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DAISETTA, Texas – Geologists said a 260-foot-deep sinkhole that grew to the length of three football fields over just two days seemed to be slowing down, but that it could take months before it’s clear whether surrounding areas are stable. The 900-foot-long sinkhole, with crumbling dirt around its edges resembling …

This is a rush transcript from “America’s Election HQ,” May 16, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GREGG JARRETT, GUEST CO-HOST: A lot of little girls look up to singer Beyonce Knowles and now Beyonce wants some of those girls to look …

Three candidates are at least technically still running for president, though everyone says it’s really down to two. Let’s say it’s Day One of the fall campaign. Here’s what happened. Hillary Clinton campaign officials announced she had written another personal check to her own campaign, as a loan. This was …

OFF THE TREASURE COAST, Fla. – Symptoms? Unwavering optimism. “Today’s the day,” legendary treasure hunter Mel Fisher would say as he set out to sea each summer in search of the ocean’s secrets. Before his death in 1998, he found more than $1 billion worth of treasure, including gold and …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA launched a telescope Wednesday to scout out elusive, super high-energy gamma rays lurking in the universe. GLAST — a NASA acronym standing for Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope — began its five- to 10-year mission with a midday blastoff aboard a Delta rocket. Everything went …

Criminals go to great lengths to disguise their identities — even going so far as to slice off their fingerprints — but experts say it doesn’t work. Recently, an Arizona plastic surgeon reportedly admitted to helping a drug dealer alter his identity by replacing his fingerprints with skin from the …

The National Weather Service has issued tornado warnings for parts of Illinois. The warnings were in effect until about 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday for southern Richland County in southeast Illinois and southeastern Clay County in the south central part of the state. Meteorologists detected a severe thunderstorm capable of producing …

WASHINGTON – President Bush said Saturday that lawmakers’ failure to renew an eavesdropping law will make it more difficult to track terrorists and “we may lose a vital lead that could prevent an attack on America.” Democrats faulted the president, who taped his weekly radio address before he left on …

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Yahoo Inc. has formally rejected Microsoft Corp.’s $44.6 billion takeover bid as inadequate. The response had been expected after Yahoo’s intentions were leaked over the weekend. Yahoo’s rebuff raises the stakes in a battle involving two of the world’s most prominent technology companies. Many analysts expect Microsoft …

The trouble begins… now! Does John’s My Word make your blood boil? Click here to listen live to The John Gibson Show on FOX News Radio (weekdays, 6-9 p.m. ET). It’s your chance to call in and argue with John! Berkeley is debating taking back the nasty things it said …