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Karl Rove's Take on the Veepstakes for Obama and McCain

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record ,” August 21, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: The final sprint at the White House is beginning. Senator McCain and Senator Obama should listen very closely …

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Bassinets Recalled After Second Infant Death

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning parents and caregivers to immediately stop using a popular brand of bassinet after the death of a second baby attributed to the product. The warning covers the Simplicity 3-in-1 and Simplicity 4-in-1 bassinets. CPSC spokeswoman Julie Vallese said …

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Wisconsin Woman Claims Mystery Man Married Her Sister

A Wisconsin woman claims the mystery man known as “Clark Rockefeller” — suspected in the disappearance and possible murder of a California couple — duped her sister into marrying him so he could get a green card, the Boston Herald reported Monday. “I know she was conned,” Amy Jersilds sister, …

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Top Passport Official Quits, State Department Won't Say It's Linked to Candidate File Breaches

WASHINGTON – A top State Department official responsible for passports has resigned, but the department is refusing to link that to the row over unauthorized peeking into the files of the presidential candidates. State Department spokesman Tom Casey told reporters he would not ascribe the departure of Ann Barrett “to …

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Reprise Time: Summer Offers Indy, 'Superman', 'Narnia', 'X-Files'

LOS ANGELES – Studio executives hope they’ve trained their audience well as the season of summer blockbusters arrives. From May through mid-August, Hollywood will bank on the idea that there is at least one movie every week — and sometimes two — that you simply must see. Summer features such …

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7 Killed During Raid on Militant Hideout in Afghan Capital

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan security forces raided a Kabul hide-out Wednesday where militants with suspected links to the attack on President Hamid Karzai were holed up, a top official said. Seven people died in the pre-dawn raid, including a child. Militants hiding in a mud-brick house and security forces traded …

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Elaborate 3,000-Year-Old Jewelry Found in Fiji

SUVA, Fiji – Excavation of the earliest human settlement in Fiji has yielded fine jewelry and high quality pottery made by ancient Lapita people some 3,000 years ago — and never produced in the area since, a South Pacific geographer said. “These people were artists,” Prof. Patrick Nunn told The …

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NYPD Officers Acquitted of All Counts in 50-Shot Barrage That Killed Groom-to-Be

NEW YORK – Three detectives were acquitted of all charges Friday in the 50-shot killing of an unarmed man on his wedding day after a trial that that put the NYPD at the center of another highly charged case involving allegations of excessive firepower. Justice Arthur Cooperman delivered the verdict …

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Israel to Consider Reopening Gaza Crossings if Violence Stops

JERUSALEM – Israel’s defense minister said he would consider reopening Gaza’s border crossings if violence from the territory ceases, but defense officials warned Tuesday that such a move is a long way off. The officials said Ehud Barak’s statement was aimed at bolstering the moderate Palestinian government of President Mahmoud …

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Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman Split After Five Years

Comedians Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman have called it quits after five years of dating, reps for the couple told USmagazine.com. A source tells US that Silverman, 37, had dinner with a male friend on Saturday, where “she was talking and it looked like he was listening and then advising …

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