BRISTOL, Conn. – ESPN has reconsidered its decision to ban New York Post writers from its airwaves after the newspaper printed images from a videotape showing ESPN reporter Erin Andrews nude in a hotel room. The network issued the ban last week. PHOTOS: Click for pics of Erin Andrews. The …

NAIROBI, Kenya – A Somali governor says no ransom was paid for the release of an Italian tug boat that pirates held for four months. But Sanag Governor Mohamed Said Nur told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the pirates were paid $270,000 for food and other supplies used to …

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” August 24, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Well, he didn’t pay his taxes. He got caught when President Obama nominated him to his cabinet. Former U.S. …

British swimming pools have begun hosting special Muslim swim sessions during which swimmers — including non-Muslims — are banned from entering the pool if their swimming attire doesn’t comply with dress code required by Islamic custom. Under the rules, men must be covered from the naval to the knees, while …

MIDLAND, Texas – An embarrassed Sheriff Gary Painter fired one Midland County deputy and suspended three others without pay after a scantily dressed waitress holding a rifle posed for photographs on the hood of a patrol vehicle. Round Rock officers were dispatched to the restaurant after someone reported the waitress …

DALLAS – Three children were kept in a hotel bathroom for about a year and were “horribly emaciated” when police found them earlier this month, authorities said. One claimed to have been repeatedly sexually assaulted. The children’s mother, 30-year-old Abneris Santiago, is charged with injury to a child. Her 37-year-old …

LOS ANGELES – Dozens of people lined up early to get free pot at a medical marijuana dispensary in the San Fernando Valley. J.T. Wiegman, whose family owns Roscoe’s Compassionate Collective in Canoga Park, says the shop gave away 3.5 grams of marijuana, worth $55, to the first 100 patients …

BRODHEAD, Wis. – Authorities in southern Wisconsin say a Tennessee man suffered minor injuries when his small plane flipped over on an airport runway. Green County deputies say 58-year-old pilot William R. Fisher of Jackson, Tenn. didn’t require hospitalization. He was the only person in the plane. Authorities say the …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A judge has given a 90-day jail sentence to an Ohio firefighter accused of killing his dogs to avoid boarding them while he went on vacation. Forty-three-year-old David Santuomo of Columbus pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of animal cruelty and one count of possession of a …

International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming them as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas. For years, scientists have described tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation as “probable carcinogens.” A new analysis of about 20 studies concludes the …