DALLAS – Every time your credit card is swiped, it triggers an instant sharing of your credit history — between the bank, the payment processor and the retail store where you are shopping. The process leads to the authorization or denial of your purchase. That information is valuable to you …

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LARGO, Fla. – An autopsy that found Terri Schiavo (search) suffered from severe and irreversible brain-damage has done nothing to sway her parents’ position that she deserved to live and may have gotten better with therapy. The long-awaited report Wednesday found Schiavo’s brain had shrunk to about half the normal …

ROME – An Italian aid worker held hostage in Afghanistan for more than three weeks arrived home Friday saying she’d been “treated well,” but she expressed concern for detainees still being held. Premier Silvio Berlusconi (search) was among those gathered Friday evening at Rome’s Ciampino military airport to greet Clementina …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Some Iraqis on Wednesday said they agreed with President Bush’s pledge to keep American troops in their country until Iraq’s security forces can stand alone, but others said they were fed up with what they call the U.S. occupation. “Iraq cannot be stable if the American and …

MAYS LANDING, N.J. – A man accused of murder in the fatal shooting of a teenage girl who refused his requests for a kiss pleaded guilty Wednesday to the lesser charge of aggravated manslaughter. Alfred R. Bishop (search), 21, admitted playing with a gun and cocking the weapon’s hammer while …

This is a partial transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume,” June 24, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Special Report With Brit Hume” weeknights at 6 p.m. ET (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R), SOUTH CAROLINA: China doesn’t go away, never will. Don’t expect it to. …

PINE BLUFF, Ark. – A vehicle went airborne Sunday morning after running off Highway 65 and plowed through a house, landing on top of a Pine Bluff man who was asleep in his bed, police said. “It hit the outside bedroom wall, continued through the bedroom, over the bed and …

Watch “Hannity & Colmes” weeknights at 9 p.m. ET! Here’s just some of what we’ve got planned for you tonight: Where is Natalee Holloway? The Alabama teen has been missing for more than three weeks. We’ll have the latest from Aruba including a LIVE report from the Caribbean nation. Plus, …

Bouncing your baby to the beat of his favorite lullaby may save him from years of embarrassment on the dance floor later on. A new study shows that movement, such as bouncing a baby on your knee or rocking in a chair, plays a critical role in how infants learn …