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Citing the First Amendment, the president of the College of William and Mary will allow students to hold the controversial “Sex Workers’ Art Show” on campus next month, the Daily Press reported. “Defining traditions of openness that sustain universities” require to allow the show, featuring performances by strippers, prostitutes and …

LOS ANGELES – The most recent Indiana Jones film more than recouped its big budget with an estimated $311 million in global box office sales through the long weekend, according to studio estimates Monday. Families went in droves to catch “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” a …

This is a rush transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” May 13, 2008. 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: In the “Factor Follow-up” …

WASHINGTON – Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand from New York gave birth Thursday to a healthy baby boy, a day after voting on a major piece of legislation. The delivery makes her the sixth woman to have a child while a member of Congress. Gillibrand, a first-term Democrat, gave birth at Bethesda …

CIA Director Michael Hayden says Al Qaeda is on the “verge” of suffering a strategic defeat in Iraq, claiming U.S. and Iraqi forces are succeeding in shutting down the terrorist network. Acknowledging that the progress still could reverse in such a volatile region, Hayden said in an interview with FOX …

TOKYO – Japanese scientists say they have used cutting-edge technology to create a noodle bowl so small it can be seen only through a microscope. Mechanical engineering professor Masayuki Nakao said Thursday he and his students at the University of Tokyo used a carbon-based material to produce a noodle bowl …

SAN FRANCISCO – The sheriff of the remote region where Charles Manson hid after a killing spree in the summer of 1969 said Friday he would allow researchers to begin digging into the sandy soil in search of possible human remains. In February, a team of forensic researchers visited the …

CANBERRA, Australia – Koalas are threatened by the rising level of carbon dioxide pollution in the atmosphere because it saps nutrients from the eucalyptus leaves they feed on, a researcher said Wednesday. Ian Hume, emeritus professor of biology at Sydney University, said he and his researchers also found that the …

The party isn’t over in California for helium-filled mylar balloons. Even as a proposal to ban the sale of the glittery globes ran out of air last week in the state Senate, where it fell five votes short of passing, some proponents continue to work to get legislation reintroduced. They …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Sweden’s Parliament narrowly approved a law Wednesday that gives authorities sweeping powers to eavesdrop on all e-mail and telephone traffic that crosses the Nordic nation’s borders. Critics have slammed the law as an invasion of privacy and an infringement on civil liberties. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside …