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This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” February 15, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. JOHN GIBSON, HOST: We’ll never know for sure, but John Kerry (search) says we would all be “far better off” — “far better off” — if he had won …

OAKLAND, Calif. – Officials in Oakland thought they had come up with a simple idea to punish some felons who were busted for committing crimes after the sun goes down: force them to stay off the streets at night. Beginning late last year, and at the district attorney’s discretion, people …

NEW YORK – Sharon Stone (search) says her character will have a bisexual relationship in the upcoming film “Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction.” (search) “There is lesbian love,” Stone said in an interview on the syndicated entertainment TV show “Access Hollywood,” which aired Thursday. “We’re testing for her now.” When …

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A year removed from the Janet Jackson (search) debacle, the NFL (search) has come up with the perfect way to clean up its act at halftime of the Super Bowl (search): Hire a British knight to entertain. Sir Paul McCartney (search) will be the only performer during …

NEW YORK – In the eyes of Jessica Simpson (search), Daisy Duke is an “iconish” figure. During her co-hosting gig Friday on the syndicated TV show “Live With Regis and Kelly,” Simpson said she had to “step into those shorts and the red bikinis and I had to do Catherine …

LOS ANGELES – A Grammy-nominated music producer who has been missing since Sunday called a friend that day on his cell phone to say he was being chased by people with dogs, authorities said. Christian Julian Irwin (search), 48, of the Topanga area of Los Angeles, called a friend around …

ATHENS, Greece – The last man conscious in the cockpit of a doomed Cypriot airliner (search) made a desperate call for help — “Mayday! Mayday!” — two seconds before the plane carrying 121 people smashed into a mountain near Athens. The man, apparently a flight attendant with pilot training, twice …

MANILA, Philippines – Funds are flowing in for terrorist operations in the Philippines, mostly from the Middle East, a senior security official said Saturday while admitting authorities were unable to stop it. National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales (search) said the money could be going to Jemaah Islamiyah, an Indonesia-based terror …

VIENNA, Austria – Iran (search) has manufactured about 4,000 centrifuges capable of enriching uranium (search) to weapons grade, an exiled Iranian dissident who helped uncover nearly two decades of covert nuclear activity in 2002 said Tuesday. Alireza Jafarzadeh (search) told The Associated Press the centrifuges — which he said are …

A few quilts do not a great BB make. Here’s how to find one worth its weight in waffles. 1. “We operate without much oversight.” Running a bed-and-breakfast sounds like a dream job for many folks, and plenty are willing to give it a shot. Today there are more than …