MADRID, Spain – Repair work on a university building that was hit in a Basque separatist car bombing last week released fumes that sickened nearly 250 people, a school official said Thursday. Most of the injured were students or university staff, and 94 people remained hospitalized as of midday Thursday, …

BANGKOK, Thailand – One of Thailand’s most prominent intellectuals has been arrested on a charge of insulting the country’s monarchy, an offense that could send the 75-year-old to prison for 15 years, his lawyer said Friday. Sulak Sivaraksa, 75, was arrested Thursday for remarks made during a speech he gave …

MEXICO CITY – A tiger escaped from an unlocked cage at a commercial zoo and fatally mauled its caretaker before it was captured and killed, officials said Tuesday. State officials said that Bioparque Estrella had closed Monday when the tiger left its unlocked cage and fatally attacked 26-year-old Herminio Rodriguez …

MURRIETA, Calif. – Four Camp Pendleton-based Marines, including one known as “Psycho,” have pleaded not guilty in the execution-style slayings of a fellow Marine and his wife. Sgt. Jan Pietrzak, 24, and his wife, Quiana Jenkins-Pietrzak, 26, were found gagged, tied and shot in the head in the living room …

This is a rush transcript from “Your World With Neil Cavuto,” November 14, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: All right, he’s the big guy not here, Barack Obama. And, to be fair to the president-elect, as he accurately …

MANILA, Philippines – A mudslide triggered by days of heavy rain buried houses in a southern Philippine gold mining town, killing at least five people including children and leaving several others missing, officials said Friday. A mother and her two children were among the bodies pulled out from the mountainside …

TUCSON, Arizona – A mistrial was declared after a jury deadlocked Tuesday in the case of a Border Patrol agent accused of gunning down an illegal immigrant without provocation. Jurors couldn’t reach a verdict against U.S Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Corbett on three possible charges: second-degree murder, manslaughter or negligent …

BENTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Authorities in Michigan say a hunter’s stray bullet has grazed two young boys at a day care near Cheboygan. The Cheboygan County sheriff’s department says a 43-year-old woman fired her rifle at a deer on Thursday but the bullet penetrated a wall and grazed the boys …

This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume” from October 30, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SEN. BARACK OBAMA, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Cut taxes for every working family making less than $200,000 a year. Give …

CHICAGO – Busted for what police said was a rock of cocaine on the driver’s seat of his car, William Balfour could have been spending the past few months behind bars for a parole violation. The 27-year-old felon was instead allowed to remain free and is now considered a suspect …