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MIAMI – When he began getting weak, 61-year-old Ronald Beaver figured he might just be feeling his age. Eventually his problem was traced to a serious blood disorder caused by low levels of copper. “I didn’t know what to think,” Beaver said of his illness three years ago. “I had …

Typhoid, diarrheal diseases, and malnutrition are among the health risks likely to emerge as displaced Haitians remain without clean water or sanitation and masses resettle, an official with the Pan American Health Organization said Thursday. PAHO, the regional office of the World Health Organization, has been monitoring for but has …

U.S. intelligence officials believe that the homicide bomb attack that killed seven CIA officers in Afghanistan last month was planned with the help of Usama bin Laden’s close allies, raising fears that the Al Qaeda leader is enjoying a lethal resurgence. Authorities believe that the attack could not have taken …

NEWARK, N.J. – The first trial to arise from New Jersey’s largest-ever public corruption bust began jury selection on Monday with 60 prospective panelists answering a battery of questions ranging from their favorite television shows to their feelings about government informants. A total of 15 jurors — 12 plus three …

NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan prosecutor says a Jamaican-born radical Muslim cleric who once led a British mosque attended by convicted terrorists is being flown back to Jamaica. A court ordered the government to produce Sheik Abdullah el-Faisal in court Thursday and state the reasons it was holding him in …

This is a rush transcript from “Hannity,” January 27, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, HOST: We continue now with our live post-game coverage of the president’s first State of the Union address. Joining me now with reaction is the …

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy got nearly seven years Thursday in a bribery and corruption case that the judge said damaged public trust in state government. Supporters of both men had …

Barack Obama has said that he’s an ardent free market supporter: (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Contrary to the claims of some of my critics, I am an ardent believer in the free market — (END VIDEO CLIP) He mocks those that call him a socialist. Just last week, …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Missing Link? Hours after Joseph Stack crashed his plane into that Austin, Texas office building, some in the media speculated about a possible link between him and the tea party movement. New York Magazine wrote of his Internet manifesto: “A lot of …

As you know, I often end my Grega-logues with the phrase: “If you disagree with me, then you sir are worse than Hitler.” At times I’ve changed it to “you’re probably a racist”; “you’re probably a homophobe” and, my favorite: “You’re probably a racist homophobe who wears denim cutoffs.” Most …