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WASHINGTON – The Bush administration’s plan to change how the government regulates thousands of businesses from the nation’s biggest banks down to the local mortgage broker drew criticism on Monday from Democrats who said it did not go far enough to deal with abuses in mortgage lending and securities trading …

SEASIDE, Calif. – A 15-year-old girl who stopped an out-of-control school bus she was riding on was handed a Saturday detention instead because she was skipping school. Marina High School student Amanda Rouse was on a bus with 40 elementary school students Wednesday morning when the driver fell out of …

Here’s what is on tap for Friday: “FOX & Friends First” Starts at 6 a.m. ET Wedding bells for Sir Elton John as the pop singer exchanges vows with his longtime partner. Sky News entertainment correspondent Neil Sean went to the bash and joins us from London with the scoop. …

NEW YORK – For years, United Nations diplomats were notorious for running up millions of dollars in parking tickets, then just laughing at the city’s attempts to collect. Diplomatic immunity meant there was little U.S. courts could do about it. But the city’s thousands of foreign officials have largely changed …

This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” December 21, 2005, that was edited for clarity. DAVID ASMAN, GUEST HOST: Did you ever wish you could see into the future? Who didn’t? My next guest actually says he can. He has an unbelievable track record. I was …

JEFFERSON, Ohio – A man is accused of shooting his estranged wife and her boyfriend to death in front of two of the married couple’s children on Christmas Day, then kidnapping his 4-year-old son, authorities said. The couple’s 7-year-old daughter called 911 to report the shooting, Ashtabula County Sheriff William …

WASHINGTON – Lighting up the chilly night with a resolute flick of a switch, House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Thursday night illuminated this year’s Capitol Christmas — not “holiday” — Tree, reinstating its religious title for the first time in years. Known as the Capitol Holiday Tree since the 1990s, …

WASHINGTON – Police are investigating a loaded assault weapon found in a parking lot a block from the Supreme Court, a law enforcement official said Friday. Supreme Court police discovered the gun on Dec. 2 in the lot in the residential Capitol Hill neighborhood east of the court and turned …

LOS ANGELES – Saturday is the final day immigrants can apply for green cards under a government amnesty program. Lawyers estimate as many as 100,000 immigrants may be eligible under the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. The legislation said people who left the United States between 1982 and 1987 …

PARIS – Under the watch of foreign troops and hundreds of children, France marked the 60th anniversary Sunday of World War II’s Allied victory in Europe, a solemn ceremony given special meaning with the presence of Allied delegations and tomorrow’s adults. President Jacques Chirac (search) re-lit the flame at the …