The Baby Jesus has been kicked off Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina, according to an organization who relishes any opportunity to eradicate Christianity from the U.S. military. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation praised officials at Shaw Air Force Base for removing a Nativity scene located near Memorial Lake …

SANTIAGO, Chile – Thousands of teachers in Chile are ending one of their longest strikes in decades, which protested a bill in Congress that would tie pay to performance. Teachers’ association chief Jaime Gajardo says members voted overwhelming on Monday to end the walkout that began June 1. Instead, he …

BERLIN – A German court says a municipal bus mechanic can have hundreds of euros (dollars) in back pay for time spent changing into his work clothes — but not for time he spent showering. The state labor court in Duesseldorf said the man and the local transport authority in …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israeli troops killed four Palestinian gunmen early Monday in a flare-up of violence along the tense frontier between Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza, a Palestinian official said. A group of around 10 gunmen were trying to cross the border fence into Israel when they were spotted …

Elderly, community-dwelling men and women appear more likely to obtain preventive health care when they live with their spouse, as opposed to living alone or with an adult child, researchers report in the American Journal of Public Health. Still, “colorectal cancer screening, routine dental check-up, and influenza vaccination remain well …

A consumer advocacy group says it will sue Bayer Healthcare if it continues to claim its One A Day vitamins for men reduce the risk of prostate cancer. The Center for Science in the Public Interest says the company’s ubiquitous TV and radio ads misleadingly claim that a key ingredient …

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” November 4, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: The GOP has hammered the House Democrats’ health care bill, and critics have fired back at Republicans, Oh, yes? …

African pirates attacked an oil tanker Tuesday in the oil-rich waters off the continent’s west coast, Agence France Presse reported. The pirates reportedly killed a Ukranian crewman, believed to be the chief engineer of the 750-foot vessel, AFP reported. Four other crewmen aboard the Monfrovia-flagged Cancale Star were injured in …

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Fourteen people have been charged with illegally purchasing 77 million contraband cigarettes from undercover agents in Virginia and smuggling the cigarettes to New York. Two are also accused of paying an agent posing as a hit man to kill a husband and wife whom they believed …

GOLDSBORO, N.C. – A middle school in North Carolina is selling test scores to students in a bid to raise money. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that a parent advisory council at Rosewood Middle School in Goldsboro come up with the fundraising plan after last year’s chocolate …