WASHINGTON – Education Secretary Margaret Spellings (search) on Wednesday defended a White House plan to help Hurricane Katrina evacuees pay for private schooling. Spellings also warned that education programs may be cut to help pay for President Bush’s disaster aid plan. Neither she nor her aides identified what those cuts …
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NEW ORLEANS – Areas of the city newly flooded by Hurricane Rita (search) could be pumped dry again within a week after levee damage is repaired, far sooner than initially predicted, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (search) spokesman said Sunday. Workers dumped rock and sandbags into breaches in the …
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NEW YORK – Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (SIRI) nudged up its 2005 revenue forecast on Monday but still fell short of Wall Street expectations, sending its stock down as much as 5 percent. Sirius, No. 2 in the nascent pay-radio market to XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (XMSR), said it …
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Mariah Carey (search) led the nominees for American Music Awards (search) on Tuesday with four nods for favorite pop and soul album as well as female singer in both categories. Kelly Clarkson, 50 Cent and Green Day had three nominations each. Nominees in pop/rock, country, soul/rhythm …
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LOS ANGELES – The son of R&B singer Chaka Khan (search) was ordered to stand trial in the shooting death of a teenager at a party last fall. Damien Patrick Holland (search), 26, is charged with fatally shooting 17-year-old Christopher Baily of Los Angeles in September 2004 as the two …
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LOS ANGELES – A wind-whipped brush fire quickly doubled in size early Thursday to more than 7,000 acres, destroying at least one home and prompting evacuations from a ridge of flames that was visible for miles. The blaze burned to the edge of a number of multimillion-dollar homes that abut …
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This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” September 7, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: In the “Personal Story” segment tonight, race and Hurricane Katrina. So …
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A prostitute who torched a civic leader’s home because she was angry that newcomers to the neighborhood were hurting her business was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Dusty Simmons (search), 45, had never been to prison despite 83 prior convictions for prostitution, drugs, robbery and bail …
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Some facts and figures on the Supreme Court: — The current court had been the longest-serving nine-justice lineup since 1823, when Republican James Monroe was president. — There have been 145 Supreme Court nominees. Of those, 29 have failed to be confirmed. In the 20th century, only seven have failed. …
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WASHINGTON – Supporters of expanding hate crime law to include acts of violence against gays and lesbians scored a surprise win in the House, boosting their hopes on an issue repeatedly blocked in Congress. With the help of 30 Republicans, House Democrats on Wednesday pushed through a measure that would …
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