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| | | Steven Tyler visits Rock ''n'' Roll Fantasy Camp and our Nikki Boyer gets the scoop on what turns him on. Also at Rock ''n'' Roll Fantasy Camp, Olympic skater Scott Hamilton |
| | | Democrats may have to resort to using dead voters to make up for the illegals going back to Mexico. |
| | | LOST Executive Producer Carlton Cuse offers insight into next season''s series finale, news on Juliet''s fate, and, who are THEY? |
| | | First a gold medal, now the DANCING WITH THE STARS trophy! Hollywood 411''s Megan Tevrizian talks to Shawn Johnson about her big win! |
| | | Former NBA star Dave Bing is now the mayor of Detroit. Bing won a special election Tuesday. He takes the place of Kwame Kilpatrick, who resigned after a sex scandal. |
| | | Pakistan''s military is continuing its offensive against Islamists militants in the northwest -- but some militants in the Swat valley are calling for revenge. |
| | | The discovery of Dr. Arnold Klein as the sperm donor for Michael Jackson''s children could further complicate an already messy custody battle. |
| | | UPDATED: Video from inside court shows San Diego police officer Frank White on the stand as he describes the moment he realized he had shot a child. |
| | | Hundreds of reporters from around the world are camped outside the Jackson family home. |
| | | Mark Lester, godfather to Michael Jackson''s kids, says Jackson was ''bubbly'' with excitement about his upcoming shows, that he never saw Jackson abuse drugs and that the entertainer |
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Magna International in deal to acquire GM Europe operations:report 5/29/09
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| | | Are there little things that you think ALL guys should know? Brett Cohen goes over a few basics from his book about the little things that men should know how to do. |
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| | | The latest entertainment and celebrity headlines including Michael Jackson rehearsal photos, Janet Jackson''s statement and Spinal Tap on the shortlist. |
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| | | Obama meets with Pakistan''s President; Afghan civilians die in U.S. air attacks; Health insurance industry offers to end practice of charging higher premiums to women |
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| | | Dr. Lori Chap tells Lori how to effectively do a self examination and the importance of understanding that going through cancer is more about thriving than surviving. |
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| | | Hollywood stars made their way up to Harlem in order to honor Bill Clinton for his humanitarian efforts. See what Jessica Alba, Adrian Grenier and others had to say about the former president. |
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| | | 5-21 (AP) Adam Lambert fans, take heart: At least your guy doesn''t have to sing the hokey "No Boundaries," this year''s much mocked "American Idol" ballad, ever, ever again. That dubious honor will go to winner Kris Allen. |
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| | | Hollywood is at it again . . . this time playing fast and loose with WWII facts |
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| | | Former Royals teach a group of future Royals the game of baseball. Check out the words of wisdom Les Norman, Dennis Leonard and others had for a group of young people |
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| | | Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to be sworn in for a second term on Friday, following the resounding election victory of his Congress-led alliance. |
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| | | A Michigan man who killed three swimmers at a river on the Wisconsin border showed no remorse Thursday and told the victims'' parents they just needed to get over the deaths, shortly before he was sentenced to life in prison |
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WORLD» |
At least 20 people have been killed during a riot at a prison in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, say police sources. Officials said many other people were injured as prisoners |
Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned a senior French diplomat on Wednesday to protest at "extreme remarks" by France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, in a deepening nuclear standoff between Tehran and the West. Kouchner last month sparked controversy by saying the world should prepare for a war with Iran. On Tuesday he said the situation in Iran was dangerous and that a nuclear-armed Iran would make the Middle East |
A man was crushed to death Wednesday by a herd of wild elephants on Indonesia's Sumatra island, AFP reported. About 30 elephants surrounded the 83-year-old man and trampled him until his body was torn into pieces, a local conservation agency told AFP. The man's son was also surrounded, but escaped. |
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President Barack Obama is naming a team of outside economic advisers to help him steer the nation's economy out of the tailspin that has dominated his first two weeks in office. The president was to announce the team members Friday as the White House braced for more bad news in the unemployment report for January. Obama |
President Barack Obama is naming a team of outside economic advisers to help him steer the nation's economy out of the tailspin that has dominated his first two weeks in office. The president was to announce the team members Friday as the White House braced for more bad news in the unemployment report for January. Obama |
U.S.-allied Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday that a U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference would be pointless unless it addressed key issues such as the fate of Jerusalem, and set a timetable to implement any deal. "If this conference does not tackle the key issues -- Jerusalem, the borders, the Palestinians and other issues that |
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TRAVEL» |
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. |
British naturalist Charles Darwin shocked Victorian society when he suggested that humans evolved from animals over millions of years, and his theories still spark controversy. February 12 marks the scientist's 200th birthday and 2009 is the 150th year since he published the pivotal "On the Origin of Species." Expedition organizers |
