The following is a transcription of the June 24, 2006 edition of “FOX News Watch”, that has been edited for clarity: (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ERIC BURNS, CO-HOST: It’s time now for our “Quick Takes” on the media. Headline No. 1: “Making Sense of the Threats” North Korea seems to be …

WASHINGTON – In an especially deadly year in America’s coal mines, President Bush signed a bill into law Thursday designed to give miners a better chance of surviving should disaster strike. “Thanks to modern technology and equipment, we’ve come a long way from the days when a miner would take …

DERBY LINE, Vt. – Two New York men have been charged with smuggling 21 illegal aliens into Vermont from Canada. Border Patrol agents said they stopped two vans carrying 21 passengers on Sunday. The passengers were from Afghanistan, Guyana, India, Mexicoand Pakistan, and did not have the proper documents to …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Vastly different pictures emerged Thursday of a man charged with attending an Al Qaeda camp in Pakistan, with government attorneys portraying Hamid Hayat as a trained terrorist intent on attacking Americans while his defense described him as a directionless young man prone to wild storytelling. Prosecutors said …

WASHINGTON – A coalition of animal rights groups and people who live near the nation’s three horse slaughter plants sued Tuesday to prevent the Agriculture Department from providing horse meat inspections for a fee. The groups alleged that USDA’s plans to provide the inspections next month violates a law passed …

WASHINGTON – Two leaders in current efforts to reduce special interest influence on Congress once again appeared to be fighting on the same side Wednesday, two days after an unusually fiery falling out. Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., testified together at a Senate hearing on lobbying and …

NEW ORLEANS – The last big weekend of the annual Carnival season drew healthy crowds to two Mardi Gras parades on Saturday, but a threat of evening showers pushed one of the city’s biggest and glitziest processions back a day. Some had stayed out overnight in tents or on sofas …

The following is a partial transcript from the April 23, 2006, edition of “FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace”: CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: In his first week as White House chief of staff, Josh Bolten showed there’s a new sheriff in town. Take a look. Karl Rove lost the policy coordination …

BEIJING – Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt on Wednesday defended the search engine’s cooperation with Chinese censorship as he announced the creation of a Beijing research center and unveiled a Chinese-language brand name. Google is trying to raise its profile in China after waiting until January to launch its Chinese-language …

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice demanded Wednesday that the U.N. Security Council take “strong steps” against Iran, a response to the country’s claim that it has successfully enriched uranium. Rice called on the U.N. Security Council to take action but did not call for an immediate meeting. She …