CENTERVILLE, Utah – The man escaped with a few cuts to his arm, but the toilet made out much worse. Police say a man’s gun fell out of its holster while he pulled up his pants after using the bathroom at a Carl’s Jr. restaurant Tuesday. The gun fired when …

This is a rush transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” January 21, 2009. 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: Now for the top …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Tens of thousands of children wearing uniforms and carrying satchels flocked back to schools in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, days after Israel ended its fierce military operation against the territory’s militant Hamas rulers. Children returning to school presents another step back to normality for …

More money and better science are urgently needed to rein in new strains of tuberculosis that are tough or nearly impossible to treat, the WHO announced Monday in China, where the disease has long been a leading killer. The World Health Organization is releasing its annual update on tuberculosis on …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A judge in Ohio has released a man who spent 25 years in prison after a new DNA test cleared him of raping a woman. Sixty-one-year-old Joseph Fears Jr. sobbed in a Columbus court Tuesday. He had been convicted of separate rapes in 1983. Franklin County Prosecutor …

Snoop Dogg joined the Nation of Islam after appearing at the religious group’s annual convention in Chicago on Sunday, the BBC reported. The rapper told reporters that he joined the group because he was “doing what’s right and representing what’s right,” according to a report published Monday on the network’s …

TRIPOLI, Libya – At least 20 migrants died and hundreds more are missing and feared dead after their overcrowded boat capsized in stormy seas off the coast of Libya, an international migration official and Libyan police said Tuesday. The capsized boat was carrying up to 257 people and a second …

STOCKHOLM – A canny chimpanzee who calmly collected a stash of rocks and then hurled them at zoo visitors in fits of rage has confirmed that apes can plan ahead just like humans, a Swedish study said Monday. Santino the chimpanzee’s anti-social behavior stunned both visitors and keepers at the …

NORFOLK, Neb. – Firefighters battling a huge blaze at a closed manufacturing plant in northeast Nebraska are trying to turn off the flow of propane that’s fueling the fire. There were no immediate reports of injuries from the Thursday morning blaze. Fire officials told reporters that three crews were working …

SALISBURY, Md. – An attorney for a man charged in the disappearance of an 11-year-old Maryland girl says his client denies harming the child. Authorities say Sarah Haley Foxwell was abducted from her home last week. Her body was found in the woods on Christmas Day after a search that …