This is a rush transcript from “America’s Election HQ,” May 6, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. BILL HEMMER, CO-HOST: Think it’s over after tonight? Think again. Take a look at the calendar and you’ll see a string of battles ahead in …
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Potential Jurors Questioned in R. Kelly's Child Porn Trial
CHICAGO – Attorneys and the judge in R. Kelly’s child pornography trial began questioning 150 potential jurors Monday, asking what they know about the allegations against one of urban music’s biggest stars. The 41-year-old R&B singer, known for sexually charged hits like “Bump N’ Grind,” has pleaded not guilty to …
Read More »Cruise Passenger's Sister: 'We Just Want Answers'
This is a rush transcript from “On the Record ,” May 15, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: And tonight, overboard. What began as an exciting Mother’s Day cruise to Bermuda turned tragic. Forty-six-year-old Mindy Jordan fell overboard …
Read More »'Horror Dad' Planned to Build Secret Dungeon in 1978, Police Say
AMSTETTEN, Austria – Investigators said Monday they believe Josef Fritzl began plotting as far back as 1978 — when his daughter was 12 — to build the windowless warren of rooms where he imprisoned her and fathered seven children with her. Officials said Fritzl secured the underground cell with eight …
Read More »Volcanic Smog Blankets Hawaii in Toxic Gas
OCEAN VIEW, Hawaii – For eight years, Tony and Sam Bayaoa have grown thousands of bright red, yellow and pink protea flowers on their farm. Then last month, Kilauea volcano opened a new vent and began spewing double the usual amount of toxic gas. Now about 70 percent of their …
Read More »Storms Across Plains Kill 2, Disrupt Olympic Hopefuls
OMAHA, Neb. – Severe storms with strong winds swept through the Plains on Friday, forcing swimmers practicing for U.S. Olympic trials in Omaha to flee pools and run for cover, killing two people in Iowa, and knocking out power to thousands. Officials at the Qwest Center near downtown Omaha closed …
Read More »Bill Clinton Gives Graduation Speech to California Middle Schoolers After Nixing UCLA Talk
TORRANCE, California – It was not what was originally planned, but Bill Clinton did give a Southern California commencement speech this week. A lingering labor dispute at UCLA kept the former president from giving a planned talk to thousands of graduates there Friday, but he spoke to all 26 middle …
Read More »'Heights' Wins Top Musical Tony, 'August Takes Top Play
NEW YORK – “In the Heights” won the 2008 Tony Award for best musical. The joyous celebration of the immigrant experience, specifically Latino life in the upper reaches of Manhattan topped “Passing Strange” a look at the highly personal odyssey of a young, middle-class man as he comes of age …
Read More »Salt Lake City Hospital Welcomes 10 Sets of Twins Over the Course of One Week
Ten sets of twins have been born at St. Mark’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah over the course of a week, including four sets within a 21-hour period. Of the 59 babies at the hospital on Thursday of last week, 20 were twins. Dr. Gary A. Dilby, director of …
Read More »Chinese Woman Pleads Guilty to Attempted Smuggling of Military-Grade Sensors
SAN DIEGO – A Chinese citizen has pleaded guilty in San Diego to trying to smuggle military-grade sensors to her homeland. Qing Li pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to conspiring to harm the U.S. Prosecutors said she approached a company in Orange County in 2007 about buying accelerometers. The …
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