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If only terrorists could be this creative. An image on two Islamic extremist Web sites depicting Washington, D.C., after a nuclear attack was not created by radicals but swiped from a computer game, the U.K.’s Telegraph reported on Friday. The terrorist-monitoring SITE Intelligence Group on Thursday reported that terrorists had …

TAMPA, Fla. – Government forecasters expect the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season to be near normal or above normal. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials in Tampa say that means there is a 60 to 70 percent chance of 12 to 16 named storms, six to nine hurricanes and two to …

SOUTHINGTON, Conn. – The husband of a second-grade teacher in Southington says his wife has resigned after controversy over her appearance on a satellite radio shock jock’s show. According to the Web site of “The Howard Stern Show,” Marie Jarry has resigned after pictures of her in a bikini taken …

SAN’A, Yemen – A Yemeni-American on the FBI’s Most Wanted list of terror suspects was jailed in Yemen after an appeals court upheld his 10-year prison sentence, officials said Monday. Washington had offered a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to Jaber Elbaneh’s arrest, but Yemeni law …

CAIRO, Egypt – Muslim extremist women are challenging Al Qaeda’s refusal to include — or at least acknowledge — women in its ranks, in an emotional debate that gives rare insight into the gender conflicts lurking beneath one of the strictest strains of Islam. In response to a female questioner, …

JERUSALEM – An Israel Cabinet minister says Iran could have nuclear bomb technology in 2008, at least a year earlier than previously believed. Shaul Mofaz, a former defense minister and military chief, said in a speech Wednesday at Yale University in the United States that Iran could have the knowhow …

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – A teenager accused of planning an attack on his northern Indiana high school was charged with a juvenile count of conspiracy to commit murder. Prosecutors filed a petition Thursday alleging delinquency against the 16-year-old Penn High School student. It is the juvenile equivalent of a criminal …

A potentially historic change is occurring on Jupiter. An upstart storm now rivals the gas giant’s Big Red Spot as king of storms, astronomers announced last week. The Little Red Spot, as it was named upon discovery in 2006, shows both size and speed in threatening to knock the former …

LOS ANGELES – Britney Spears was granted expanded visitation rights to her two sons on Tuesday during a child-custody hearing. The longer visits are “recognition of the progress that has been made, a progress in structure and stability,” said Mark Vincent Kaplan, lawyer for Spears’ ex-husband Kevin Federline. Spears left …

This is a rush transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” May 9, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: Hollywood director Oliver Stone is known for his controversial presidential movies, like “JFK” and “Nixon,” but his latest work, “W,” might cause …