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| | | South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he''s not quitting despite intense scrutiny and criticism over his affair with a woman from Argentina. He tried to get back to governing Monday |
| | | Almost extinct, the old tradition of the ''tiger dance'' is kept alive in eastern India. |
| | | PUBLIC ENEMIES premieres with Johnny Depp and Christian Bale walking the red carpet to talk about John Dillinger''s story. |
| | | The Angels will head up I-5 to face the Dodgers in the Freeway Series. Steve Physioc and Rex Hudler have a preview of this weekend''s matchup. |
| | | Mike Huckabee and Katie Couric speak at the American News Women''s Club Annual Gala May 20 at the Fairmont Hotel. |
| | | Paris Hilton and boyfriend Doug Reinhardt arrive at Los Angeles International Airport to catch a flight out. The two stayed in their SUV for a bit while Paris checked her makeup and took some photos of herself |
| | | Davidson''s star player Stephen Curry talks with the New York media after working out at the Knicks Training Center |
| | | Hear postgame reaction from Alex Rodriguez after the Yankees defeated the Phillies 5-4. |
| | | 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. |
| | | Palestinian director Elia Suleiman enters the Cannes competition on Friday with ''The Time that Remains'', a semi biographic film, divided in four historic episodes, running from 1948 until recent times. Excerpts of film. |
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South Koreans mourned their former president Roh Moo-hyun who jumped to his death from a cliff last week, amid an ongoing scandal. 05/29/09
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| | | Good Charlotte''s frontman Joel Madden stops for a chat about the band''s forthcoming album. Mr Nicole Richie was attending the Sports Spectacular at Century City''s Hyatt Regency. |
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| | | Famous siblings Samantha and Mark Ronson prowl about New York''s SoHo with their posse, including rapper Q-Tip. The group ate lunch at Bar Pitti. |
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| | | Baltimore''s Adam Jones is only 23 years old. But prior to Thursday''s game in New York, Jones was fourth in the American League in hitting, and tops in slugging percentage. |
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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 |
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| | | Get a sneak peak at TV Guide''s inFANity: Wipeout as Lisa Joyner braves the obstacle course (well, sorta) from ABC''s breakout summer hit! Then catch the full show on TV Guide Network Tuesday, May 26th at 8pm. |
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| | | British singer, Louise Griffiths, had a wardrobe malfunction today while she played in the surf with her actor boyfriend Jesse Spencer. The couple had been body surfing in the rolling waves when Louise''s bikini slipped revealing her breasts. |
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| | | Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai urged the United States on Wednesday to support his government despite abuses by his coalition partner, President Robert Mugabe. |
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| | | THE CLOSER star Kyra Sedgwick sits with Hollywood 411 and talks about the evolution of Brenda Johnson, family and what we can expect from the show''s all-new season. Be sure to catch THE CLOSER, Mondays at 9/8c on TNT. |
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| | | Baltimore''s Adam Jones is only 23 years old. But prior to Thursday''s game in New York, Jones was fourth in the American League in hitting, and tops in slugging percentage. |
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| | | Family and friends attend a private funeral for actress Farrah Fawcett, who died June 25 at the age of 62. |
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Saudi Arabia's top diplomat urged Arabs on Tuesday to stand up to Iran's ambitions in the region, including its nuclear program. Prince Saud al-Faisal told a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo that non-Arab countries should not interfere in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territoriests. |
Thunderhead, recognized innovators in document automation and multi-channel communications solutions, today announced IBM’s enterprise content management (ECM) software group named Thunderhead its 2008 ISV Partner of the Year. A key IBM business partner, Thunderhead offers technology complementary to IBM’s ECM software. Thunderhead was recognized for its superior sales |
A U.S. warship pulled into Georgia's Black Sea port of Batumi on Sunday, delivering humanitarian aid in a gesture of support for the ex-Soviet republic in its conflict with Russia. The USS McFaul destroyer unloaded 55 tons of aid including bottled water, blankets, hygiene kits and baby food for the tens of thousands displaced by the confrontation |
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Israel's attorney general notified Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday that he plans to indict him on suspicion of illicitly taking cash-stuffed envelopes from a Jewish-American businessman — a sensational case that turned public opinion so sharply against the Israeli leader that he was forced to resign. Olmert would become the first Israeli prime minister ever |
Aztec Oil & Gas announced that its newest drilling partnership, the Aztec VIII A Oil & Gas LP, has successfully participated in a previously-announced natural gas well in Goliad County, Texas. The West Powell #1 well was drilled to an approximate depth of 2,000 feet. The well encountered two Miocene gas sands, one at 1,816 feet and the other at 1,630 feet The lower sand was tested, but was deemed not to be commercially productive |
Zimbabwe's opposition says there has been a sharp escalation in violence against activists across the country. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has accused the authorities of carrying out arbitrary arrests. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai also told a UK newspaper that President Robert Mugabe was now using "hit squads" to crack down on the group's members. |
