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Farrah Fawcett’s doctor is debunking claims made by Fawcett’s son, Redmond O’Neal, that the cancer-stricken actress weighs 86 pounds. Lawrence Piro told Us Magazine that he weighed the actress a week ago, and “she was 101 pounds,” which he calls “a reasonable weight” given her condition. Piro says Fawcett is …

KABUL – International and Afghan troops clashed with Taliban insurgents in heavy fighting that left at least 12 militants dead in central Afghanistan on Friday, officials said. NATO forces said they could not confirm any deaths in the fighting but that one of its troops was wounded. The battle started …

HEREFORD, Md. – Baltimore County police say the business editor of The Baltimore Sun has been killed in a car accident and his 9-year-old daughter is seriously injured. Police spokesman Bill Toohey says Tim Wheatley was making a left turn Monday morning about two miles from his home when a …

ORANGE, Va. – Actor Robert Duval, filmmaker Ken Burns and some of the nation’s most esteemed historians have defended a Civil War battlefield against Wal-Mart’s plans to build a Supercenter near its boundaries. Now, however, star power is giving way to people with less recognizable names: Lee Frame, Teri L. …

GENEVA – Police with water cannon fired tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday to separate violent demonstrators from a protest opposing a meeting of top world trade officials, but the hooded “black bloc” activists were able to cause damage before 14 were arrested, spokesmen said. The protesters set fire to …

An arrest warrant has been issued for a man accused of fabricating a Florida medical supply company and promising thousands of jobs to local residents. The supposed company, KenRick Medical Incorporated, announced it would be offering 2,500 jobs when it opened its headquarters in Ocala, Fla., MyFOXOrlando.com reported. However, police …

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says two people are hospitalized with suspected swine flu. City Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden also said Tuesday that “many hundreds” of schoolchildren are sick with suspected cases of swine flu. Bloomberg says the hospitalizations are separate from the outbreak at a private school in Queens. …

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record ,” April 7, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Tonight, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is here. He’s going “On the Record.” And President Obama, …

NEW YORK – The CEOs of Mazda and Subaru made the trek to New York from Japan with enthusiasm that helped the second day of the New York Auto Show look a lot more like the glitzy ones of days gone by. With both of those companies, along with upstart …

PARIS – Another of Bernard Madoff’s trophy assets has been seized. Authorities chained up Madoff’s $7 million yacht “Bull” Friday at a marina in an exclusive enclave in the south of France. A warning posted by the bailiffs on the boat reads: “Important: Do not turn on the motors, considering …