CHICAGO – A Chicago man could be unwrapping the hundreds of Christmas gifts spread around his apartment for days, even weeks. Trouble is, they aren’t really presents. They’re his own belongings meticulously wrapped by friends as a prank while he was out of town. Louie Saunders’ packages contain everything from …

This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Bret Baier” from August 3, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: And I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 …

A handful of students were sent home from Florida schools this week after showing up in shirts proclaiming that “Islam is of the Devil,” part of a fiery church campaign to “expose” Islam as a religion of violence. Three high schoolers were forced to leave Tuesday for wearing the shirts …

New Ulm, Minn. – A 13-year-old cancer patient who fled the state with his mother rather than face chemotherapy is now well enough to work on the family farm and jump on his trampoline, a family spokesman said. Daniel Hauser, who has Hodgkin’s lymphoma, started chemotherapy treatments at Children’s Hospitals …

A former choreographer for “So You Think You Can Dance” was arrested again for allegedly sexually assaulting four women — but this time he’s actually being charged with a crime … or eight, to be exact. Cops say Alex Da Silva was arrested this morning at his North Hollywood home, …

PORTLAND, Maine – The remnants of Hurricane Bill lost the characteristics of a tropical cyclone as it moved farther north in the Atlantic Ocean, forecasters said Monday, a day after the storm’s powerful winds churned up waves that were blamed in the deaths of at least two people in the …

PARIS – French legislators have approved a divisive bill that allows more stores to stay open — and more people to work — on Sundays. The law was adopted Wednesday by a vote of 282 to 238 in France’s lower house of parliament. One of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s key reform …

FRANKFURT – The struggle over control of Porsche, the heavily leveraged maker of world-class sports cars including the 911, appears to be coming to an end, according to media reports. The German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel reported on its Web site Saturday that Wolfsburg-based Volkswagen AG would initially get …

RICHMOND, Va. – A lawyer for Michael Vick says the quarterback did not spend his first night of freedom at a Virginia Beach strip club. Attorney Larry Woodward says Thursday that Vick was not in Virginia Beach on Monday night and has not been to any strip club. Woodward says …

Authorities say Daniel Boyd is a veteran terrorist who trained at camps in Pakistan and was the ringleader of a North Carolina-based group of men who sought to wage “violent jihad.” But Boyd’s wife says her husband is not a homegrown terrorist — he’s a good family man, a father …