BRUSSELS – Germany, France and Italy have pledged cooperation to jointly develop a “Euro-drone” for intelligence-gathering and surveillance of the skies. The three on Monday committed to a two-year study to have a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System ready within a decade. They said in a statement that “once operational, the …

TULSA, Okla. – A Tulsa oral surgeon has given up his license and sold his practice after he was accused of being under the influence of medications when he pulled the wrong teeth from two patients and operated on the wrong side of a patient’s mouth, officials said. The Tulsa …

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – A threatening letter that disparages black police officers has been found in mailboxes at a Connecticut police department. Bridgeport officials said Wednesday state police are investigating the letter, which begins and ends with the term “white power.” The letter singles out black officer Clive Higgins, who was …

PUEBLO, Colo. – A Pueblo public school system and a Colorado Springs magnet school are among 30 schools that have one more year to improve state accountability scores or face state sanctions. According to the Colorado Springs Gazette (http://tinyurl.com/pa384y3 ), action against the 30 schools was scheduled to begin this …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Unconventional Wisdom More than 400 scientists are challenging claims by Al gore and the United Nations about the threat from man-made global warming. A report by Republican James Inhofe of the Senate Environment Committee lists among the skeptics many current or former …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Beamed to Two Billion Organizers for Al Gore‘s Live Earth environmental rock concerts bragged that it would be beamed to two billion people worldwide — but many of those people chose not to watch. In the U.S., NBC had about 2.7 million …

WASHINGTON – U.S. intelligence officials have developed evidence showing that North Korea is helping Syria to develop a nuclear program for weapons purposes, FOX News has learned in recent interviews with sources who have knowledge of the situation. Syrians emphatically denied the claim on Thursday. The details of the claims …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Positive Developments The death of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq — along with the formation of a permanent government there — have Americans seeing the war in a more positive light. That according to the latest FOX News poll, in which …

Speaking at a conference in Saudi Arabia, former Vice President Al Gore said, “Arabs in the United States have been indiscriminately rounded up, often on minor charges of overstaying a visa or not having a green card in proper order, and held in conditions that were just unforgivable.” Wow. Quite …

The “Talking Points Memo:” an update on the Ward Churchill (search) situation. The Colorado University Board of Regents will meet tomorrow to decide what to do about the professor who compared Americans killed on 9/11 to Adolf Eichmann (search), a Nazi. After thousands of complaints, Hamilton College (search) in upstate …