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| | | The Supreme Court declared Monday that white firefighters in Connecticut were unfairly denied promotion because of their race, ruling against minorities in a major reverse discrimination case that could affect bosses and workers nationwide. |
| | | The Dallas Cowboys have unveiled a $40 million HDTV in their new stadium. It''s 72 feet high and 160 feet long and hangs high above the center of the field. |
| | | 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 |
| | | Lou Ferrigno, a bodybuilder who played ''The Incredible Hulk'' on TV, talks about physical training with Michael Jackson as Jackson prepared for his comeback tour. |
| | | Howie Kendrick talks with FS West after L.A.''s 3-0 win over Seattle. Kendrick went 1-for-3 with a solo home run for the Angels. |
| | | The corruption trial of former Congressman William Jefferson starts Tuesday. Jefferson is accused of accepting more than $400,000 in bribes to use his influence to help broker deals in Africa. |
| | | Brazil''s Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a bid by a political party to stop a 9-year-old boy from being taken to the United States to live with his father. But the boy''s return to the U.S. is likely to be delayed by further legal appeals. |
| | | 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. |
| | | Jerry West says LeBron James has surpassed Kobe Bryant as the best player in the NBA. Catch the Laker legend talking with Matt ''Money'' Smith and Petros Papadakis at FOX Sports Radio. |
| | | Pakistan''s military is continuing its offensive against Islamists militants in the northwest -- but some militants in the Swat valley are calling for revenge. |
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U.S. and Chinese media reports that New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin and his wife are in quarantine in Shanghai after flu-like symptoms are reported on his flight.
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| | | Hear from the Penguins after a 6-2 win over Carolina in Game 3 of their playoff series. Pittsburgh is one win away from returning to the Stanley Cup finals. |
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| | | Howie Kendrick talks with FS West after L.A.''s 3-0 win over Seattle. Kendrick went 1-for-3 with a solo home run for the Angels. |
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| | | Senate Democrats strip apostate Sen. Specter of all committee seniority. Judiciary Committee top Republican says he''ll not allow Schumer-style political filibustering of Obama judicial picks |
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| | | What are the Red Wings'' ''Black Aces''? Watch this clip to find out how hard work does pay off in Detroit. |
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| | | A British Benedictine monk is using his holy hands to make organic beauty products from beeswax. |
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| | | Eleven-year old Oy dreams of becoming a famous musician while studying at Bangkok''s School for the Blind. But it''s an uphill struggle for Thailand''s half a million blind citizens. |
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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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| | | 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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| | | TV Guide Network sits down with Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, the dynamic duo tabbed to play Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock in STAR TREK! See what the two had to say about adding their |
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| | | Get a sneak peek at the hottest movie stars the summer has as TV Guide checks out Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Katherine Heigl from the SUMMER''S SEXIEST MOVIE STARS special, airing Sunday, May 24th at 8pm on the TV Guide Network! |
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WORLD» |
The United States said on Tuesday that China's recent anti-satellite missile test had endangered hundreds of satellites and left debris in orbit for a century, but reiterated its opposition to a new global treaty on space. Christina Rocca, U.S. ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, said that a treaty to prevent an arms race in outer space |
British officials have admitted a "serious error of judgement" after a disturbed teenager was placed with a foster family and sexually abused their children. Social workers failed to tell them the teen — who cannot be named for legal reasons — had a history of sexual behavior involving youngsters. He then went on to attack |
Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Butler County has been downgraded to a Level One snow emergency as of 11 a.m. today, Feb. 4. "The snow has finally subsided and we are seeing some sunshine which is helping; however, at this point we would still recommend that motorists exercise extreme caution and stay off the roads if it is not necessary to go out," said Butler County Engineer Greg Wilkens Drivers |
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A female suicide bomber Friday detonated in a crowd of mostly women and children on their way to a religious festival, killing at least 38 people and wounding 50 others, an Interior Ministry official said. The attack took place around noon between the towns of Iskandariya and Mussayib, south of the capital, Baghdad, as hundreds of thousands of Shia |
Indian police detained more than two dozen Kashmiri activists on Sunday demanding the remains of a separatist, hanged and buried in a New Delhi jail 23 years ago, during a demonstration to mark his death anniversary. Mohammad Maqbool Bhat, founder of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), a prominent separatist group, was executed on February 11, 1984 on the charge of killing an Indian intelligence officer. |
Elections in the states of Hesse and Lower Saxony on Sunday are seen as an early test for German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) before the next federal vote in 2009. Following are some facts and background about the elections in which CDU premiers are vying for re-election: |
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The return of peanuts to the snack menu at Northwest Airlines this month has prompted a spasm of protests from travelers with allergies. The change comes four months after Northwest merged with Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and in the midst of a national salmonella outbreak involving Peanut Corporation of America. |
