WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – They aren’t America’s heaviest newborn twins on record, but they certainly tip the scales: Sean William Maynard and Abigail Rose Maynard weighed in at a combined 23 pounds and 1 ounce at birth this week, a North Carolina hospital announced Friday. Freda Springs, spokeswoman for Forsyth Medical …

NEW DELHI – India said that it needs a military space program to defend its satellites from threats like China’s newly revealed ability to shoot down targets in orbit. The comments by India’s army chief raise the possibility of a regional race that could accelerate the militarization of space and …

LOS ANGELES – Teri Hatcher has won a ruling in a feud between rival lip plumpers worthy of Wisteria Lane. A judge ruled Monday that a $2 million lawsuit against the 43-year-old “Desperate Housewives” star should be moved out of court and into arbitration. The lawsuit from cosmetics company Hydroderm, …

WASHINGTON – The FBI was raiding a home in New Orleans on Monday in connection with a spy investigation of U.S. military secrets being illegally given to China. A Defense Department analyst with security clearances was among the three or four people being charged in what law enforcement officials described …

This is a rush transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” February 6, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. ALAN COLMES, CO-HOST: It’s the day after Super Tuesday and when American awoke this morning with a political hang over, the presidential race seemed as …

ATLANTA – A broad storm system spread heavy snow across the Great Lakes region Tuesday and fired up violent thunderstorms that knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses in the Southeast. At least two deaths were blamed on the stormy weather. Fallen trees and other debris on roads …

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – In an environmental dispute seemingly scripted for eco-friendly California, a man asked prosecutors to file charges against his neighbors because their towering redwoods blocked sunlight to his backyard solar panels. But the couple next door insisted they should not have to chop down the trees to accommodate …

LOS ANGELES – The Writers Guild of America moved swiftly Sunday toward a resolution of its three-month-old strike, with guild leaders deciding to recommend a tentative contract to members and ask them to vote on a quick end to the walkout. By calling for separate votes on ending the strike …

Israeli leaders warned Friday that the army may unleash a “holocaust” on the Gaza Strip if Islamists there do not end their daily barrages of rockets, the Times of London reports. “The more Qassam fire intensifies and the rockets reach a longer range, they will bring upon themselves a bigger …

AUSTIN, Tex. – Austin police say the “ponytail bandit” — accused of committing a series of bank robberies with her hair pulled back through a baseball cap — has been arrested. Morgan Michelle Hoke, 21, was taken into custody by Royal Thai Police in Thailand and is awaiting deportation. Her …