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Economist Walter E. Williams, a professor at George Mason University died last week. He was 84.  Williams' daughter, Devon, told the New York Times, he died suddenly in his car after teaching his final class at the university. She said he suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hypertension. As an African American economist, Williams was a proponent of conservative programs for the black community rather than the progressive agenda. He believed welfare programs were destructive to black families. Williams had taught at George Mason for 40 years, and at one time headed the eco...

>> gregg: this is a fox news alert. i'm gregg jarrett. louisiana governor bobby jindal declaring a state of emergency. hurricane ida barreling toward the coast. strengthening to a category 2 storm. in the last several hours, winds clocking in at 100 miles an hour. they say ida could get a lot stronger. storm triggering deadly floods and mudslides in el salvador. 90 people are dead and 60 are missing and now the deadly storm has a brand-new target. domenica d d d davis is live ine weather center. >> everybody along the gulf coast is going to be need on the alert for this storm for the...

a university student becomes the latest death linked to the h1n1 virus. how campus officials are trying to keep it from spreading. it was back to work this week for congress, and the focus was the same as when they went on their summer vacation, how both sides in the health care debate are shaping their message. investigators searching for a missing yale graduate student are focusing a lot of attention on one building. why it could be the key to finding out what happened to annie le. hey there. you're watching hln "news and views." i'm virginia cha. a 20-year-old college stud...

well, michelle mall kin here in two minutes to take a closer look. gretchen: just days before her wedding a student disappears, vanishes. run away bride or victim of a crime? our slogan from jerry in nebraska, to start my day, i get my coffee brewing and turn on the tv for some "fox & friends" viewing. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- steve: the show is not only from our world headquarters but also from here at the ground zero site. as you can see, i'm back up on the roof of the building across from the s...

12:00 eastern time, a lot of breaking news to tell you about. this just in, the senate judiciary committee has just approved the nomination of supreme court nominee judge sonia sotomayor. it is now headed to the full senate, which will -- the vote was 13-6, just getting in this information right now. sotomayor is expected -- she was approved rather. the full senate will vote on sotomayor next week. again, she's expected to be approved there, as well. today's vote, 13-6, senator lindsey graham was the only republican to vote in favor of sotomayor. the 55-year-old could become the firs...