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| | | Ashley Greene arrives at LAX and shows off a ring on her left hand. When asked if she was planning on getting married, the Twilight actress said she didn''t know if she will ever wed. Greene also had a drawing of a heart with the initials "KJ" inside. |
| | | The head of bankrupt automaker General Motors told a judge business is doing better as the company tries to speed through bankruptcy. |
| | | Democrats still insist Malcolm Smith is the state Senate majority leader, even if Republicans beg to differ. |
| | | Lovers of luxury across the decades have sojourned in the mythic La Mamounia hotel in Marrakesh. While the Moroccan landmark undergoes renovation, ahead of a reopening in September 2009, it is selling some 5,000 items from the hotel at auction. |
| | | Tony Stewart won his first All-Star race and first as a team owner. The NASCAR on FOX crew gives their grade on Stewart-Haas Racing''s 2009 season. |
| | | Lil'' Kim became a fan favorite this season on DANCING WITH THE STARS, but sadly her time on the show has come to an end. But the bionic booty has no regrets, as she told Hollywood 41 |
| | | Crab industry in turmoil as N.L. processors refuse prices |
| | | Thousands of Michael Jackson fans converged on Harlem''s famed Apollo Theater Tuesday for a public tribute to the performer, clutching photographs and dancing to his music at the legendary |
| | | The quickest way to get a gorgeous lawn is to lay sod, uniform patches of grass-covered soil held together by matted roots. It will go more smoothly if you know a few landscaping tricks |
| | | Family and friends attend a private funeral for actress Farrah Fawcett, who died June 25 at the age of 62. |
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Harrison Ford is Hollywood's top-earning star.
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| | | Connie Culp, an Ohio mother of two, thanked the medical staff at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and the deceased donor whose nose, upper lip and check bones are now hers. Health officials voice |
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| | | Get a sneak peek at the hottest movie stars the summer has as TV Guide checks out Gerard Butler and Olivia Wilde from the SUMMER''S SEXIEST MOVIE STARS special, airing Sunday, May 24th at 8pm on the TV Guide Network! |
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| | | Lovers of luxury across the decades have sojourned in the mythic La Mamounia hotel in Marrakesh. While the Moroccan landmark undergoes renovation, ahead of a reopening in September 2009, it is selling some 5,000 items from the hotel at auction. |
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| | | India''s election is unlikely to throw up a clear winner with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his chief opponent, Hindu leader Lal Krishna Advani, seen running neck-to-neck |
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| | | WatchMojo.com takes a look at an easy and quick method to keep your gardening tools working like new. |
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| | | The Marlins'' Dan Uggla and Steve Foster visit a local 4th grade class. See highlights of an afternoon that included turkey calls, a lesson on perseverance and more. |
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| | | A Swedish political party - the Pirate Party - which seeks to deregulate copyright on the Internet appears on course to win a seat in the European elections |
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| | | Matt Mitovich brings you the latest news and scoop on FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS and GLEE. |
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| | | Sean Penn withdraws divorce petition; Jay-Z confirms split with Def Jam records; Green Day lashes out at Wal-Mart policy. |
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| | | Atlanta firefighter Bobby Stewart describes the scene of a four-level parking deck collapse at a office building at Georgia Tech''s Research Park. Several cars were crushed but there |
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WORLD» |
Thousands gathered in downtown Beirut's Martyrs' Square on Saturday to mark the fourth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination, a traumatic event in the nation's post-civil war history. Hariri died February 14, 2005, in a powerful explosion that left a 10-foot crater in a street in |
Pakistan published photos of two of the militants who ambushed Sri Lanka's cricket team and offered a reward Wednesday for help tracking the men who killed six police, wounded seven players and exposed the country's inability to prevent terrorism. President Asif Ali Zardari said he "strongly condemned" the attack and pledged that those responsible would be caught. Rehman Malik, the |
