The president of Mexico is very, very angry. That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo”. After the House passed the Border Protection Act last week by a vote of 239 to 182, Mr. Fox let loose. He calls a proposed wall shameful. He says the legislation is …
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Now for Your Grrrs … Dennis M. in Kailua, Hawaii, on Cell Phone Oblivions: There seems to be some debate as to whether talking on a cell phone while driving causes too much distraction to the driver. I don’t know about any studies, or what the insurance industry says, but …
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Remember that Austin Powers flick where Dr. Evil threatens to blow up the world unless he gets “$1 million”? Everyone laughs at him. Dr. Evil is to be forgiven, of course, having just come out of years of a deep freeze before which $1 million was a lot of money. …
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DENVER – A man under investigation in a terrorism probe in New York and Colorado didn’t report for a fourth day of FBI questioning Saturday so he could spend a much-needed day with his attorney, the attorney’s spokeswoman said. Najibullah Zazi had been scheduled to go to the Federal Building …
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Two people were treated by paramedics after a brawl broke out on the campus of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. Daytona Beach Police spokesman Jimmie Flynt says dozens of students were evacuated Tuesday from a dormitory on the campus after a sprinkler was set off. Liz …
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EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. – A Yale University doctoral student found murdered on what was to be her wedding day is being remembered Saturday as a brilliant woman who hoped to change the world through her medical research. Annie Le, who was 24, is to be eulogized and buried near …
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This is a rush transcript from “FOX News Watch,” September 12, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. JON SCOTT, FOX HOST: On “FOX News Watch,” the president makes a last- ditch effort to gain support for his health plan, suggesting opposing views …
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NEWARK, N.J. – Investigators were trying to determine why part of a United Airlines jetliner’s landing gear failed to deploy, forcing terrified passengers to crouch in their seats and brace for a crash before the pilot touched down safely despite scraping the jet’s belly on the runway. All 48 passengers …
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Antidepressants fail to help about half of the people who take them, and a study in mice may help explain why. Most antidepressants — including the commonly used Prozac and Zoloft — work by increasing the amount of serotonin, a message-carrying brain chemical made deep in the middle of the …
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Israel has taken the upper hand in a new kind of Mideast conflict, one in which bullets are replaced by chickpeas. Using a satellite dish on loan from a nearby broadcast station, cooks in an Arab town near Jerusalem whipped up more than four metric tons of hummus, the chickpea …
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