This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” October 21, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” TONY SNOW, GUEST HOST: In the “personal story” segment tonight, bizarre new details are …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – A U.S. soldier shot and killed one of three homicide bombers who attacked the Palestine Hotel (search) complex before he could reach his intended target and that probably saved lives in the building, the military said Saturday. In a statement on Monday’s attack, the military confirmed for …

APPLETON, Wis. – When Emily the cat went missing a month ago, her owners looked for their wandering pet where she had ended up before — the local animal shelter. This week they learned Emily sailed to France. Lesley McElhiney now figures her cat went prowling around a paper warehouse …

This is a partial transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume,” October 3, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Special Report With Brit Hume” weeknights at 6 p.m. ET BRIT HUME, HOST: Rush Limbaugh, the fabled radio host, thinks that Harriet Miers is a dubious nominee for the …

Weekdays at 3 p.m. in the East and high noon in the West! The news begins anew with “Studio B”… New York Times reporter Judith Miller (search) testifies again before the grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA officer’s identity. Karl Rove is expected to testify again by the …

NEW YORK – The bird flu virus that infected a Vietnamese girl was resistant to the main drug that’s being stockpiled in case of a pandemic, a sign that it’s important to keep a second drug on hand as well, a researcher said Friday. He said the finding was no …

GENEVA – Switzerland (search) decided Monday to extradite the Kremlin’s former nuclear minister to the United States to face charges of stealing up to $9 million intended to improve nuclear security in Russia. Moscow had hoped to try Yevgeny Adamov (search) itself rather than risk his revealing nuclear secrets to …

SEATTLE – Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) will link up their free instant messaging services to create a combined community of 275 million users, the companies said Wednesday. The deal comes as they take on entrenched messaging leader AOL and market newcomer Google Inc. The deal, the first …

WASHINGTON – The Senate will take up immigration legislation early next year that will go beyond improved border security to the contentious issue of including illegal immigrants in a guest worker program, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (search) said Tuesday. Frist, R-Tenn., said he wants to address the enforcement of …

PADKHWAI RAGHANI, Afghanistan – Armed men broke into a girls’ school south of the Afghan capital and set it on fire, the latest attack on education for girls in the conservative country, officials said Thursday. The children burst into tears when they saw their school destroyed, principal Zaher Din said. …