This is a partial transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume,” August 12, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Special Report With Brit Hume” weeknights at 6 p.m. ET (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) DANIEL AYALON, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL: As the state of Israel took upon itself this excruciatingly …

LOS ANGELES – The woman whose son accused Michael Jackson (search) of child molestation in a trial that led to Jackson’s acquittal was charged with welfare fraud Tuesday in a five-count complaint alleging she collected $18,782 in payments while making false claims she was indigent. At Jackson’s trial, the woman …

This week, Gail reviews renowned finance professor Jeremy Siegel’s new book — and she is giving away free copies! Dear Friends, Prof. Jeremy Siegel is EF Hutton for the masses: when he speaks, we listen. The Wharton business school professor’s last book, Stocks for the Long Run (1993), was a …

Bank of America’s acquisition of MBNA affects 20 million credit card users. Here’s what they can expect. LAST WEEK, BANK OF AMERICA (BAC) announced it was acquiring MBNA (KRB), the nation’s third-largest credit card issuer. As a result, more than 20 million credit-card accounts will be switched from MBNA to …

DENVER – The Denver Public Library (search) has canceled its subscription to four Spanish-language adult comic books after complaints that the series contains sexually explicit illustrations. City librarian Rick Ashton ordered the removal of 6,569 of the fotonovelas earlier this month, pending a content review. Some of the books depicted …

LONDON – Two senior Brazilian officials arrived Monday to meet with British government representatives and an independent watchdog agency investigating the police shooting of a Brazilian mistaken for a potential suicide bomber. Pressure is mounting on London’s Metropolitan Police (search) and its chief, Commissioner Ian Blair, over allegations of serious …

Is your inner travel bug abuzz with excitement about an excursion abroad? Have not even fears of tsunamis or terrorism dampened your wanderlust for locations foreign and exotic? If so, you’re among the estimated 20 million Americans who will visit a place where the risk of contacting a serious disease …

BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro – A top Bosnian Serb war crimes (search) suspect, indicted by a U.N. tribunal for some of the worst atrocities in the Bosnian war, was arrested Monday in Argentina. Milan Lukic (search) was being held at a police station in Buenos Aires and was to be questioned by …

NEW YORK – Oakland Raiders receiver Randy Moss (search) admits he has used marijuana since entering the NFL seven years ago and still smokes it “every blue moon.” “I have used, you know, marijuana … since I’ve been in the league,” Moss said in an interview for HBO’s “Real Sports …

Erectile dysfunction and bicycling are the topics of three new studies in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. The studies show that when erectile dysfunction is related to bicycling, it’s linked to pressure on the perineum (the area between the anus and scrotum where nerves and arteries pass). The pressure, which …