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NEW YORK – Gov. David Paterson has been diagnosed with acute glaucoma in his left eye and was undergoing an outpatient laser procedure Tuesday, his office said. The governor, who is blind in his left eye and has only limited vision in his right, received the diagnosis after admitting himself …

PARKERSBURG, Iowa – Fred Everts held back tears as he surveyed the pile of splintered wood and metal scraps that had been his and his wife’s home. Nearby, a makeshift sign amid the rubble reminded Everts and others that they were in Russell Circle, once their street. “We have no …

PALM BEACH, Fla. – Police say two Pablo Picasso etchings worth a combined $450,000 have been stolen from a gallery in Palm Beach. Authorities responded to an alarm at Gallery Biba at about 3:40 a.m. Thursday. Palm Beach police spokeswoman Janet Kinsella says a glass back door had been smashed …

This is a rush transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” May 14, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: In the “Policing the …

OCALA, Fla. – Lawyers for Wesley Snipes have filed notice to appeal his federal tax conviction. The 45-year-old action star was sentenced to three years in prison last week on three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file his income tax returns. He will remain free until he’s ordered to …

CANBERRA, Australia – Police arrested eight Aboriginal activists after they climbed a fence into a government site Wednesday to protest the culling of 400 kangaroos, which are viewed as sacred symbols by Australia’s indigenous people. The four men and four women were charged with trespassing and released on bail. They …

LOS ANGELES – Loni Anderson was married Saturday to Bob Flick, a founding member of the 1960s folk group The Brothers Four. The ceremony was attended by friends and family, including son Quinton Reynolds, who walked the “WKRP in Cincinnati” and “Nurses” star down the aisle. Reynolds is Anderson’s son …

NEW YORK – The U.S. military is holding about 500 juveniles suspected of being “unlawful enemy combatants” in detention centers in Iraq and has about 10 detained at the U.S. base at Bagram, Afghanistan, the United States has told the United Nations. A total of 2,500 youths under the age …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A 13-year-old middle school student was killed when her bicycle collided with a Charlotte-Mecklenburg school bus. The Charlotte Observer reported Friday that Shcrissony Potts died after she rode her bike into the side of a bus taking students home from school. The driver of the bus and …

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia’s Supreme Court sentenced an exiled former president — dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam — and 18 officials to death Monday, a prosecutor said. Yoseph Kiros said the judgment delivered justice for the thousands of people murdered during Mengistu’s 17-year rule. “I believe it is the right …