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When buying a stock or mutual fund, does share price matter? QUESTION: My wife and I have a difference of opinion when it comes to purchasing stocks or mutual funds. I say you should buy a good-performing stock or fund with a lower cost per share because you can get …

1. “I’ll build your house on marshmallow.” Having a home built? You may anticipate a few things going wrong, but you’d expect your builder to erect your house on solid ground, right? Don’t be so sure. Population growth and urban sprawl mean there’s not much residential land left in many …

NEW ORLEANS – A monstrous Hurricane Katrina (search) barreled toward New Orleans on Sunday with 160-mph wind and a threat of a 28-foot storm surge, forcing a mandatory evacuation of the below-sea-level city and prayers for those who remained to face a doomsday scenario. “Have God on your side, definitely …

CAIRO, Egypt – Several Sudanese migrants injured when Egyptian police violently cleared a ramshackle camp died later from their wounds, raising the death toll from the clash to 25, a security official said Saturday. Police using water cannons and swinging truncheons evicted more than 1,000 Sudanese men, women and children …

This is a rush transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” January 25, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” LAURA INGRAHAM, GUEST HOST: We wrap things …

DURHAM, N.C. – A federal judge removed former Durham County prosecutor Mike Nifong from a civil lawsuit filed by three Duke lacrosse players who were falsely accused of rape. Disgraced district attorney Mike Nifong filed for bankruptcy two weeks ago, citing more than $180 million in liabilities. Almost all of …

BAGHDAD – Nine American soldiers were killed in the first two days of a new offensive to root out Al Qaeda in Iraq fighters holed up in districts north of the capital, the U.S. military reported Wednesday. The losses came as many militants fled U.S. and Iraqi forces massing in …

ELIZABETH, N.J. – Two inmates returned Friday to the scene of their daring Hollywood-style escape last month, which also led to the suicide of one of their guards. Shackled and surrounded by officers, Jose Espinosa, an admitted killer, and Otis Blunt, a robbery suspect, made their first court appearances since …

RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina’s community colleges will no longer admit illegal immigrants, returning to more restrictive policy on the advice of the state Attorney General’s Office. Last year, the system said it would enroll illegal immigrants who are 18 years old and high school graduates at all of its …

This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume” from May 19, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SEN. BARACK OBAMA, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: If we were willing to talk to Gorbachev, if we were willing to …