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A new cancer drug may halt tumor growth by blocking the division of cancerous cells while leaving healthy cells alone, according to early tests in animals. Researchers say if further studies confirm these results in humans, the experimental cancer drug may be a new way to offer highly targeted cancer …

This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” February 4, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The Big Story With John Gibson” weeknights at 5 p.m. ET JOHN GIBSON, HOST: ABC’s John Stossel (search) has been going after crooks and scam artists on television …

WASHINGTON – Increasing Social Security taxes (search) for the wealthiest Americans could raise more than $100 billion a year — enough to shore up the retirement system’s finances for 75 years, pay for President Bush’s plan for private accounts (search), or part of each. As it is, only the first …

The news doesn’t stop on the weekend and neither does “FOX & Friends.” So start your weekend in the know with hosts Alisyn Camerota, Mike Jerrick and Julian Phillips: Saturday Energetic Howard Dean (search) is set to take the reins of the Democratic National Committee. Can he cure what’s ailing …

NEWRY, Northern Ireland – The issue of homosexuality threatens to split the Anglican Communion (search) and the rift cannot be resolved easily, the archbishop of Canterbury said Friday, a day after church leaders asked the U.S. and Canadian churches to temporarily withdraw from a key council. Rowan Williams (search), the …

See you in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight … “The O’Reilly Factor” is on… The firestorm over University of Colorado Professor Ward Churchill’s controversial remarks about 9/11 victims continues… Now the governor of Wisconsin is involved! We’ll have the latest No Spin analysis …

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee John Roberts (search) showed sympathy for the idea of permitting prayer in public schools in 1985, according to a memo released on Monday, writing that a ruling to the contrary “seems indefensible” under the Constitution. As a young lawyer working in the Reagan administration, Roberts …

America’s oral health report card is better than a decade ago, according to the CDC and National Institutes of Health. Improvements include: —Fewer cavities in kids’ and teens’ permanent teeth —Less tooth loss in older adults —More use of dental sealants to protect kids’ and teens’ teeth The findings are …

XI’AN, China – The handlers of a smoking chimpanzee in a zoo in northwest China are trying to get her to kick the habit. The 26-year-old female chimpanzee (search) has been smoking for 15 years. Her mate died recently, which caused her to smoke even more. Now, the chimp’s keepers …

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Kirk Douglas (search) and his son Michael Douglas (search) used the occasion of a new documentary about them to trade compliments about their finest screen performances. The HBO film, “A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” (search) premieres Saturday at 8 p.m. EDT. …