Bollywood superstar Anil Kapoor has been catapulted into the global spotlight for his award-winning performance as creepy quiz show host Prem Kumar in the smash hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire." Kapoor talks to CNN's "My City, My Life" about "Slumdog", his hometown of Mumbai, his own rags to riches rise to stardom and how the recent terror attacks affected the city. |
Bollywood superstar Anil Kapoor has been catapulted into the global spotlight for his award-winning performance as creepy quiz show host Prem Kumar in the smash hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire." Kapoor talks to CNN's "My City, My Life" about "Slumdog", his hometown of Mumbai, his own rags to riches rise to stardom and how the recent terror attacks affected the city. |
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Steven Olson wants his $200 deposit back from Princess Cruises, but the company isn't budging. The problem: he canceled the credit card through which he made the purchase. Princess will only refund it to the canceled card. After hours on the phone and promises of a check, Olson is no closer to getting his money. What now? |
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 |
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. |
Lower Occupancy Rates Brought On By Recession Mean Lower Prices For Travelers "Now is probably the best season to travel," said Roger Dow, the president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association. In big tourist destinations, hotels have resorted to slashing room rates. Stays in Las Vegas, New York and Honolulu dropped by at least 20 percent, |
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Monitors say Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano has erupted again with an ash plume shooting about 15,000 feet high. The blast shortly after 5 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time (9 a.m. EDT) Wednesday was considered small and brief at 10 minutes. The plume appeared to be drifting north to northwest. Tom Murray, scientist in charge at the Alaska Volcano Observatory |
Some students will go without fast food, alcohol or watching television, but a growing number of students are going without status updates and friend requests during Lent. The 40-day Lenten period for penance, which came about after Christ's 40 days in the desert, begins Ash Wednesday and continues until Easter. |
Scientists are to dig up ice dating back more than 100,000 years in an attempt to shed light on how global warming will change the world over the next century. The ice, at the bottom of the Greenland ice sheet, was laid down at a time when temperatures were 3 top 5 degrees Celsius (5 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than they are today. |
Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupted six times, sending an ash plume more than 9 miles into the air in the volcano's first emissions in nearly 20 years. Residents in the state's largest city were spared from falling ash, though fine gray dust fell Monday morning on small communities north of Anchorage. "It's coming down," Rita Jackson, 56 |
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A teenage hacker from New Zealand who helped a criminal network to infiltrate more than 1 million computers worldwide and skim millions of dollars from bank accounts has been hired as a cybersecurity consultant by the country's second-largest telecommunications company. Owen Thor Walker has skills that can help senior executives and |
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 |
Two astronauts who were teaching math and science to middle school students just five years ago went on a spacewalk together Monday, but could not free a jammed equipment shelf no matter how hard they tried. Their path, at least, ended up clear of dangerous orbiting junk that had threatened the international space station and shuttle, and forced the |
Confronted with orbiting junk again, NASA ordered the astronauts aboard the linked space station and shuttle Discovery to move out of the way of a piece of debris Sunday. Discovery's pilots fired their ship's thrusters to reorient the docked spacecraft to avoid a small piece from a 10-year-old Chinese rocket body that was due to pass uncomfortably |
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LIFE & LIVING» |
Parents wanting to instill good eating habits in their children, particularly teenagers, should make sure they eat meals together. In one of the first long-term studies to look at the benefits of family meals, researchers at the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota found that family meals have a big impact on |
Delia Smith is one of Britain's best-loved cookery writers, a firm believer in bringing the nation back to basics through teaching classic cooking techniques. Her influence and popularity has led to 'The Delia effect', a phenomenon now enshrined in the English dictionary after her use of eggs led to a 10 percent rise of egg sales in Britain. |
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 |
The chiffon is exquisite, the 17th century Paris chateau grandiose in a new documentary about fashion designer Valentino Garavani. But not all is well in the House of Valentino. Valentino: The Last Emperor kicks off the Miami International Film Festival Friday. A treat of a film, it captures the Italian designer at the end of his spectacular |
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After a recent chicken slaughtering workshop in the Redland, Justine Raphael took away the basics of butchering a bird. She also took away the chicken livers, hearts, gizzards, heads and feet. No one wanted them except me, said Raphael, who used the chicken bits for soup stock. More food for us, she added with a shrug. |
Parents play a key role in shaping young eating habits and attitudes about food, nutritionists say. But, too often, they're sending mixed signals. There's the mom who demands that her kids eat breakfast, then skips the meal herself. There's the dad who bans chips and candy, elevating the forbidden food to tempting levels. And there are |
Sixty-two years have passed since her masterwork, The Everglades: River of Grass. Fifteen years since her last significant statement as an activist, an upbraiding of Gov. Lawton Chiles for affixing her name to a Big Sugar pollution law she found sorely wanting. Almost 11 years since her death at 108 in her Coconut Grove cottage. |
Lights went out at tourism landmarks and homes across the globe on Saturday for Earth Hour 2009, a global event designed to highlight the threat from climate change. From the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge to the Eiffel Tower in Paris and London's Houses of Parliament, lights were dimmed as part of a campaign to |
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