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NEW YORK – Billionaire investor Warren Buffett (search) was questioned by regulators Monday in connection with federal and state probes into the insurance company American International Group Inc. (AIG), saying afterward, “I told them everything I know.” But the lawyer for Maurice “Hank” Greenberg (search), former chairman and chief executive …

The months of recalls and warnings surrounding popular prescription painkillers have done more than frighten consumers, batter drug makers’ bottom lines and raise questions about the procedures and criteria by which the Food and Drug Administration approves medications. The fact that so many legal drugs pose serious health risks is …

WILLEMSTAD, Curacao – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (search) said Monday night the United States reserves the right to seek U.N. Security Council action on North Korea but remains committed for the time being to seeking a negotiated end to the country’s nuclear weapons program. “We still believe there is …

HONOLULU – A U.S. Navy ship at sea successfully shot down a target test missile in its last few seconds of flight, the military said on Wednesday. Until the test off Hawaii, only ground-based interceptors have shot down targets in their final stage. Ships had only intercepted target missiles in …

LAS VEGAS – One of the founding members of the legendary Motown group the Supremes will undergo heart bypass surgery Monday after being hospitalized with chest pains this week, her publicist said. Mary Wilson, 62, remained hospitalized Friday after being rushed to the hospital by a family member Tuesday, complaining …

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ANKARA, Turkey – A car bomb targeting soldiers killed five people and wounded 68 — including 30 troops — on Thursday in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, officials said. A bus carrying the troops was passing a five-star hotel when suspected Kurdish rebels detonated a remote-controlled car bomb, authorities …

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NEW YORK – Teen smoking and drinking continued to drop, but teenage abuse of prescription drugs has become “an entrenched behavior” that many parents fail to recognize, a survey released Tuesday showed. For a third straight year, the Partnership for a Drug-Free America study showed that about 1 in 5 …

This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” May 23, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. ALAN COLMES, CO-HOST: Joining us now, the author of “Wisdom of our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons,” NBC News Washington bureau chief and moderator of “Meet the Press,” and …