PHOENIX – Conservatives have long dominated the political landscape of this state, the home of the late Sen. Barry Goldwater (search). Republicans dominate the Legislature, hold both Senate seats and six of eight U.S. House seats. One exception: the governor’s office, narrowly won in 2002 by Democrat Janet Napolitano (search), …

HOUSTON – Major League Baseball (search) ordered the roof open at Minute Maid Field for Game 3 of the World Series on Tuesday night, ignoring the wishes of the Houston Astros. Jimmie Lee Solomon, executive vice president of baseball operations in the commissioner’s office, made the announcement at Minute Maid …

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. – Former Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen (search) was wheeled before a judge Thursday, an 80-year-old vestige of Mississippi’s hate-filled past, and sentenced to 60 years in prison for the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers. Killen sat in his wheelchair in a bright yellow jail …

HONG KONG – Veteran civil servant Donald Tsang (search) effectively won Hong Kong’s (search) leadership race on Wednesday, filing papers that showed he had the solid backing of an election committee that picks the Chinese territory’s leaders. Tsang trounced his two rivals by collecting 710 of the nominations from the …

WARSAW, Poland – Poland (search) said Wednesday it will cut its 1,700-troop deployment to Iraq this summer by as many as 300 troops. Defense Minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski (search) said Poland’s force in Iraq in the next troop rotation would be “between 1,400 and 1,450.” His remarks came after a meeting …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards (search) said Saturday that he has not decided whether he will run for president in 2008. The former U.S. senator from North Carolina said his family is focused on the recovery of his wife, who was diagnosed with breast cancer …

WASHINGTON – A second booster shot against the returning menace of whooping cough (search) won government approval Friday — this one for adults as well as teenagers. The cough so strong it can break a rib was once thought to be history thanks to effective vaccination of babies and toddlers. …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqis were divided Wednesday over U.S. President George W. Bush’s rejection of a timetable for the withdrawal of American troops, which came a day after insurgents bent on starting a civil war marked the country’s first year of sovereignty by killing more than a dozen people. Bush’s …

This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” June 29, 2005, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Strong GDP (search) might have beat the forecast, but, according to a recent survey by the American Research Group (search), our economy is in bad shape and is …

See you weeknights in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight … “The O’Reilly Factor” is on… A big break in the Holloway case after a key suspect’s father was taken to jail. Why him? Why now? And what led cops to making the arrest? …