TEHRAN, Iran – Reformist leaders pushed for Iranians to vote in parliamentary elections Friday, hoping to prevent a sweep by hard-liners allied with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after the country’s clerical leadership threw many liberal candidates out of the race. Many Iranians who support liberal reforms spent the day deliberating with …

ROCHESTER, Minn. – A self-described “vampyre” and former fringe political candidate faces charges for threatening a teenage girl who tried to break off their relationship by telling him she was actually a vampire hunter. John Alfred Sharkey, 44, of Toms River, N.J., was held in the Olmsted County jail Wednesday …

NEW YORK – College students don’t seem to be planning staycations for spring break. Bookings to popular beach destinations are strong, according to travel companies, and volunteering vacations continue to gain momentum. “Typically the student business is more resilient to the economy because it’s like a once in a lifetime …

NEW YORK – A prosecutor’s office says a second arrest has been made in the hate crime killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant in New York City. The arrest was made early Friday in Yonkers, just north of New York City. Police had released a video of 28-year-old Keith Phoenix and …

The investigation of a car bombing that apparently targeted a high-profile Arkansas doctor turned to a tire left in his driveway, his role as chairman of the state medical board and lawsuits he was involved in. Dr. Trent P. Pierce, 54, remained in critical condition after an explosive device planted …

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record ,” February 13, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: We are live right now in Anchorage, Alaska. Why? Well we have a very special surprise planned for …

GALVESTON, Texas – A mother accused of fatally beating her 2-year-old daughter fully participated in the discipline session that led to the toddler’s death and never tried to stop it, a police investigator testified Wednesday. Galveston County Sheriff’s Sgt. Michael Barry told jurors that Kimberly Dawn Trenor whipped the toddler, …

LONDON – A team of British doctors conducting experiments in the “Death Zone” of Mount Everest has recorded the lowest levels of blood oxygen in humans, far below those of critically ill patients. The findings published on Wednesday could one day lead to better care for patients with heart and …

This is a rush transcript from “America’s News HQ,” January 12, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. BILL HEMMER, HOST: How will history judge our 43rd president? Ari Fleischer, the former White House press secretary is my guest tonight. Good to see …

REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Iceland’s commerce minister quit his post Sunday citing the pressures of the island nation’s economic collapse, as the country’s political leaders met to discuss the fallout from the country’s financial crisis. Bjorgvin Sigurdsson told reporters he had resigned and had also fired the head of the Iceland’s …