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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a plea by environmental groups to rein in the Bush administration’s power to waive laws and regulations to speed construction of a fence along the U.S.-Mexican border. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has used authority given to him by Congress in …

BAGHDAD – U.S. troops detained the news editor of a prominent Shiite-run television station and his son in a raid aimed at disrupting Iranian-backed militia groups, the military said Monday. Hafidh al-Beshara, the news editor and manager of political programming for Al-Forat TV, and his son were taken into custody …

This is a rush transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” February 4, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: We begin right here in our New York studio with a very special guest, former Senate majority leader and presidential nominee, Bob …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – New mapping data could bolster any claims the U.S. might make in the Arctic as nations in the region compete for potentially rich reserves of oil, gas and minerals buried beneath the sea floor, federal scientists said Monday. Federal officials said the data would support the U.S. …

Two weeks before Yara, an American businesswoman, was arrested by Saudi Arabia’s religious police for sitting with a male colleague at Starbucks, she said she strolled past the very same cafe with another businessman: Neil Bush. Bush, President George W. Bush’s younger brother and CEO of the education software company …

NEW YORK – More than $1 million of counterfeit Gucci, Prada, Fendi, Rolex and Coach goods have been seized in an early morning Chinatown raid by the Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement. The raid Tuesday came after a two-month investigation by city officials in the special unit, which was created …

Military prosecutors are close to filing charges against suspected conspirators in the plot that led to thousands of deaths in Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, The New York Times reported. According to people who have been briefed on the case, the charges would be brought against as many as six …

While you could say that “American Idol” this week featured the top 10 boys on Tuesday night and top 10 girls on Wednesday, you could also say that 19 of them weren’t really featured at all. Because, you see, the entire competition seems to — already! — be about only …

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – The Marine Corps says one of its fighter jets has crashed during a training mission in coastal North Carolina. But the corps says the pilot ejected safely and is fine. The II Marine Expeditionary Force says the AV-8B Harrier crashed at about 1 p.m. Wednesday. Officials …

SEOUL, South Korea – U.S. and South Korean fighter jets scrambled to turn back a Russian bomber that approached a U.S. aircraft carrier during training exercises, South Korean and U.S. officials said Thursday. The Russian plane flew close to the USS Nimitz in waters off South Korea’s eastern coast Wednesday, …