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PHOENIX – He was always polite to friends, never rude. A lover of boxing who decorated his room with drawings of his favorite athletes. A father to a 2-year-old girl, and two young sons who died in a tragic car accident. To people who know him, Dale S. Hausner simply …

JERUSALEM – Iran took another leap toward a nuclear bomb by launching heavy water production and Israel must draw the conclusions and “prepare itself militarily,” a senior Israeli lawmaker said Saturday. Israel’s government declined comment on the inauguration of the heavy water plant, which went into operation despite international demands …

HAVANA – On his 80th birthday, Fidel Castro cautioned Cubans on Sunday that he faced a long recovery from surgery and advised them to prepare for “adverse news,” but he urged them to stay optimistic. Meanwhile, Castro’s younger brother, Raul, made his first public appearance as Cuba’s interim president, receiving …

MADRID, Spain – A reclusive Russian won the math world’s highest honor Tuesday for solving a problem that has stumped some of the discipline’s greatest minds for a century — but he refused the award. Grigory Perelman, a 40-year-old native of St. Petersburg, won a Fields Medal — often described …

RYE, N.Y. – A man drowned after wading into a lake at a historic amusement park, the third fatality at the park in as many years, authorities said. Won Yong Kim, of Queens, was celebrating July Fourth at Playland Amusement Park with his wife and 5-year-old son Tuesday when he …

This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” July 19, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. JOHN GIBSON, HOST: Before Al Qaeda hit us on 9/11, Hezbollah was the terror group responsible for more terror-related American deaths than any other group in the world. But …

SEYMOUR, Ind. – Sniper attacks targeted two pickup trucks early Sunday on a busy highway, killing one person and wounding a second, and police asked other motorists who had been through the area to check their vehicles for bullet holes. Hours later, two more vehicles were struck by bullets on …

This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” July 6, 2006, 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!” JOHN KASICH, GUEST HOST: In the Impact Segment tonight, is this the new face …

Do you prefer potato chips, cheese curls, tortilla chips or pretzels? Apparently, what you select says a lot about your personality. Picking potato chips means you have a lot of wonderful traits, but also that you are easily irritated — especially in lines. Silly stuff, but a lot of fun! …

LONDON – Daniel Radcliffe will strip off his Harry Potter eyeglasses and robes for his London stage debut next year. The 17-year-old actor, who plays the bespectacled schoolboy wizard in the Hollywood adaptations of J.K. Rowling‘s novels, will star as a troubled stableboy in Peter Shaffer’s “Equus.” The play delves …