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This is a partial transcript from On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, June 26, 2002. Click here to order the entire transcript of the show. Watch On the Record every weeknight at 10 p.m. ET! GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: Joining us from Salt Lake City are [former Smart family] …

WASHINGTON – U.S. housing starts surged an unexpectedly large 11.6 percent in May, the biggest percentage rise in almost seven years and a reversal of two straight months of falls, the government said Tuesday. Ground breaking for new homes jumped to a seasonally adjusted 1.733 million annual rate from a …

WASHINGTON – U.S. consumers trimmed their spending slightly in May, breaking a string of five consecutive monthly gains as they stayed away from auto showrooms, the government said on Friday. Personal spending fell 0.1 percent last month — the first drop since November — after posting a revised 0.6 percent …

BEIJING – A fire at an Internet cafe in the university district of Beijing killed 24 people, a fire official and state media said Sunday. The fire broke out at about 2:45 a.m. at the cafe in the Haidian district in Beijing’s northwest, said the Xinhua News Agency and an …

NEW YORK – Aficionados name their favorite puff daddy, Brian De Palma comes clean about his dirty movie and Harry Potter challenges puberty all in the harsh Anna Nicole glare of The Foxlight. With celebrities like Jack Nicholson gracing its covers over the last 10 years, who did Cigar Aficionado …

Earthquakes struck various parts of the globe since last week, but the widespread activity was not unusual and the tremors were not related, the U.S. Geological Survey said. “On any given day, we located about 50 earthquakes throughout the world,” said Waverly Person, a USGS geophysicist. “This to us is …

MIAMI – U.S. immigration officials appealed a bail ruling that could grant the release of some detained Haitians, arguing the decision could prompt a mass exodus from the impoverished nation. A massive migration would endanger the lives of Haitians at sea and tie up Coast Guard resources that should be …

WASHINGTON – The government agreed to tell the American Civil Liberties Union by Jan. 15 which documents it would release about increased surveillance in the United States under a law passed in response to the terrorist attacks. In response to a suit brought by the ACLU and other groups, the …

NEW YORK – Radical changes may not impact Congress as a result of Tuesday’s midterm election, but many of the states’ executive branches have already seen major turnovers. In New Mexico, Michigan and Illinois, Democrats stormed the Republican castle walls and took over statehouses. Changes in governorships mean not only …

Here’s a pop quiz for you: Who is the most powerful person on the most momentous decision of the Bush administration? A) President George W. Bush B) Vice President Dick Cheney C) Secretary of State Colin Powell D) Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld E)National Security Advisor Condi Rice F) None …