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This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” December 27, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” JOHN KASICH, GUEST HOST: In the “Unresolved Problem” segment tonight: more action in the …

LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson is suing his former accountants, claiming they withdrew $2.5 million a year from his bank accounts but did not properly pay his bills. The lawsuit by Jackson and MJJ Productions Inc. was filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Bernstein, Fox, Whitman, Goldman & …

CINCINNATI – A 13-foot boa constrictor wrapped itself around its owner’s neck and killed the man in his home, authorities said. An acquaintance found Ted Dres, 48, inside the snake’s cage Saturday and called police, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s office said. The snake was still strangling Dres when deputies arrived, …

NEW YORK – If you’ve got gifts for loved ones that you haven’t sent yet, the U.S. Postal Service has some advice: Mail them…now. Monday marked the busiest mailing day of the year in the U.S., according to the Post Office, with over 280 million letters, cards, packages and other …

WASHINGTON – China is refusing to take back an estimated 39,000 citizens that have been denied immigration to the United States, clogging detention centers on the taxpayer’s bill, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Tuesday. In an interview with The Associated Press, Chertoff said that China last year readmitted 800 …

NEW YORK – Jill Carroll‘s kidnappers reportedly warned her before her release that she might be killed if she cooperated with the Americans or went to the Green Zone, saying it was infiltrated by insurgents. The freelance writer for The Christian Science Monitor, who was freed by her captors Thursday …

NEW YORK – Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) on Friday said it would delay the consumer launch of its Office software package until next year to coincide with the debut of its Vista operating system. Both products had been expected later this year. The 2007 Microsoft Office package, which includes the Word …

CULVER CITY, Calif. – The driver of a vehicle that barreled onto a sidewalk, killing a teacher and injuring eight young students, was arrested Wednesday, police said. Laura Samayoa, 20, of Los Angeles, was booked for investigation of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and hit-and-run collision involving a fatality, authorities …

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan man who had faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity quickly vanished Tuesday after he was released from prison, apparently out of fear for his life with Muslim clerics still demanding his death. The United Nations said it is working to find …

DALLAS – As long as five years after suffering a stroke, people were able to regain use of a weak arm when their strong arm was restrained during two weeks of intensive therapy, new research shows. The study was small but is the best evidence yet that this simple and …