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“American Idol” finalist David Cook has a lot of fans cheering him on, including his 2001 prom date. “At the time, I was just excited to be asked,” Molly Hastings told MyFOXKC.com. “I was just a sophomore so it was great to be asked by a senior, and he was …

YANGON, Burma – Burma’s military regime distributed international aid Saturday but plastered the boxes with the names of top generals in an apparent effort to turn the relief effort for last week’s devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise. • Witnesses: Burmese Voters Intimidated as Military-Backed Constitution Heads for Approval The …

WASHINGTON – Edward M. Kennedy, Robert Byrd, Arlen Specter — fighters and history-makers all. Their battles with age and illness are the hallmarks of the nation’s oldest-ever Senate and reminders of the fragility of power. The over-70 crowd is a caucus all its own, fond of self-deprecating humor and kindnesses …

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish tuna fishermen rammed their boat into a Greenpeace ship Friday and pelted it with lead fishing weights, the environmental group said. No one was injured. The fishing vessel was among several that swarmed the Arctic Sunrise, which was carrying activists campaigning against overfishing in the Mediterranean. …

WASHINGTON – The governing military junta in Myanmar has agreed to allow a single U.S. cargo aircraft to bring in relief supplies for victims of a devastating cyclone, Bush administration officials said Friday. White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said the United States welcomed the go-ahead to land a U.S. military …

This is a rush transcript from “The Beltway Boys”, May 17, 2008, that has been edited for clarity. FRED BARNES, FOX CO-HOST: Coming up on “The Beltway Boys,” a shaken Republican party looks to John McCain to save the brand. We’ll tell you how. MORT KONDRACKE, FOX CO-HOST: Obama tussles …

INDIANAPOLIS – A tornado that swept through a neighborhood on the city’s east side ripped roofs off several apartment buildings but caused no serious injuries or death, part of a severe storm system sweeping across the country. A total of 18 people were treated only for “very minor” injuries after …

Members of the House get a special privilege most other Americans don’t: a car, paid for by taxpayers. So given rising gas prices, stagnant fuel reserves and an ailing U.S. economy, are congressional representatives cutting back? Not exactly, The New York Times reports. In the New York region, only one …

PLAINFIELD, Ill. – Illinois State Police have revoked the firearm owner’s ID card of a suburban Chicago man whose wife has been missing for more than a year. The state police took that action Wednesday at the request of Plainfield Police Chief Don Bennett. Bennett says he felt revoking Craig …

CRAIG, Mont. – Search and rescue crews who earlier recovered the body of a Tacoma, Wash., woman will continue their search Wednesday for a Helena man who was with her on a raft that capsized in the swollen and fast-moving Dearborn River. Lewis and Clark County Coroner Mickey Nelson identified …