The leader of South Africa's trade union movement has launched a stinging attack on the government over HIV/Aids. Zwelinzima Vavi accused President Thabo Mbeki and the health ministry of a "failure of leadership" and "a betrayal of our people and our struggle". Six million of South Africa's 40m people are infected with HIV, according to the health |
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If you want to draw fire from Tennessee bloggers, especially those of the Libertarian ilk, then post a link to the Tennessee Handgun Carry Permits on the state’s Web site. That’s what some of them discovered last week on the Web site of our sister newspaper, the (Memphis) Commercial Appeal, Blount County’s SayUncle fired the first shot, saying, “Perhaps someone should publish a list of their reporters’ names and home... |
Hurricane Henriette roared toward farming states in mainland Mexico on Wednesday, threatening heavy rain and winds for large corn and tomato crops after pummeling the Pacific beach resort of Los Cabos. Henriette, a relatively weak Category 1 storm that killed seven people including a foreign tourist on its route up the Pacific coast, swept into the Gulf of California |
China dismissed a Taiwan accusation of buying diplomatic recognition in Africa with $250 million in aid and loans on Tuesday, saying it was like a burglar shouting 'stop thief!' Taiwan, which China considers a breakaway province, said Beijing had offered five African nations aid, loans and debt write-offs during recent state visits, highlighting tit-for-tat accusations of checkbook diplomacy between the political rivals. |
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Every year when I update my guidebook series, I find out what's new in Europe. Here's a review of what Americans can expect the next time they cross the Atlantic. Note that this is a continent-wide look at the latest in Europe. In upcoming columns, I'll cover what's new per major country. In 2009, it's not the "old Europe" anymore as |
Scientists expect some great travel spots to be altered or ruined by global climate change. Some of the changes are already taking place. Others are expected to be seen in coming decades. There are two ways to look at this: Either stay home (which might be less depressing and won't add more airline emissions) or get a move on it |
New York City's mayor helped Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and his four crewmates from US Airways Flight 1549 celebrate a weekend of press conferences, television interviews and grateful reunions by presenting them with the keys to the city Monday. The keys went to flight attendants Doreen Welsh, Sheila Dail and |
The "crime scene cookies", "baaji custard" and "sponge shafts" depicted in Oliver Beale's letter of complaint to Virgin Atlantic struck a chord worldwide. The missive he sent to Virgin chairman Sir Richard Branson about a meal he received on board a Virgin flight from Mumbai to London in December spread across the web and email with a vengeance. |
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There's a $24 charge for two movies on Keeley Hozjan's hotel bill. Movies that were never ordered or watched. Although the hotel promises an investigation, the charge shows up on Hozjan's credit card only a day after checkout. What gives? Q: What can you do if a hotel is charging you for something you didn't use? I stayed at the Liaison Capitol |
Deepa, 40, was born in Mumbai, where she is now a banking technology consultant, as well as running a company that offers "offbeat sightseeing tours" of six Indian cities, including Mumbai, Delhi and Jaipur. Deepa's Mumbai tours take in the city's bazaars, backstreets and culture and her blog, Mumbai Magic, is a personal view of life in the city. |
When it comes to travel, forbidden is in. Cuba, Iran and North Korea -- long off-limits to most American visitors -- might be added to the "allowed" list under an Obama administration. Other destinations that were considered too dangerous or hostile to Americans are becoming fashionable again, as travelers jettison boring "staycations" for something more exotic. |
Mumbai is extreme India. In this booming metropolis all the wealth, inequalities, colors, flavors and passions of India are magnified to an almost unbearable degree. Somewhere between 13 and 20 million people are squeezed into the city that is India's leading financial and industrial center and the home of the Bollywood movie. |
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY» |
A British driver has blamed his GPS navigation unit for leaving his car teetering on the edge of a cliff after he followed its instructions. Robert Jones said he trusted his navigational system and continued to follow it when it told him the steep, narrow footpath he was driving on was a road. Jones, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, northern England, now has a court |
It may have been a fashion first, but supermodel Naomi Campbell has nothing to fear. The HRP-4C humanoid robot showed off her stormtrooper-like silver and black frame and bowed to a fashion-savvy audience at the start of the annual Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo Monday — but even her creators admit the mechanical model needs more work. |
