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The Los Angeles police chief has raised the prospect of a homicide charge over the death of Michael Jackson.
Homicide does not necessarily mean murder — it could...
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Recently, an Army National Guardsman and Arabic translator who openly challenged the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, was...
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The aunt of a soldier killed in Afghanistan has joined Charles Krauthammer and Bill O’Reilly in decrying the media coverage surrounding Michael Jackson’s death. Her...
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Bill O’Reilly needs a hug. But who will oblige him?
The Fox News point man needs a hug so desperately that he runs the risk of losing his sanity.
All those in show...
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I really regret for not covering this one in atypical housing. The portable at the Lakeshore Catholic High School definitely deserved to be there for a reason or two....
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Police have charged four people in connection with an alleged scheme to dig up graves at a Chicago cemetery in order to resell the plots.
Bones from more than 100...
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It has been touted as a successful treatment for everything from insomnia and depression to Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis. Now supporters of...
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Two gay men kissed at a Chico’s Tacos restaurant, prompting guards to eject them and a police officer to endorse their ouster.
Civil-rights lawyers say the...
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U.S. and South Korean computer networks were besieged for days by a series of relatively unsophisticated attacks, possibly from North Korea, that were among the...
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“We got 30 minutes!” It was 1:30 P.M., half an hour before the start of the commercial salmon-fishing season in Bristol Bay, Alaska, and I was sitting on...
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Google is to launch a new operating system, in its most direct challenge yet to the dominance of Microsoft.
Google Chrome OS will be a development of its Chrome web...
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“I just wanted to say, Ever since I was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine, And I just wanted to say I love him so much”.
A...
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During the First World War, his father, Ezeobidi, was drafted to fight for the British crown as a militia in the Cameron. Ezeobidi was conscripted because he had nobody...
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A study conducted by the New Economics Foundation using the Happy Planet Index determined that Costa Rica is the greenest and the happiest place in the world. The HPI...
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President Obama today offered to scrap plans for a missile defence shield in Eastern Europe if Russia helped to stop Iran developing a nuclear bomb.
He appealed in...
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We’re just minutes away from the Michael Jackson Memorial of the Century, which we understand will cost Angelenos their public swimming pools and the 710 bus line,...
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Many were stunned by the abrupt resignation of Alaska Republican Governor Sarah Palin over the weekend. While she says legal troubles are not the primary reason for her...
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Michael Jackson ‘happened’ to me twice—in life, and near death!
By: Rajbir Deswal
I am more amazed at my association (?) with Michael Jackson who I didn’t...
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As Russian-American summit is going ahead fruitfully these days in Moscow where participants, according to President B. Obama ,are “committed to leaving behind the...
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Their bags were packed. Their farewells had been said.
Like the rest of the British 38th Regiment Royal Engineers, Mark Quinsey and Patrick Azimkar had shed their...
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If the Mexico swine flu becomes a global pandemic, the routines and comforts of daily life would vanish in the blink of an eye. Small towns and big cities alike would...
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Two million dead. Hospitals overwhelmed. Schools closed. Swaths of empty seats at baseball stadiums and houses of worship. An economic recovery snuffed out.
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AP, Mexico City
Ana Maria Calvo has fought unsuccessfully for seven months to correct her husband’s name on her child’s birth certificate.
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AP, Washington
The nation’s tax code is so complex that taxpayers spend nearly $200 billion a year on the work required to comply with requirements, the government’s...
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NBA history was made on Saturday night, but not the kind the Oklahoma City Thunder and Washington Wizards wanted.
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Worst in baseball to World Series winner. The Tampa Bay Rays can become the first team in the majors to complete the ultimate fast turnaround. Doormats no more,...
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Mr. Blackwell’s worst-dressed list, year by year.
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B.J. Upton and these Tampa Bay Rays are headed home _ to get ready for the American League championship series. Worst in the majors last year, the Rays will play for a...
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The United Nations has appealed for help for Syria, which it says is experiencing its worst drought for 40 years.
The Syrian Government estimates that one million...
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Low wages and poor working conditions are common in developing countries. Even in wealthier markets, newspapers are cutting costs and jobs as print readership declines....
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AP, San Jose
A grotesque comparison of a steamy love affair to a New York City street has won a Washington man this year’s grand prize in an annual contest of bad writing.
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The deadliest form of skin cancer is a little-studied type you’ve probably never heard of. After he died, Martin Whatley’s classic rock ‘n roll guitar...
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If you’re looking for cavity-free pearly whites, search anywhere but Lubbock. A new study in next month’s Men’s Health magazine says this West Texas...
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End-of-year congressional votes to change the tax code have created havoc for the Internal Revenue Service and top the list of problems bedeviling taxpayers, according...
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A decade after singling out the Spice Girls as fashion atrocities, Mr. Blackwell put just one of them _ Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham _ at the top of his...
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The Associated Press asked major presidential candidates a series of questions about their personal tastes, traits and backgrounds. Today’s question _ first in a...
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Fifty-four nursing homes are being told by the government that they’re among the worst in their states in an effort to goad them into improving patient...
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These women should sue their dress designers for such horrible outfits. Molly Sims attended the Rodeo Drive ‘Walk of Style’ without looking stylish at...
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She looks nothing more like an old witch here. These shoes have become the twins’ trade mark now. Look at these pair of stockings and that shredded string which...
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In this Oct. 29, 2008, file photo, Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas watches his team from the bench during an NBA basketball game against the New Jersey Nets in Washington. Arenas had three knee surgeries in 18 months; he hasn’t played this...