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Two young Iranian parents smiled at me, showing mock desperation as their little boy and girl eagerly dragged them into a shop famous for its pistachio ice cream sandwiches. Around the corner, filling the side of a 15-story building, a government-sponsored propaganda mural showed a perverted American flag, with skulls for stars and falling bombs for stripes. |
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 |
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. |
U.S. Airways has sent a check for $5,000 to each passenger who was on the plane that crashed in the Hudson River last week, saying it will be months before they receive any of their possessions that were on the plane and are recoverable. "The National Transportation Safety Board has now begun their investigation |
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Wary of blowing your travel budget on another characterless hotel room? Hoping for a trip with a certain 'je ne sais quoi'? Check out these weird and wonderful hotels to ensure a touch of travel sparkle, even when the purse strings have been tightened. A must for aviation enthusiasts, the Jumbo hostel is the first aircraft in the |
Gas prices nationwide jumped a bit over the past two weeks, according to a survey published Sunday. A gallon of self-serve regular cost, on average, $1.86, said Trilby Lundberg, publisher of the Lundberg Survey. That's a rise of nearly 8 cents over the past two weeks. After breaking all-time-high records over the summer, prices |
Gas prices nationwide jumped a bit over the past two weeks, according to a survey published Sunday. A gallon of self-serve regular cost, on average, $1.86, said Trilby Lundberg, publisher of the Lundberg Survey. That's a rise of nearly 8 cents over the past two weeks. After breaking all-time-high records over the summer, prices |
Deals Abound Amid Recession; Lower Gas Prices Than Last Year Will Mean More Car Trips And Fewer Flights Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of the summer travel season, but if you think this might be the year you don't sit in traffic because Americans decide to stay home during a recession marked by record unemployment and high foreclosure rates, think again. |
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New tremors at Alaska's Mount Redoubt are prompting speculation that the volcano could be in a phase that will lead to more instability. The 10,200-foot volcano erupted six times Sunday and Monday, spewing clouds of gritty ash high into the sky. A volcanologist at the Alaska Volcano Observatory said Tuesday that Redoubt was |
A University of South Florida professor of archaeology wants students to know one thing: Archaeology is not just about dinosaurs. In her book "Archaeology for Dummies," Nancy Marie White explains what archaeology is all about. The book provides an overview of the field of archaeology and its different types. It covers prehistoric and historic archaeology |
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. |
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. |
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After eight days together, space shuttle Discovery pulled away from the international space station Wednesday, ending a successful effort to boost electrical power and science research at the orbiting outpost. The two spacecraft went separate ways as they soared above the Indian Ocean. The undocking puts Discovery and its seven-member crew on course |
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 |
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 |
Princeton undergraduate Xiaohang Quan was working on her senior thesis when she found a miscalculation in the hardware of the world's largest particle accelerator. Quan, a physics concentrator, traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, in mid-March with Princeton physics professors Christopher Tully, Jim Olsen and Daniel Marlow for the annual meeting |
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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. |
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 |
In her bestselling book Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi writes of a beloved friend and advisor who tells her, Lady, we do not need your truths but your fiction -- if you're any good, perhaps you can trickle in some sort of truth, but spare us your real feelings. Fiction is all well and good. Reading Lolita in Tehran, after all |
Dr. Arthur Agatston, cardiologist and South Beach Diet developer, talks about diet, exercise and Miami's new status as the nation's fattest city: Q: In your newest book, The South Beach Diet Supercharged, you write that the diet debates are over. What do you mean? A: The consensus is that we're beyond low-fat versus low-carb debates . . . The answer is |
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Capt. Nathan Green remembers the alarm sounding that day last April in Baghdad's Green Zone. He remembers running, and then the loud explosion of the rocket hitting 30 feet behind him. He was knocked unconscious and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He now hears the high-pitched whine and static buzz of an AM radio. All the time. |
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. |
Rhonda Barnett remembers her husband Marc's proposal as if it were yesterday, she says. Actually, it was 1994 when her then-beau enlisted the help of her co-workers -- and one large ladder truck -- at Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, where she worked as public information manager, to ask for her hand. Knowing my sweetheart was going |
A New York funeral director hoping to barter a free funeral for construction work on his patio was forced to scrap the idea due to the media frenzy that followed. Peter Dohanich, 51, posted an ad for the exchange on the online classified site Craigslist last week. Intense media interest in the story prompted his landlord, |
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