After buying a used car, I discovered the odometer had been rolled back 30,000 miles. Can I take the car back? Unfortunately, odometer fraud is a lot more prevalent that most people realize. As many as one in 10 used cars has had its mileage rolled back before being sold …
Read More »Blog Layout
Sunnis Appeal to U.S., U.N. to Block Constitution
BAGHDAD, Iraq – A day before the deadline for the new constitution, Sunni Arabs appealed Sunday to the United States to prevent Shiites and Kurds from pushing a draft through parliament without their consent, warning it would only worsen the crisis in Iraq. Leaders of the Sunni Arab, Shiite and …
Read More »Transcript: Amb. Khalilzad on 'FOX News Sunday'
WASHINGTON – ‘FOX NEWS SUNDAY’ HOST CHRIS WALLACE: Mr. Ambassador, welcome. Thanks for talking with us on a very busy day. ZALMAY KHALILZAD, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ: Good morning. It’s nice to be with you. WALLACE: Will the National Assembly meet its deadline and approve a constitution by tomorrow? KHALILZAD: …
Read More »Topics: August 5
• Join host Brit Hume and FOX’s Team Washington weekdays at 6 p.m. ET for “Special Report” — Find out what’s happening inside the Beltway and on the world stage. Real journalism: fair and balanced. That’s why we’re No. 1 — FOX News Channel. Friday, August 5: Team FOX goes …
Read More »Conference Board: Leading Indicators Sluggish
NEW YORK – The Conference Board (search) said Thursday that its Composite Index of Leading Economic Indicators (search) rose a sluggish 0.1 percent in July, suggesting that higher oil prices and rising interest rates are tempering the nation’s economic growth prospects. The New York-based Conference Board’s index registered 138.3 in …
Read More »Stocks Fall as Oil Prices Hit $65
NEW YORK – Stocks fell Wednesday as crude oil prices surged again, hitting the $65-a-barrel level and reigniting investors’ worries about corporate profits and economic growth. The Nasdaq was hurt by a disappointing forecast from Cisco. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (search) closed down 21.26 points, or 0.20 percent, at …
Read More »Pols Want Details on Palmeiro Steroid Case
WASHINGTON – Two congressmen looking for details about Rafael Palmeiro‘s (search) steroid suspension sent a list of questions to Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig on Tuesday. Rep. Cliff Stearns (search), a Florida Republican who introduced a bill to establish uniform drug programs in professional sports, and Texas Republican Rep. …
Read More »GOP Paying Legal Bills in Vote Supression Case
WASHINGTON – The Republican Party (search) is quietly paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to provide private defense lawyers for a former Bush campaign official charged with conspiring to keep Democrats from voting in New Hampshire. James Tobin (search), the president’s 2004 campaign chairman for New England, is charged in …
Read More »Movie Tickets a Perk for Missouri Lawmakers
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Perks of being a legislator in Missouri (search): a daily expense allowance, special license plates and don’t forget the free movies. For more than a decade now, the United Motion Picture Association (search) has provided passes that admit state lawmakers to most theaters in the state …
Read More »Natalee Suspect Questioned by Specialists
ORANJESTAD, Aruba – Behavioral specialists on Tuesday questioned a young Dutch suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway (search), and a volunteer group conducted a final search of a landfill where a witness claimed to have seen men dumping a female body. The behavior specialists from the Netherlands questioned Joran …
Read More »