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Where Is Tara Grinstead?

This is a partial transcript from “On the Record,” November 7, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN: We are live in Ocilla, Georgia, where a desperate search is under way for 30-year-old Tara Grinstead. The missing teacher was last seen at about 11 p.m. on October …

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Wal-Mart's Q3 Profit Rises, Forecast Upbeat

CHICAGO – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) on Monday posted its smallest quarterly profit gain since the 2001 U.S. recession, but said holiday prospects looked good despite steep energy prices that have hit consumer spending. The 4 percent profit growth still matched Wall Street forecasts in a quarter marred by hurricanes …

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Report: DeLay's Staff Tried to Help Abramoff

WASHINGTON – Investigators have unearthed e-mails showing Rep. Tom DeLay’s office tried to help lobbyist Jack Abramoff (search) get a high-level Bush administration meeting for Indian clients, an effort that succeeded after the tribes began making a quarter-million dollars in donations. Tribal money went both to a group founded by …

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Embattled Iraqi To Shore Up U.S. Relations

WASHINGTON – Face-to-face meetings with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and probably other senior Bush administration officials await Ahmed Chalabi (search) as the Iraqi deputy prime minister pursues political rehabilitation in Washington. While some Senate Democrats want to probe the role of the Iraqi National Congress (search), an exile group …

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Defense Rests in Bush Plot Trial; Defendant Declines to Testify

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Arab-American accused of joining Al Qaeda and plotting to assassinate President Bush declined to take the stand at his trial Wednesday, and the defense rested its case after putting on just three witnesses. Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, 24, had testified at a pretrial hearing last month …

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Feds: Wal-Mart Execs Knew Workers Illegal

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A pair of senior Wal-Mart (WMT)executives knew cleaning contractors were hiring illegal immigrants, many of whom were housed in crowded conditions and sometimes slept in the backs of stores, according to a federal agency’s affidavit. The affidavit, unsealed last week, was part of an investigation of Wal-Mart …

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Pope Cites World's 'Intelligent Project'

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has waded into the evolution debate in the United States, saying the universe was made by an “intelligent project” and criticizing those who in the name of science say its creation was without direction or order. Benedict made the off-the-cuff comments during his general …

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Alito Says He's Wiser Than in 1985

WASHINGTON – The Samuel Alito who argued against abortion rights in 1985 was “an advocate seeking a job” with the conservative Reagan administration, the Alito who is now a Supreme Court nominee told Democrats on Tuesday. The current version “thinks he’s a wiser person” with “a better grasp and understanding …

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Is Donald Trump a Sexist?

Hi all, Your e-mail today about the Ten Commandments (search) debate came in at 85/15, with 85 percent saying that monuments featuring the Commandments should be allowed to remain on state property. Some of your e-mails are posted below. First, though, here’s what’s in line for Thursday. In Berkeley, California, …

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Portman: Jerusalem Kissing Scene a Mistake

NEW YORK – Natalie Portman (search) says filming a kissing scene beside Jerusalem’s Western Wall (search) for her upcoming movie “Free Zone” was a mistake. “I really don’t want to offend anyone’s beliefs or impose anything on anyone and it was mistaken to do it,” Portman told “Access Hollywood” in …

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