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GARLAND, Texas – A woman apologized Friday for a “bad decision” in helping her 6-year-old daughter win tickets to a Hannah Montana concert with an essay that falsely claimed the girl’s father died in Iraq. Priscilla Ceballos said she had not intended to mislead the contest sponsor but got caught …

BRISBANE, Australia – Boomerangs really do come back — even after 25 years. Officials in an Australian Outback town were surprised when a boomerang arrived in the post. Along with it was a note from a guilt-ridden American who said he stole it years earlier from a museum in the …

WASHINGTON – The world will be watching China closely as it gears up to host the Olympics this year. So will U.S. lawmakers, who hope to use the attention generated by the summer games to highlight their complaints about China’s government. Lawmakers, in hearings and in legislation, will scrutinize what …

LONDON – Two people died Saturday when a civilian helicopter crashed near a golf course in northern England, the local fire and rescue service said. The victims of the crash, at about 1630 GMT, both of whom were on the helicopter, were not immediately identified. No one else was believed …

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – A man from Dominica has been arrested as a suspect in the killing of a San Francisco woman during a cruise stopover to celebrate her sister’s wedding. Police say 24-year-old Tishara Daniel has confessed to the Jan. 19 fatal stabbing of Nina Nilssen. Daniel allegedly was …

MAPUTO, Mozambique – Mozambique’s state radio says seven people have died in a riot sparked by false rumors that health workers were spreading cholera. A community leader was among those killed after people in the district of Gurue rioted with spears and machetes Thursday in central Mozambique. Zambezia provincial governor …

This is a rush transcript from “Your World With Neil Cavuto,” February 25, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Well, Congress just slamming them for it, but did these health insurance giants ask for it, hiking rates when the …

Sixty-three people, all of them women and children, were crushed to death in a stampede Thursday at a temple in northern India where crowds gathered for a religious festival. “We have now counted all the bodies and they include 37 children and 26 women who had come to collect free …

As young boys, we were often warned of the mythical dangers of genital exploration. There’s the ever-popular “you’ll go blind” scare tactic or the infamous “hairy palms” defense. But as we grew older, we began to realize that genital examination is not only natural, but it might even save our …

Scientists have found that a gas that smells of rotten eggs is naturally present in the knee joint and may help protect against inflammation, according to new research. A comparative study of people with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and healthy individuals found the “rotten egg” gas, called hydrogen sulfide (H2S), resides …