SPOKANE, Washington – Nathan Wilson is an English teacher with no scientific training, but he thinks he knows how the piece of linen revered by many as Jesus’ burial cloth was made. And he thinks it’s not a physical sign of the Resurrection. In other words, in Wilson’s estimation, the …

Years of education may pay off long after graduation. A new study shows that the more educated you are, the more active your mind is likely to be in old age. The study showed that depending on their educational status, older and younger adults had opposite patterns of brain activity …

HOMOSASSA, Fla. – A “person of interest” who was apparently acquainted with missing 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford (search) but is now located outside Florida is being sought for questioning, the sheriff leading the investigation said Tuesday. Citrus County Sheriff Jeff Dawsy (search) said the man has ties to the local area, …

DALLAS – For many Americans, the nation’s health care system is frustratingly complex and confusing — and only getting more so. “Big-time stress. Big-time stress,” says Ray Ansardi about the day his scheduled angioplasty (search) was suddenly canceled. “You’re worried about your health condition.” So, like tens of thousands of …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Two American security contractors were killed and a third wounded in a roadside bomb attack south of the Iraqi capital, the U.S. Embassy (search) said Sunday. The three were working for Blackwater Security (search), a North Carolina-based contracting firm that provides security for U.S. State Department (search) …

We come to you LIVE from the heartland Saturdays at 8 p.m. ET! Former Ohio congressman and host John Kasich covers the stories that touch our entire nation! Saturday, March 12: The University of Colorado decides the fate of embattled professor Ward Churchill (search) after his controversial comments that compared …

VIENNA, Austria – Iran (search) has agreed to give the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency a fresh look at a military complex linked by the United States (search) to possible atomic arms research, diplomats said Friday. The diplomats, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said no date …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – North Carolina’s largest city may soon ban the state’s cash crop from bars and restaurants. Charlotte-area legislators are petitioning the North Carolina state government, which restricts local municipalities from imposing their own smoking bans, to make an exception to that rule. “There’s no reason to wait and …

This is a partial transcript from “The Beltway Boys”, Feb. 5, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The Beltway Boys” Saturday at 6 p.m. ET and Sunday at 1 and 6 a.m. EST. FRED BARNES, CO-HOST: There’s a royal battle brewing in California as we go Beyond the …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A doctor who’s recovering from botulism poisoning rolled a walker into court Monday to face fraud charges for allegedly buying and selling the raw toxin in place of the wrinkle treatment Botox (search). Bach McComb is accused of paralyzing himself and three others by injecting a …