State: Florida Party: No Party Affiliation Candidate: U.S. House of Representatives Born: Oakland, CA Religion: Catholic Marital Status: Single Education: BA San Luis Rey College; MPA Arizona State University, 1976 Previous Political Experience: No prior elected office Campaign Web Site: http://www.moore-for-congress.com Click here for the Fox News Election Map
Read More »Daschle Questions Progress in War on Terrorism
WASHINGTON – The Senate’s top Democrat said Thursday that the failure of U.S. authorities to capture Usama bin Laden raises questions about “whether or not we are winning the war on terror.” Sen. Tom Daschle’s remarks came as intelligence analysts concluded that a new audiotape almost certainly contained bin Laden’s …
Read More »FDA OKs New Bacterial Meningitis Vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration approved a new vaccine to protect people age 11 to 55 against bacterial meningitis (search), which is rare but potentially deadly and debilitating. The French company sanofi pasteur received approval from the federal agency to manufacture the vaccine Menactra (search) to protect against the A, …
Read More »Skakel Appeals Murder Conviction
HARTFORD, Conn. – Attorneys for Michael Skakel (search) urged the Connecticut Supreme Court to throw out his murder conviction, arguing Friday that prosecutors waited too long to try the Kennedy cousin and failed to turn over crucial evidence. Skakel, a nephew of Ethel Kennedy (search), was convicted in 2002 of …
Read More »OPEC Poised to Keep Supply Steady at $40 Level
VIENNA – OPEC on Friday prepared to keep oil supply limits on hold, confident that the world economy can absorb higher energy costs. Meeting on Sunday, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (search) appears convinced the world can cope with the inflated fuel bills that came with last year’s …
Read More »Supreme Court Rejects Atheist's Inauguration Prayer Bid
WASHINGTON – Rejecting an atheist’s request, two justices declined on Wednesday to have the Supreme Court step in and bar the saying of a prayer at President Bush’s inauguration. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist (search) had first denied Michael Newdow’s (search) claim that a prayer at Thursday’s ceremony would violate …
Read More »Lynne Cheney Talks with Hannity
This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” Jan. 19, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Hannity & Colmes” weeknights at 9 p.m. ET! SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: Now, are you excited about the festivities that are the coming? LYNNE CHENEY, SECOND LADY, WIFE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT: …
Read More »Journal Retracts Report on Prozac Papers
The British Medical Journal has retracted a report that said Eli Lilly and Co. documents suggesting a link between Prozac (search) and a heightened risk of suicide attempts (search) and violence had gone missing for years. The journal issued an apology and correction that appeared Thursday on the journal’s Web …
Read More »China to Outlaw Gender Selective Abortions
BEIJING – China (search) is planning to make selective abortions of female fetuses illegal as a way to close the widening gap between the number of boys and girls in the country, the official Xinhua News Agency said. “The government takes it as an urgent task to correct the gender …
Read More »Trucker Goes Missing With 3.6 Million Nickels
MIAMI – Authorities are searching for a local trucker who disappeared two weeks ago along with the 3.6 million nickels he was transporting to the Federal Reserve Bank in New Orleans (search), Miami-Dade County police said Friday. Angel Ricardo Mendoza (search), 43, had picked up the coins, worth $180,000, on …
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