WASHINGTON – Fresh commercial satellite images show that North Korea’s sophisticated new missile base on its west coast — designed for multiple test flights in a short time — is ready for use, according to an independent U.S. analyst. Photographic images show the launch tower and what appears to be …

This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Bret Baier” from November 9, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SEN. JOE LIEBERMAN, I-CT, HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: We don’t know enough to say now, but there …

Let’s play a game. Assume for a minute Mike Bloomberg lost and he’s packing up his office after two terms. What would we say about his legacy? We’d say he made remarkable gains fighting crime and his NYPD helped prevent terror attacks. Some of his public-health initiatives, especially against smoking, …

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Just two years removed from the neck troubles that weakened his right arm but strengthened his resolve, Peyton Manning is off to the best start by any quarterback in NFL history. He returns to Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday a much better player than the one who …

DOVER, Ohio – A large hydrochloric acid spill early Saturday at an east-central Ohio plant that makes chemical additives spawned a massive vapor cloud that took hours to dissipate, officials said. No injuries were reported. More than 27,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid leaked from a storage tank into a retention …

GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. – A central New York man has been sentenced to 22 years to life in prison for a deadly stabbing he says was prompted by a pornographic video. Randy Green said he was “not a bad person” as he was sentenced Thursday for slitting Ray Pike’s throat Aug. …

WASHINGTON – DEVELOPING: David Kellermann, the acting chief financial officer of mortgage giant Freddie Mac, was found dead at his home Wednesday morning in what police said was an apparent suicide. Mary Ann Jennings, director of public information for the Fairfax County, Va., Police Department, said Kellermann was found dead …

TV chef Cat Cora is the proud new mother to baby boy Thatcher Julius Cora, born on April 4. But she’s also still pregnant. That’s because it was her lesbian partner, Jennifer Cora, who gave birth. Cat, who is also pregnant (both used the same sperm donor), is due in …

Researchers in China say they have managed to generate new eggs using stem cells from the ovaries of young and adult female mice, taking a step toward addressing problems of female infertility. It is presently accepted in scientific circles that the production of eggs, known as oocytes, stops before birth …

WASHINGTON – Showing no alarm, the captain and his first officer chatted about the ice on their plane’s windshield and wings, making light of their shared concerns about flying in wintry weather as they sped toward Buffalo, N.Y., on the night of Feb. 12. Minutes later, pilot Marvin Renslow said …