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SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea (search) said Friday that establishing a peace agreement to replace the cease-fire that ended the Korean War would also resolve its nuclear standoff with the international community. A peace pact would “lead to putting an end to the U.S. hostile policy toward (North Korea), …

This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” July 8, 2005, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: My next guest has this suggestion: Don’t even think about it. That’s what he has been telling business operators who might be planning on price gouging (search) hurricane …

WASHINGTON – Tom DeLay (search) deliberately raised more money than he needed to throw parties at the 2000 presidential convention, then diverted some of the excess to longtime ally Roy Blunt (search) through a series of donations that benefited both men’s causes. When the financial carousel stopped, DeLay’s private charity, …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq’s election commission announced Monday that officials were investigating “unusually high” numbers of “yes” votes in about a dozen provinces during Iraq’s landmark referendum on a new constitution, raising questions about irregularities in the balloting. Word of the review came as Sunni Arab (search) leaders repeated accusations …

Times have changed and people who did the same to all their clocks before bedtime last night won’t have any problem waking up to standard time this morning. And except for people who work the overnight shift, that could mean an extra hour of sleep. The time change happens twice …

Heeeeeeere kitty, kitty, kitty. Construction workers accidentally built a pussycat into the wall of a new house in Kansas, according to local KCMB-TV News. “I thought I heard something earlier that morning,” one worker told KCMB-TV. After the little furball was sealed in the walls for what the builder thinks …

AMMAN, Jordan – Iraqi lawyers defending Saddam Hussein (search) said Wednesday they had suspended further dealings with the Special Tribunal trying him until their safety is guaranteed, citing the kidnapping and murder of a lawyer representing one of the former dictator’s co-defendants last week. A statement signed by Khalil al-Dulaimi …

WASHINGTON – Contact lenses that can change brown eyes to blue, and a host of other colors, would have to be dispensed through eye-care professionals under a bill on its way to President Bush. The legislation puts cosmetic and novelty contact lenses (search) under the regulating power of the Food …

TORONTO – Health officials identified Legionnaire’s disease (search) Thursday as the illness that killed 16 elderly people at a Toronto nursing home, a medical officer said. There have been no new deaths and the spread of the illness has been contained, said David McKeown of Toronto’s health department. “Some people …

LOS ANGELES – If proposals by some California (search) lawmakers and environmentalists are ultimately approved, shoppers in the Golden State may soon find it easier to answer the “Paper or Plastic?” question at the register. That’s because proposed regulations would hit plastic bag consumers where it hurts … in the …