BURLESON, Texas – A suburban Fort Worth school district has halted a program teaching students to attack a gunman if he invades a classroom, administrators said Wednesday. The district will continue to train students in how to respond to life-threatening situations but no longer will show them how to take …

WASHINGTON – Anti-war groups are trying to rally active troops to speak out against the war in Iraq — a political tactic they hope will sway voters Nov. 7. A small group of active-duty members opposed to the war created a Web site last month intended to collect thousands of …

ROME – A Roman Catholic diocese has opened an investigation of a priest who said he fondled and shared saunas while naked with Mark Foley when the former U.S. congressman was a boy in Florida. In interviews in the past two days, the Rev. Anthony Mercieca, 69, who is now …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – A bus carrying high school students back from a charity mission collided head-on with a truck on a rural highway in Argentina, leaving at least 12 dead and 30 others injured, authorities said Monday. The accident occurred late Sunday as the students were returning to the …

BOSTON – A mother whose teenage daughter nearly died from an infection caused by a bellybutton piercing was convicted Tuesday of endangering the girl’s life by failing to seek medical attention until she was gravely ill. Deborah Robinson, 39, could get up to five years in prison. The girl developed …

MOSCOW – North Korea said Friday that it favors the implementation of a year-old agreement to abandon its nuclear programs in exchange for aid and security guarantees, the ITAR-Tass news agency cited a Russian envoy as saying after consultations in Pyongyang. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev also said North Korea …

DETROIT – A federal judge has ordered prison officials in Michigan to immediately cease the use of non-medical, punitive restraints following the death of a mentally ill inmate who died after four days spent naked and shackled in an isolated cell. U.S. District Judge Richard Enslen’s sharply worded order, issued …

SACRAMENTO, California – Police say a tipster may have helped them crack a nut-nabbing syndicate. Two people were arrested early Monday after about $400,000 worth of stolen almonds was discovered in a Sacramento warehouse, a stash investigators say may be linked to a rash of nut thefts from orchards across …

LOS ANGELES – The $30 billion video game industry’s own war of the titans reboots this week with the U.S. launch on Friday of Sony Corp.’s (SNE) PlayStation 3 and Sunday’s debut of Nintendo Co. Ltd.’s Wii. A limited supply, delayed debut and drop in the number of games built …

This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” November 8, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. JOHN GIBSON, HOST: Back to our big post-election day stories: The blue wave of the Democratic Party gains control of the House now. And under a lot of pressure, …