She may have ruled like a man, but Egyptian queen Hatshepsut still preferred to smell like a lady. The world may be able to get a whiff of that ancient royal scent when researchers complete their investigation into the perfume worn by Hatshepsut, the powerful pharaoh-queen who ruled over ancient Egypt for 20 years beginning around 1479 B.C. |
Jonathon Porritt, one of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's leading environmental advisers, is to warn that Britain must drastically reduce its population if it is to build a sustainable society. Porritt's call will come at this week's annual conference of the Optimum Population Trust (OPT), of which he is patron. |
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Ice cover on the Great Lakes has declined more than 30 percent since the 1970s, leaving the world's largest system of freshwater lakes open to evaporation and lower water levels, according to scientists associated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. They're concerned about how the milder winter freeze may |
Ice cover on the Great Lakes has declined more than 30 percent since the 1970s, leaving the world's largest system of freshwater lakes open to evaporation and lower water levels, according to scientists associated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. They're concerned about how the milder winter freeze may |
The Conficker Internet worm could strike at infected computers around the world on April 1, a security expert warned Monday. Conficker is a sophisticated piece of malicious computer software, or malware, that installs itself on a Windows PC's hard drive via specially written Web pages. It then conceals itself on a computer. |
Astronaut Garrett Reisman spent three unforgettable months living in space, but after landing he ended up on a different mission of sorts aboard the fictional spaceship Battlestar Galactica. Just weeks after his return from the International Space Station to Earth last summer, Reisman found himself on the set of Sci Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica |
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Val LaFrance ditched the packed New York theater scene to seek Miami stardom. For 13 years in the late 1940s and 1950s, he produced and acted in plays in the subtropics, earning good reviews -- and a steady girlfriend who wanted to marry. So when a nun in the theater department at Barry College (now University) suggested he turn his |
Scientists have figured out a way to trick plants into doing the dirty work of environmental cleanup, U.S. and British researchers reported on Monday. Researchers at the University of Washington have genetically altered poplar trees to pull toxins out of contaminated ground water, offering a cost-effective way of cleaning up environmental pollutants. |
Sotheby's will offer a sculpture of a cat by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti at auction in New York in May and expects it to fetch $16-22 million. The 1951 bronze sculpture "Le Chat" has been in a private European collection since the 1960s, and the last time a cast of it appeared at auction in May 1975, it sold for $130,000, Sotheby's said on Friday. |
This summer, daintily-clad toesies are morphing into so-called ``caged feet. Leather straps are radiating over arches, thrust forward by towering, heavy heels and thick shanks. Platforms made of punishing wood are back and in abundance. Heels come shaped like inverted triangles or hefty cylinders. |
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Fifteen years after Miami's Pedro Zamora became a national symbol for living with HIV -- and dying of AIDS -- a new drama about his life will soon debut on the network that made him a reality TV star. Pedro, a film written by Dustin Lance Black, who won an original-screenplay Oscar for Milk, |
King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain will appear at the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival's gala ¡Viva España! celebration of Iberian cuisine and wines at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. The event benefits Florida International University's School of Hospitality and Tourism Management and Fundación España-Florida. For information and |
British supermodel Naomi Campbell walked down the ramp in Mumbai on Saturday to pay tribute to the victims of last November's Mumbai attacks. Along with a host of Indian celebrities, the 39-year-old Campbell helped raise funds for the city's emergency medical services in a charity show called "Mai Mumbai." Campbell heads a charity called "Fashion |
Enter George Zima's tiny photo shop prepared for a stroll down memory lane -- and a comprehensive lesson in the history of photography. The second-floor office space in a nondescript Palmetto Bay building is chockablock with cameras, lenses, slide projectors and accessories for the tried-and-true 35 mm buff. Aptly named Forever 35, Zima's cozy |
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