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LAS VEGAS – The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday gave Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. (search) permission for its $5.2 billion acquisition of Caesars Entertainment Inc., the companies said. Harrah’s and Caesars (search) said they were notified that the FTC had closed its investigation into the proposed deal, leaving Harrah’s one step …

This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” June 10, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) 12-YEAR-OLD CANCER PATIENT: I feel great. I don’t need radiation treatment. And nobody asked me what I wanted. It’s my body. (END VIDEO CLIP) ANDREW NAPOLITANO, …

WASHINGTON – A constitutional amendment to outlaw flag burning cleared the House Wednesday but faced an uphill battle in the Senate. An informal survey by The Associated Press suggested the measure doesn’t have enough Senate votes to pass. The 286-130 outcome was never in doubt in the House, which had …

LOS ANGELES – Leonardo DiCaprio (search) was hit with a bottle while attending a Hollywood party given by Paris Hilton’s ex-boyfriend and needed about a dozen stitches to close a wound near his ear, People Magazine reported on its Web site. The magazine said DiCaprio was at a party at …

PIERRE, S.D. – Planned Parenthood asked a federal judge Monday to strike down a new South Dakota abortion law, saying it would force doctors to read inaccurate, state-scripted medical information to women seeking abortions. The group filed a lawsuit challenging the new statute in federal court in Sioux Falls, said …

Watch “Hannity & Colmes” weeknights at 9 p.m. ET! Here’s just some of what we have planned for you tonight: – The search continues for high school graduate Natalee Holloway who disappeared last week in Aruba. Local residents and even civil servents in the Caribbean nation were assisting police and …

BEIJING – China is narrowing down the list of candidates for its second manned space flight and is testing rockets for the liftoff scheduled to occur within weeks, state media said Wednesday. Plans call for the capsule, called Shenzhou 6 (search), to carry two astronauts — or “taikonauts” — on …

NEW YORK – From housing contractors to cleanup companies to casket makers, businesses across the country are being called on to help rebuild the Gulf Coast in the devastating wake of Hurricane Katrina (search) — and billions of dollars of federal funds are waiting for them. A wide range of …

NEW YORK – Higher jobless claims and lower stock prices in the wake of Hurricane Katrina (search) caused a gauge of the U.S. economy to slip in the latest week, the Economic Cycle Research Institute (search) said on Friday. Higher interest rates also contributed to the decline of the ECRI …

ELKHORN CITY, Ky. – A 17-year-old who was sent home from school for being intoxicated shot his parents and grandmother to death, then died in a crash after police attempted to pull him over on a highway, authorities said. Another driver also was killed. The teen was identified Wednesday as …