WASHINGTON – The national intelligence director is opening a center that will elevate a brand of information that’s long been a stepchild in the U.S. spy community: secrets that don’t have to be stolen. Called the Open Source Center, the new operation will collect and study information that’s publicly available …
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LOS ANGELES – Aussie actor Heath Ledger (search) and fiancee Michelle Williams (search) became first-time parents with the birth of a daughter, Matilda, People magazine reports. Matilda was born Friday, according to the magazine. Ledger’s publicist, Mara Buxbaum, had no comment on the report Wednesday. Ledger, 26, and Williams, 25, …
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Here’s what is on tap for Thursday: “FOX & Friends First” Starts at 6 a.m. ET The CIA is reportedly using secret prisons to hold and interrogate some of the most dangerous captured Al Qaeda (search) terrorists. Retired U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Bill Cowan, FOX News military analyst, weighs in. …
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MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina – President Bush (search) on Friday worked to smooth the United States’ troubled image in Latin America, commending Argentina’s efforts to improve its damaged economy. “The economy has changed in quite dramatic fashions thanks to the wise decisions you have made,” Bush told Argentina President Nestor …
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – A tornado with winds exceeding 158 mph ripped a path of destruction through western Kentucky and Indiana as residents slept early Sunday, reducing homes to splinters and leaving entire blocks of buildings in rubble. At least 22 people were killed and 200 others injured. Rescuers who reached …
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DULZURA, Calif. – Immigrant smugglers once avoided the rugged, chaparral-covered canyons east of San Diego for easier crossing points — but now the Otay Mountains are one of the busiest areas along California’s border with Mexico. As smugglers try to stay a step ahead of the law, the U.S. Border …
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HOUSTON – The largest branch of North American Judaism voted on Sunday to oppose Samuel Alito‘s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. More than 2,000 delegates of the Union for Reform Judaism adopted a resolution saying Alito would “shift the ideological balance of the Supreme Court on matters of core …
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WASHINGTON – National Guard ( search) recruitment has dropped nearly 30 percent nationwide, but Georgia is one of a handful of states that is not following that trend. The Georgia Army National Guard has increased strength for five years, said Lt. Col. Pete Van Amurgh. “It is kind of an …
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. – The opposing legal teams in Michael Jackson‘s (search) child molestation case delivered their opening statements Monday, painting wildly different portraits of the embattled pop star. In their morning statement, the prosecution claimed the then 13-year-old accuser was abused and that Jackson employees and associates tried to …
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WASHINGTON – By the narrowest of margins, the Senate protected one of President Bush’s top priorities on Wednesday by rejecting a drive by Democrats and moderate Republicans to make it tougher to approve future tax cuts (search). The 50-50 vote — one shy of the majority needed — averted a …
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