Mumbai is always colorful and dynamic but if you're lucky enough to be in town for one of the city's major festivals you'll witness Mumbai erupting into glorious Technicolor. This two-day event takes place in the caves on the island of Elephanta, some 10 km from Mumbai harbor. The caves themselves, filled with carvings, sculptures |
A baby ape born in the UK is settling into a new life in a German zoo after flying from Birmingham to Frankfurt -- monkey business class. The three-month old male bonobo -- who is to be fostered by a family of German apes after being rejected by his natural mother -- was considered too young and too fragile to travel cargo class, a |
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 |
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A baby ape born in the UK is settling into a new life in a German zoo after flying from Birmingham to Frankfurt -- monkey business class. The three-month old male bonobo -- who is to be fostered by a family of German apes after being rejected by his natural mother -- was considered too young and too fragile to travel cargo class, a |
Kay Pratt's rental car gets a ticket when she stays in a San Francisco hotel. Problem is, the car was under the care of the property's valet services. Now she wants the $85 ticket refunded, but the hotel is stringing her along. Is she stuck with the ticket.? Q: I'm having a problem with a hotel's valet parking service, and could use a little help |
The title on Chris Doyle's business card reads "mad scientist," but he's not crazy, he's just crazy about snowboarding. Doyle decided one snowy day in New York to quit his job as a bank accountant and chase his dreams on the snowy slopes of Vermont. Eventually, that spur-of-the-moment decision led to his job as senior product development specialist |
What would it cost to stay in a three-bedroom house in the heart of the nation's capital for Barack Obama's inauguration? Absolutely nothing, for those who don't mind bunking and bonding with perfect strangers. Members of a social hospitality network are opening their doors to inauguration-goers this week and |
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY» |
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. |
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 |
NASA's online contest to name a new room at the international space station went awry. Comedian Stephen Colbert won. The name "Colbert" beat out NASA's four suggested options in the space agency's effort to have the public help name the addition. The new room will be launched later this year. NASA's mistake was allowing write-ins |
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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Officials trying to determine how the 150-pound cat got out of its enclosure Officials at a Kansas zoo are trying to figure out how a 150-pound mountain lion escaped from its enclosure. The 14-year-old female was shot and killed by police at the Great Bend Zoo on Sunday evening. Zoo director Mike Cargill tells KAKE-TV the mountain lion escaped |
British intelligence officers scoured hundreds of UFO sighting reports in the 1980s and 1990s looking for top-secret American stealth-plane projects, newly released files have shown. At the end of the cold war, the Ministry of Defense was worried that America was developing mysterious planes but not telling its closest ally. |
Blockbuster Inc. plans to rent and sell its movies and TV shows through TiVo Inc.'s digital video recorders in the second half of this year. The Dallas-based video rental company is playing catch-up to rival Netflix Inc., which already offers free instant streaming of its movies and TV shows through TiVo DVRs and other devices with its "Watch Instantly" service. |
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. |
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LIFE & LIVING» |
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. |
In a sparkling new kitchen in the Biltmore Hotel's conference center, five teary-eyed home cooks compared tips for no-cry onion chopping. I heard it helps if you breathe through your mouth, one said. My mother told me to put bread on the cutting board while you do it, offered another. Lourdes Castro chuckled. 'I say, `Chop faster.' |
Barbara Theodosiou stayed home for nearly two decades to raise her four children, an accomplishment she describes as profoundly fulfilling but also lonely and limiting. After the birth of her youngest nine years ago, she returned to school to earn a master's degree in family counseling, and along the way founded two organizations -- Mommy |
Knut the polar bear celebrated his second and perhaps final birthday in Berlin on Friday with hundreds of well-wishers who sang "happy birthday." The cuddly orphan cub who once captivated animal lovers around the world has grown into a strapping 200 kg (441 lb) adolescent predator with a need for more space and a mate. |
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Margrit Mondavi, wife of winemaker Robert Mondavi, is today the voice for her husband and a champion of wine, food and the arts in the Napa Valley in California. While her husband steered Napa winemakers toward competing with Old World rivals in the 1970s, Swiss-born Margrit launched the Great Chefs program at the Robert Mondavi Winery, |
An Australian school bus driver hit in the back of the head by a hard sweet has become a local hero after taking his unruly students to the police station to report their crime. Veteran driver Graham King had asked the primary grade students to buckle their seat belts and stay seated while he drove them back fromschool in a Brisbane suburb |
These amazing appliances made a lot of promises. With their bullet shapes, rounded corners and horizontal bands signifying speed, the blenders, juicers, alarm clocks, coffee pots, hair dryers and vacuum cleaners created in the Streamline Style of the 1930s stood for progress. They made housework seem dynamic, futuristic, even sexy. In |
Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger says that if he had not ended up making clothes he probably would have made movies. Known for a style that evokes the American East coast with his New England-inspired designs, Hilfiger says he could imagine himself on the West coast, behind or in front of the camera. Hilfiger was in Stockholm for a promotional |
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