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A British gardener’s local council has ordered him to remove a 3-foot high barbed wire fence around his property in case thieves hurt themselves on it, the Daily Mail reported Thursday. Bill Malcolm, 61, installed the wire at his Worcester property after burglars robbed his tool shed and vegetable plots …

This is a rush transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” October 22, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: Congressman John Murtha recently sat down with the “Pittsburgh Post-Gazette” to talk about Pennsylvania voters and their role in this election, but …

Authorities conducting a traffic stop in Phoenix, Arizona were shocked to find a two-year-old girl crammed inside a van along with 12 other illegal immigrants, MyFOXPhoenix reported Saturday. None of the immigrants — who were all arrested — have claimed the little girl and none have provided any information as …

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – He probably hasn’t dated in two decades, but the survival of a species may depend on whether Tam can get lucky soon. A male rhinoceros recently rescued on the edge of Borneo’s rain forest is expected to become the first participant of a Malaysian breeding program …

New research from a Singapore – U.S. team provides more evidence that sleeping too little — or too much — may be bad for your heart. The investigators also noted that diabetes and hypertension may contribute to this relationship. Among 58,044 men and women 45 years of age or older …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called on his rivals in Hamas to renew a truce with Israel to avoid further bloodshed in Gaza. The Israeli military assault began Saturday, a little over a week after a six-month truce expired and militants began bombarding southern …

CLEVELAND – Cleveland Browns fan Mike Meredith is a couch potato with a cause. Meredith has a motorized sofa — the “Go-Kouch” — that he usually rides around a municipal parking lot for tailgate parties before games. But on Nov. 23, he decided to take the couch, a converted riding …

BERLIN – Berlin officials say they have rescued 1,500 parakeets from a two-room apartment. City veterinarian Margit Platzer says the birds were flying freely around the apartment, which was “littered with feces, feathers and leftover food.” Platzer says it took her team more than seven hours on Tuesday to catch …

CAMDEN, N.J. – For 25 days, government prosecutors called witnesses to lay out their case that five men were planning to kill soldiers on New Jersey’s Fort Dix, or another U.S. military installation. On Wednesday, defense lawyers called just two witnesses, then rested, putting an end to testimony in a …

BEIRUT, Lebanon – A car bomb exploded Monday near a military bus carrying troops going to work in northern Lebanon, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others, Lebanese security officials said. A senior military official told The Associated Press that four soldiers were among the dead and that …