This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Bret Baier” from April 30, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: BP is ultimately responsible under the law for paying the cost of response and clean-up operations. …
Read More »'Magic Drug' for Depression
A drug known for its recreational use in clubs, may have more immediate, longer-lasting effects for treating depression than the most commonly prescribed antidepressants, London’s Daily Telegraph reported. A study by Yale Researchers found that ketamine, traditionally used as an anesthetic for animals – and in some cases humans – …
Read More »Sex Pill to Stop Premature Ejaculation Goes on Sale
The first pill to prevent premature ejaculation launches in the U.K. tomorrow. The drug, taken one to three hours before sex, is shown to make men last three times as long. It works by altering levels of a chemical in the brain called serotonin, which helps a man to have …
Read More »Circumcision May Prevent Sex-Related Penis Injuries
A new study finds that circumcised men appear less likely to sustain cuts, abrasions and other minor injuries to the penis during sex — which may help explain why circumcision lowers the risk of HIV transmission from heterosexual sex. For the new study, researchers used data from an HIV clinical …
Read More »'Your World': ConocoPhillips CEO on Disaster in Gulf
This is a rush transcript from “Your World With Neil Cavuto,” July 22, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. NEIL CAVUTO, ANCHOR: Anger over the White House’s drilling ban is growing. Jobs are leaving. Oil companies are scrambling. Today, one of the …
Read More »Militants Abduct, Release Reporter
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Militants abducted an Iraqi reporter working forAgence France-Presse (search)for two days in the northern city ofRamadi (search)and beat him with rifle butts before letting him go, the Paris-based news agency said Monday. Ammar Daham, who also takes photos for AFP, was covering clashes Saturday between Iraqi police …
Read More »Parties Use Budget Numbers to Score Points
WASHINGTON – Responding to an election-season request by Democrats, theCongressional Budget Office (search)estimated Thursday that some of President Bush’s budget policies plus other costs would add $1.3 trillion to federal deficits over the next decade. Republicans said the exercise was a blatantly political attempt by Democrats to use the nonpartisan …
Read More »Louisiana Corruption Probe Widens
NEW ORLEANS – A judge was charged Wednesday with accepting bribes to give preferential treatment to abail-bonding (search)company, part of a widening corruption scandal that has already landed one judge in prison. State District Judge Alan Green (search)was indicted on charges of racketeering (search), mail fraud and mail fraud conspiracy. …
Read More »Marion Barry Stages Comeback
WASHINGTON – Marion Barry (search), the former Washington mayor infamous for being caught smoking crack on an FBI videotape, apparently staged another political comeback Tuesday, claiming victory in ousting an incumbent city councilwoman. The man once dubbed “Mayor For Life” appeared to have won the Democratic nomination for the Ward …
Read More »Powell: Sudan Atrocities Are Genocide
WASHINGTON – The Bush administration for the first time on Thursday called attacks inSudan’s (search)Darfur region by government-backed Arab militia against black Africans “genocide.” The designation by Secretary of StateColin Powell (search)came as a U.S. proposal in the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions against Sudan encountered opposition. Powell told …
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