The following is a transcription of the June 18, 2005 edition of “FOX News Watch,” that has been edited for clarity: ERIC BURNS, HOST: This week, on “FOX News Watch,” the media in Aruba: are they just making things worse in the Natalee Holloway (search) case? The media in Santa …
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Gitmo — a Great American Institution
Long before there was a Guantanamo Bay (search) prison for Al Qaeda, there was an Al Qaeda. Long before we locked up the 20th hijacker at Gitmo, there was a 20th hijacker. Long before Gitmo became the shame of America, the shame of the Arab world — suicide jihadists were …
Read More »Scientists Use Cells to Grow Blood Vessels
LONDON – Scientists reported they have grown new blood vessels with cells from sick older people — the type of patients most likely to need such transplants if the technique is perfected. The approach, outlined in The Lancet medical journal this week, could be used for heart or other bypass …
Read More »Army Missed Recruiting Goals for 4th Month
WASHINGTON – The Army fell short of its recruiting goal in May, the fourth consecutive monthly shortfall, but the Marine Corps was on target despite continuing publicity about U.S. combat casualties in Iraq. The Pentagon on Friday released May recruiting figures for all four services. Most attention has been on …
Read More »HealthSouth Founder Scrushy Acquitted on All Counts
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – HealthSouth Corp. (search) founder Richard Scrushy (search), who was accused of directing a $2.7 billion accounting fraud at the medical rehabilitation chain, on Tuesday was found not guilty on all counts by a federal jury in Birmingham, Ala. The verdict was reached after more than 20 days …
Read More »Official: Canada to Ban Drug Exports
TORONTO – Canada’s health minister threatened Wednesday to overhaul the country’s regulations on exporting prescription drugs, saying Canada would no longer be a cheap “drug store for the United States.” Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh (search) said Canada would ban the bulk export of prescription drugs when their supplies were low …
Read More »Driven to Drink in Hawaii, Banning Booze in Scotland
Jefferson Davis Middle School (search) in Palm Beach County, Fla., will soon change its name to one considered less “divisive” by some members of the community, reports the Palm Beach Post. The idea of children, especially black children, attending a school whose namesake fought on the wrong side of the …
Read More »FBI Lax in Hiring Terror Experts
WASHINGTON – The FBI vowed to build national expertise for fighting terrorists after the Sept. 11 attacks, but the supervisors who crafted that war plan now say Middle East and terrorism experience haven’t been important for choosing their agents. “You need leadership. You don’t need subject matter expertise,” Executive Assistant …
Read More »Transcript: The Mickey D's Diet
This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” June 20, 2005, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Think you have to give up your favorite foods to lose weight? Think again. My next guest ate at McDonald’s (search) for 60 days straight and, get this, …
Read More »Bullet-Riddled Bodies Unearthed in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Iraq – The military announced the killing of four more U.S. soldiers on Sunday, pushing the American death toll past 1,700, and police found the bullet-riddled bodies of 28 people — many thought to be Sunni Arabs — buried in shallow graves or dumped streetside in Baghdad (search). The …
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