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COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – For 8-year-old Shasta Groene (search), the terror is behind her. What’s ahead for the little girl with the shy smile is anyone’s guess. Her mother and one older brother are slain, a second brother is likely dead — and Shasta herself endured nearly seven weeks of …

BOSTON – A pilot who was deemed a potential security risk sued the U.S. government and said its refusal to let him be trained to fly bigger planes may be based on mistaken identity. Robert William Gray, 34, is a British citizen who has lived in the United States since …

NEW YORK – Hilary Swank (search) and Kevin Costner (search) will narrate the upcoming film “On Native Soil: The Documentary of the 9/11 Commission Report (search).” The actors will share voice-over duties for the feature-length film on the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, directed by former NBC News producer Linda …

CHICAGO – Alarmed by the prospect of local governments seizing homes and turning the property over to developers, lawmakers in at least half the states are rushing to blunt last month’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding the power of eminent domain (search). In Texas and California, legislators have proposed constitutional …

NEW YORK – Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc. (BUD), the largest U.S. brewer, said Wednesday quarterly profit fell a greater-than-expected 9.9 percent as volume dropped in its home market and costs rose. The company, with brands including Bud Light (search) and Michelob, said it expected profit would continue to fall for the …

BEIJING – The death toll in a pig-borne disease in southwestern China rose to 31 on Friday as health officials stepped up preventative measures and tried to reassure the public the government had the epidemic under control. The disease, blamed on the bacteria streptococcus suis, has swept through dozens of …

WASHINGTON – A moderate Democratic senator who helped broker a deal over President Bush’s judicial nominations said Thursday that Supreme Court nominee John Roberts doesn’t seem to be the kind of right-wing candidate they feared the president would select. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (search), one of 14 senators who helped avoid …

SANTA FE, N.M. – Actress and activist Jane Fonda (search) says she intends to take a cross-country bus tour to call for an end to U.S. military operations in Iraq. “I can’t go into any detail except to say that it’s going to be pretty exciting,” she said. Fonda said …

This is a partial transcript from “On the Record,” October 4, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: President Bush defends his nominee for the United States Supreme Court (search), trying to convince America that he made the right choice. Many members of his own party …

A diet high in fat and low in carbohydrates may slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, according to preliminary research. A new study shows mice bred to develop Alzheimer’s disease showed less of the brain-clogging plaques associated with the disease when they were fed a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet than mice …