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WASHINGTON – President Bush will use a prime time speech Monday night to call for thousands of National Guard troops to be deployed along the Mexican border to help back up the U.S. Border Patrol. The remarks come as the Senate tries to pass a guest worker proposal that opponents …

NEW YORK – Sen. John McCain defended his support for the Iraq war Tuesday in a commencement speech at Columbia University that had been expected to draw boisterous protests from student activists. But a driving rainstorm dampened much of the expected activity, forcing the 1,064 graduates to listen to the …

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Motorists in Sioux Falls — where the streets are laid out sensibly and the traffic enforcement is strong — are the nation’s safest and Midwest cities account for half of those in the top 10, an insurance study shows. Researchers with Allstate Insurance Co. found that …

BOSTON – The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is launching a massive project to post 48 million pages of documents, 400,000 photos and 1,200 hours of video on the Internet. The late president’s papers will be digitized first, and could be available on the Internet in 18 months, …

Can’t get him to skip poker night just once? And why won’t she leave you alone when she knows your team is in extra innings in the finals? Researchers say there might be an easy solution on the way: nasal spray. Loaded with what scientists are calling a “love hormone,” …

ATLANTA – Primate expert Jane Goodall and 18 other researchers sent a letter to federal officials urging them to oppose an Atlanta research center’s proposal to do AIDS-related research on sooty mangabey monkeys. The letter urges the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to reject a request by the Yerkes National …

NEW YORK – Boeing Co. (BA) said on Thursday it will take up to $1.1 billion in charges to cover the costs of delayed surveillance aircraft for Australia and Turkey and the previously announced settlement of two U.S. government investigations into its defense unit. The charges will likely wipe out …

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Michael Jackson said he believed he paid a former business associate who claims the pop star owes him $3.8 million, according to videotaped testimony Thursday. Part of the recorded testimony was shown to jurors during opening remarks by a lawyer representing former Jackson adviser F. Marc …

This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” June 1, 2006, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: What is the Democrats’ biggest nightmare in their effort to regain power in the House and the Senate this November? Well, according to a syndicated column this week …

SALT LAKE CITY – Prosecutors believe saliva samples, birth records and marriage certificates could prove allegations that some Colorado City, Ariz., men entered polygamous unions with young girls and then fathered their children, court documents show. Eight Colorado City men were indicted last summer on charges of conspiracy and sexual …