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This is the scene in the eastern city of bin gentleman wad. rebel forces have been firing rokdz at qaddafi's forces weapon of choice is the antiaircraft gun. war planes have been hitting sites all around the town and doctors say at least four people have died in the latest fighting there. somebody also apparently blew up a nearby oil storage facility. the rebels and the government are blaming each other for the strike. and it's not clear who is actually responsible. qaddafi supporters are also claiming to now control the town of zawiya right mere the capitol. libyan soldiers marching in the st...

>> jon: incredible. illinois' governor today officially appealing that state's private ceremony with a handful of lawmakers and death penalty opponents. he also commuted the sentences of almost -- of all 15, i should say, of illinois' death row inmates. they will now serve life behind bars. the state executed its last inmate 11 years ago. just two months after republican governor george ryan took office. in 2000, ryan imposed a moratorium on executions after courts decided the state had wrongly condemned 13 men. governor ginn also has promised to commute any future death sentences before the l...

Socks to get through seven months in afghanistan. they go through three or four pairs a day. mom put out boxes in stores around town in florida and donations are pouring in. >> it keeps me from worrying and crying. i'm a very emotional person. my son will be the first to tell you that. but i just don't cry. i am so involved in this. >> jon: she just sent out 400 pairs of socks to her son's platoon with more on the way. to learn more about how you can help, visit our web site foxnews.com/shep. i'm jon scott in for shepard smith. this is "the fox report." it's the bottom of the hour, time for th...

From taxpayers. the former city manager got a total compensation package worth more than a million dollars a year in a working class town where one in six live in poverty. his lawyer says he never broke the law. city manager and three others face corruption charges. to determine if they have to stand trial. tragedy in pennsylvania, a fire killing seven children in a far house reportedly as their mother was milking cows in a barn nearby and their father was napping in a milk truck about a mile away. the six girls and one boy from seven months to 11 years old. a 3-year-old girl the only one to e...

Main square. steve harrigan is tracking developments from the capital. he is streaming live for us now from tripoli. steve, who really does control zawiya and why is that town so important? >> jon, after an intensive five-day battle it does look like government forces are almost entirely in control of zawiya. this is important. it is the only town west of the capitol of tripoli controlled by the rebels. by taking it now the government can focus all of its fire power on rebel fighters in in the east which was what was it was doing throughout the day. against rebel fighters in the east there. it...