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This is a partial transcript from “The Journal Editorial Report,” April 29, 2006, that was edited for clarity. PAUL GIGOT, HOST: With pump prices passing $3 a gallon in many parts of the country, President Bush vowed this week to investigate oil companies for gouging consumers, and announced some temporary …

MILFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Excavation crews resumed digging Friday morning at a Michigan horse farm that the FBI has occupied for 10 days as it searches for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa. A backhoe started digging slowly, expanding a 40-foot by 50-foot hole beneath what used to be a barn …

LOS ANGELES – Rohit Sarang of Bombay, India, was a Chris Daughtry fan but is eager to see if Katharine McPhee or Taylor Hicks is crowned the latest “American Idol.” Leong Ai Syn of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, shares the anticipation. Joining them are television viewers from Israel to Iceland to …

SAO PAULO, Brazil – A notorious criminal gang unleashed a second wave of attacks on police Sunday, bringing to 52 the number of people killed in the deadliest assault of its kind in the history of Brazil’s largest state, authorities said. Another 18 related prison rebellions also broke out Sunday, …

LONDON – Some experts are calling it the “Enron of Spain,” the biggest financial scam that country has ever known. A Spanish prosecutor has warned it might have “grave repercussions for the Spanish economy.” And now, the shock waves are rippling into U.S. markets, where the full effects are still …

HARTFORD, Conn. – A businessman unhappy over Sen. Joe Lieberman‘s support of the Iraq war has gained ground in his primary challenge to the three-term Democrat but remains behind, a poll released Thursday found. Among all Democrats, 57 percent said they would vote for the moderate Lieberman, compared with 32 …

SALT LAKE CITY – A judge has ruled in favor of forcibly medicating a woman accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart in an attempt to restore her competency to stand trial. Wanda Barzee, 60, was declared incompetent to stand trial and ordered to remain at the Utah State Hospital in January …

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Relatives of a Texas soldier caught in an insurgent attack in Iraq said Thursday the military had confirmed one of two brutalized bodies found there was his. Army Pfc. Kristian Menchaca‘s family had gathered at his mother’s Brownsville home, hoping that DNA tests would determine the young …

MOSCOW – The United States, Russia and other industrial democracies said Thursday they expect Iran to answer “yes” or “no” next week to an international offer to bargain over Tehran’s disputed nuclear weapons program. “We are disappointed in the absence of an official Iranian response to this positive proposal,” said …

PORTLAND, Maine – A pair of Mainers who became Internet celebrities by plopping Mentos into Diet Coke to create geysers are about to become hits on mainstream media. Fritz Grobe, 37, and Stephen Voltz, 48, were scheduled to appear on David Letterman’s show Thursday night and on the Today show …