While Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton (search) and Republican Rudolph Giuliani are their party’s top picks for the 2008 presidential nominations, both remain highly polarizing figures, according to a national poll released Friday. Forty percent of Democrats polled said they favored Clinton, the New York senator, for the party’s nomination while …

JAKARTA, Indonesia – A magnitude 6.9 undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Sumatra (search) island on Saturday, triggering panic across a large swathe of the region. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (search) said it was unlikely that the quake would trigger a …

STEVENSON, Wash. – A woman who shot her two daughters in an abandoned rock quarry and promptly led police to the bodies pleaded guilty to murder Thursday in a deal with prosecutors that will send her to prison for 63 years. Charlene Dorcy (search), 39, killed the girls, 2 and …

This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” May 5, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Hannity & Colmes” weeknights at 9 p.m. ET! ALAN COLMES, HOST: Welcome back to “Hannity & Colmes.” I’m Alan Colmes. The acclaimed director of “Black Hawk Down” (search) and “Gladiator” (search) …

This is a partial transcript from “The Beltway Boys”, April 30, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The Beltway Boys” Saturday at 6 p.m. ET and Sunday at 1 and 6 a.m. EST. MORT KONDRACKE, CO-HOST: Let’s see who’s up and down this week. DOWN: House majority leader …

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – Prosecutors rested their case Wednesday in the Michael Jackson (search) trial after more than two months of dramatic testimony in which they sought to prove that the pop star molested a teenage cancer patient and conspired to hold his family captive at his fairy-tale estate. The …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – An 86-year-old woman was jailed after police said she called 911 dispatchers 20 times in a little more than a half-hour — all to complain that a pizza parlor wouldn’t deliver. Dorothy Densmore was charged with misusing the 911 system, a jail spokeswoman said. She told dispatchers …

NEW YORK – Stocks rose cautiously Thursday, taking a breather after three days of gains, as a larger-than-expected drop in weekly unemployment insurance claims and a decline in a gauge of future economic activity kept many investors on the sidelines. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 28.74 to 10,493.19 — …

CAIRO, Egypt – A tape said to have been recorded by terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (search) condemns the new government in Baghdad and claims the killing of fellow Muslims is justified in attacks against U.S. soldiers and Iraqi security forces. “God ordered us to attack the infidels by all …

CHICAGO – A stain on the wall of an expressway underpass that some believe resembles the Virgin Mary (search) is again attracting visitors after two car wash employees cleaned graffiti and brown paint off the image. Rosa Diaz and Anna Reczek used a degreaser to clean the wall Friday on …