This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” May 6, 2005, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Take a look at this billboard. This is all the rage and controversy in California. It’s in about four counties on 75 billboards and causing whole a lot …

PARIS – France honored American movie star Bruce Willis (search) Wednesday, making him an officer in the Order of Arts and Letters, one of the country’s top awards for cultural achievement. “France pays homage to an actor who represents the force of American cinema and the power of emotions that …

WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary John Snow (search) has been crisscrossing the country like a harried tourist to tout the Bush administration’s Social Security (search) plan. When he’s not on the road, he is talking up the administration’s No. 1 domestic priority with members of Congress and in newspaper, television and …

APPLETON, Wis. – Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin (search) has been stripped of her title because pageant officials say she can stand — and point to a newspaper picture as proof. Janeal Lee (search), who has muscular dystrophy (search) and uses a scooter, was snapped by The Post-Crescent newspaper standing among her …

WASHINGTON – The number of court-authorized wiretaps jumped 19 percent last year as investigators pursued drug and other cases against increasingly tech-savvy suspects. Every surveillance request made by authorities was granted. Federal and state judges approved 1,710 applications for wiretaps of wire, oral or electronic communications last year, and four …

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court (search) on Monday declined to consider the constitutionality of state laws that regulate speech and activities within a buffer zone around abortion clinics. Without comment, justices let stand a lower court ruling upholding a Massachusetts law that was passed after the 1994 fatal shooting of …

WASHINGTON – Five American presidents in a row eagerly sought audiences with Pope John Paul II (search), even when the pontiff expressed strong opposition to some of their policies, such as President Clinton’s support for abortion rights and President Bush’s invasion of Iraq. All five who occupied the White House …

LOS ANGELES – The Gospel according to Mel, as the TV industry views it, is that religion sells. With Mel Gibson‘s (search) “The Passion of the Christ” ranked among the 10 highest-grossing movies ever and with glowing visions of “The Da Vinci Code” profits before them, TV networks are embracing …

Controversial U.S. research in Africa that violated federal patient protection rules was nevertheless conducted well enough to support its conclusions that the AIDS drug nevirapine (search) could be used safely to protect babies from the disease, an expert scientific panel has concluded. “The committee finds that there is no reason …

NEW YORK – Colorado Rockies (search) outfielder Jorge Piedra (search) was suspended 10 days Monday for violating baseball’s new policy on performance-enhancing drugs. The suspension begins with the Rockies game at Arizona on Monday night, the commissioner’s office said. Piedra, who was recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs of the Pacific …