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 …

NEW YORK – A Harvard University sophomore with a highly publicized first novel acknowledged Monday that she had borrowed material, accidentally, from another author’s work and promised to change her book for future editions. Kaavya Viswanathan‘s “How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life,” published in March …

BUCHAREST, Romania – Thousands of people were evacuated from areas threatened by the surging Danube on Tuesday as Europe‘s second-longest river continued to rise. By midday, 3,500 residents had been evacuated from communities in western Romania. About 10,000 more were expected to be forced from their homes. President Traian Basescu …

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea’s No. 2 leader vowed Friday to strengthen the country’s “military deterrent force” in response to an American policy it considers hostile, the nation’s official news agency said. North Korea usually refers to its purported nuclear weapons as “deterrent force.” North Korean officials often use …

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Former first lady Betty Ford returned to her desert home Friday after an overnight stay at Eisenhower Medical Center for undisclosed tests, a Ford family spokeswoman said. Mrs. Ford, who turned 88 on March 27, had an appointment for tests Thursday afternoon, spokeswoman Penny Circle said. …

NEW YORK – Stocks closed narrowly mixed Monday as investors looked past rising oil prices and awaited a sample of first-quarter earnings from Alcoa Inc. (AA) after the closing bell. There were no new economic reports to feed the market’s obsession with whether the Federal Reserve will extend its series …

NEW YORK – Martin Scorsese and Jon Bon Jovi will be honored by Help USA, a national nonprofit organization, at its annual tribute dinner, to be held May 4 at Gotham Hall. “Jon Bon Jovi and Martin Scorsese are two public figures who view their success as a platform to …

NEW YORK – U.S. consumer sentiment edged higher in April, helped by a stronger labor market and rising equity prices, a report showed on Friday. The University of Michigan‘s preliminary April index of consumer sentiment was at 89.2, up from March’s final reading of 88.9, said sources who saw the …

MILWAUKEE – Two boys missing for almost a month apparently drowned in an icy park lagoon near where they were last seen, and authorities said Saturday foul play was not suspected. Purvis Virginia Parker, 11, and Quadrevion Henning, 12, disappeared the afternoon of March 19 after they asked Quadrevion’s grandfather …

NEW YORK – After months spent wrangling for control of buildings and money at ground zero, politicians and developers Thursday celebrated the start of construction on the Freedom Tower, a 1,776-foot-high skyscraper designed to replace the World Trade Center. “It is going to be a symbol of our freedom and …