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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – You couldn’t escape Eve Carson’s presence at the University of North Carolina. The slain student body president welcomed all incoming freshmen — each and every one — to stop by her office for a chat. She was a member of the school’s Board of Trustees and …

Maria Shriver received hundreds of thousands of dollars from NBC as part of an exit deal after she left her position with “Dateline NBC” when her husband was elected governor of California, the Los Angeles Times reported. The network paid her between $100,000 and $1 million during each of the …

DONGZHOU, China – The commander of troops who shot and killed people protesting land seizures in a southern village has been detained, the Chinese government said Sunday, after what could be the deadliest known use of force since the killings around Tiananmen Square in 1989. The government said three people …

ISHPEMING TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A fire early Monday at a nursing home in far northern Michigan forced dozens of elderly people into the snow and bitter cold, including many who were unable to walk and wearing only nightclothes. Two people died and at least 70 were injured. Firefighters broke windows …

NORWALK, Ohio – A couple who adopted 11 children with a host of health and behavioral problems abused some of the youngsters by making them sleep in wooden cages without pillows or mattresses, a judge ruled Thursday. The children will remain in foster care until Juvenile Judge Timothy Cardwell holds …

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Jean Newman is hardly afraid of challenges. The 73-year-old Cuban native came to the United States as a teen, worked for years as a substitute teacher and volunteered in the Israeli army well into her 50s. But when it comes to the new Medicare prescription drug …

WASHINGTON – A Democratic senator raised concerns Thursday about a Homeland Security Department nominee who deleted statistics about racial disparities in traffic stops from a draft press release. At a hearing to consider her nomination, Deputy Associate Attorney General Tracy A. Henke told senators she deleted the information from the …

HONG KONG – Protesters clashed with police outside the World Trade Organization meeting for a second straight day Wednesday, as delegates said divisions between rich and poor nations over agricultural trade make major breakthroughs in the global talks unlikely. WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy opened the six-day meeting by urging nearly …

In conjunction with Orphans International, FOX News senior producer Dan Cohen and his family are helping to raise money to build a home for tsunami orphans in Sri Lanka to honor the memory of his cousin’s husband, Cresenta Fernando, who died in last year’s tsunami. To read his cousin, Ariele …

This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” May 26, 2005, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Toll Brothers (search), the maker of luxury homes, benefiting big time from the red-hot housing market, profits more than doubling in the latest quarter, blowing away estimates, revenue …