator said were obstructing sales of agriculture products to Cuba. With Baucus no longer blocking the confirmation process, the Senate Finance Committee quickly approved …

DENVER – Some military veterans and law enforcement officials are angry about a Web site promoting Owen Wilson (search) and Vince Vaughn’s comedy “Wedding Crashers.” (search) To win the affections of attractive bridesmaids in the movie, two fun-loving partiers pretend to be Purple Heart (search) recipients. New Line Cinema’s movie …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – A man strapped with explosives blew himself up Sunday at an Iraqi military recruiting center in Baghdad, one of a series of attacks that killed at least 48 people and ended a relative lull in violence in recent days. Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari (search) criticized U.S. and …

NEW YORK – Boeing Co. (BA) deliveries of commercial aircraft slumped to a ten-year low in its strike-hindered third quarter, the No. 1 U.S. aerospace company said on Tuesday. Third-quarter deliveries to airlines and lessors, at 62, were down by 23 from the second quarter and by 5 from the …

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Not since Shoeless Joe Jackson have the Chicago White Sox (search) caused this much of a commotion. World Series, here they come — for the first time since 1959. A.J. Pierzynski (search) came out on the right side of yet another umpiring ruckus, Jose Contreras pitched a …

WASHINGTON – A Texas prosecutor tried to persuade Rep. Tom DeLay (search) to plead guilty to a misdemeanor and save his job as majority leader but DeLay refused, the congressman’s attorney said Monday. Dick DeGuerin described such an effort in a letter to the prosecutor in the case, Travis County …

NAME — Valerie Plame Wilson. AGE-BIRTHPLACE — 42, born in Anchorage, Alaska. EDUCATION — B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1985; master’s degrees from London School of Economics and College of Europe in Belgium. EXPERIENCE — 1985-present: CIA officer. FAMILY — Married to former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson; 5-year-old twins.