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This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” April 12, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. JOHN GIBSON, HOST: So how should the U.S. deal with Iran‘s defiant regime? Let’s ask former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, who served under the first President Bush. Can …

LOS ANGELES – A man was sentenced to three years’ probation after pleading no contest to illegally possessing an alligator that was dumped into an urban lake where it has eluded capture for months. Anthony Brewer, 36, of Los Angeles, also was ordered Wednesday to complete 45 days of work …

NEW YORK – Rates on 30-year mortgages marched up this week to their highest point in nearly four years, a factor that is taking some oomph out of the housing market. Click here to visit FOXBusiness.com’s Real Estate page. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reported Thursday that for the week …

WARSAW, Poland – A party in Poland’s governing coalition on Thursday expelled a lawmaker who has been implicated in a sex scandal. Andrzej Lepper, leader of the Self-Defense party, expelled lawmaker Stanislaw Lyzwinski from the party, but said he expects him defend himself and prove his innocence, in which case …

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned — especially a woman scorned in the sack. Husband not living up to your … ahem … conjugal expectations? What better way to renew the spark than a 911 call and a bedroom full of embarrassed policeman? A 44-year-old woman in Aachen, …

GAUHATI, India – A grenade blast in a Hare Krishna temple during a major Hindu religious festival killed one woman and a child Wednesday in India‘s northeast, an army spokesman said. Another 17 people were injured in a stampede that followed the blast in Imphal, the capital of Manipur state, …

PHILADELPHIA – Aramark Corp. (RMK) agreed to a $6.3 billion buyout by a group of investors including Joseph Neubauer, the chairman and CEO of the food services provider. The buyers will also assume $2 billion in debt. Aramark said Tuesday that shareholders will get $33.80 in cash for each share, …

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Robert Fico, whose Smer-Social Democracy party is expected to form the new Slovak Cabinet next week, said Saturday that his government will immediately pull the country’s troops out of Iraq. “The (new) government should immediately prepare the timetable of the withdrawal,” Fico said in an interview with …

LOS ANGELES – Actress Lindsay Lohan was overcome by the heat on a movie set and required hospital treatment, her publicist told “The Insider” Wednesday. The 20-year-old actress was taken by private car Tuesday to a Los Angeles area hospital where she spent several hours being treated for overheating and …

SAN FRANCISCO – Revelations that Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) officials used questionable tactics in an internal investigation into media leaks have caught the attention of California’s attorney general, who’s launched his own probe into the computer maker. Attorney General Bill Lockyer subpoenaed some HP officials Wednesday in a probe he characterized …