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| | | A federal prosecutor says the four men accused of a New York bombing plot were disappointed the World Trade Center wasn''t around any more to attack. The men are accused of planning to blow up two synagogues and fire missiles at military planes. |
| | | 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. |
| | | Malawi''s Bingu wa Mutharika wins the presidential re-election in a ballot the opposition says he rigged. |
| | | Michael Jackson''s family moved quickly Monday to take control of his complicated personal and financial affairs, winning temporary custody of his three children and asking a judge to name |
| | | The uncle of one four New York terror plot suspects says his nephew, Onta Williams, was brainwashed and changed after he became a Muslim in prison. He said his nephew had been shaken by his mother''s death in 2006 and a separation from his wife. |
| | | A 27 year old woman accused of killing her pregnant friend is believed to have cut open the mother-to-be''s womb to take her baby and pass it off as her own. |
| | | 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. |
| | | 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 |
| | | 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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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces a grilling from opposition leader David Cameron in the wake of woeful results in local and European elections.
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| | | DANCING WITH THE STARS'' Melissa Rycroft came back from injury and nailed a perfect score! See what she had to say about the competition, her injury and this week''s ousted contestant Lil'' Kim |
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| | | Marlins General Manager Michael Hill offers his take on his team so far this season. Find out which two members of the team have made improvements. |
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| | | Adam Wainwright struck out seven as the Cardinals completed a three-game sweep of the Cubs with a 3-1 victory. Hear from Wainwright after the win. |
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| | | 05/22/09 The high level of foreclosures is a hurdle toward economic recovery and a new bill in Washington may do little to help. |
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| | | The discovery of Dr. Arnold Klein as the sperm donor for Michael Jackson''s children could further complicate an already messy custody battle. |
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| | | Marlins General Manager Michael Hill offers his take on his team so far this season. Find out which two members of the team have made improvements. |
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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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| | | A newborn anteater debuts to the press in Tokyo before its official premier to the public next month. |
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| | | Thomas Lennon & Robert Ben Garant from RENO 911 have also written for A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN. Go on location to the studio lot to get the low-down on how the twosome create laughs for big & small screens. |
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| | | Thousands of Rio de Janeiro residents flock to the city''s beaches to see a flying saucer designed by a U.S. artist. |
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Police in Zimbabwe detained US and UK diplomats for several hours as they investigated political violence there, US ambassador James McGee has said. Mr McGee told the BBC there had earlier been a bid to force their convoy off the road in the town of Bindura when they refused to go to a police station. He said their tyres were also slashed and a Zimbabwean driver beaten up. |
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. |
Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu and centrist leader Tzipi Livni have renewed contacts to explore the possibility of forming a joint government, political officials said on Friday. The contacts, apparently conducted via intermediaries, were only at an exploratory stage, but if successful, could help right-wing leader Netanyahu avoid |
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Two of Mexico's deadliest drug cartels have reached a combined force of 100,000 foot soldiers, wreaking havoc across the country and threatening U.S. border states, the U.S. Defense Department told The Washington Times. The cartels rival the Mexican army in size and have both Mexico and the U.S. in crisis mode as they deal with what they fear is a coming insurgency along the border. |
A suspected separatist group that has been holding an American U.N. worker in Pakistan for a month said it would kill him in four days if the government does not release more than 1,000 prisoners. The threat on the life of John Solecki was made in a letter sent Sunday to local news agency Online International News Network that was also |
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 |
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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? |
Growing up in America, Joshu Harris was captivated by the mystique, music and history of Cuba. So before Harris started law school, he traveled to Santiago in southeastern Cuba -- something very few Americans can do today. While there, he played his trumpet with a local dance band, touring across the Cuban countryside. I wanted to see and experience the country |
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 |
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Growing up in America, Joshu Harris was captivated by the mystique, music and history of Cuba. So before Harris started law school, he traveled to Santiago in southeastern Cuba -- something very few Americans can do today. While there, he played his trumpet with a local dance band, touring across the Cuban countryside. I wanted to see and experience the country |
Some passengers on a diverted Aeromexico flight finally reached their destination in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday after spending 16 hours in limbo. The plane was scheduled to fly from Mexico City, Mexico, to Seattle on Tuesday, but was diverted to Portland, Oregon, because of thick fog, said Kara Simonds, |
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? |
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. |
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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. |
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 |
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. |
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 |
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Chinese authorities have blocked access to the video-sharing Web site YouTube -- the latest victim of a politically motivated Internet crackdown. Authorities in Beijing have not explained why the site has been targeted for censorship. There is widespread speculation, however, that YouTube has been targeted because of a video showing Chinese police taking |
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 |
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 |
Two Komodo dragons mauled a fruit-picker to death in eastern Indonesia, police and witnesses said Tuesday, the latest in a string of attacks on humans by the world's largest lizard species. Police Sgt. Kosmas Jalang said 31-year-old Muhamad Anwar was attacked on Komodo, one of four islands where the giant reptile is found in the wild, |
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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 |
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. |
Royals and celebrities joined Princes William and Harry to honor their mother Princess Diana on Friday, the 10th anniversary of her death in a high-speed limousine crash in Paris. Hundreds of mourners lined the streets outside a chapel near Buckingham Palace where the Queen, Diana's ex-husband Prince Charles, her brother Charles |
London is home to the most expensive property in the world, followed by Monaco, New York and Hong Kong, a new report shows. Prime property in the British capital costs 2,300 pounds ($4,585) per square foot, just above Monaco, playground of the rich and famous, at 2,190 pounds, according to estate agent Knight Frank and Citi Private Bank's "Wealth Report 2007". |
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Daily coffee consumption in the United States was steady this year compared to 2008, while the number of people making their coffee at home rose, the National Coffee Association of U.S.A. said on Saturday. Data from the 2009 National Coffee Drinking Trends survey, which polled more than 3,000 adults in the United States by |
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 |
Tim Page finds solace in sounds that most would call dissonant. I'm one of the very few people in the world who rather enjoys having an MRI, says Page, a classical music critic in Los Angeles whose book Parallel Play: Life as an Outsider, a memoir of his experiences with Asperger's Syndrome, a mild form of autism, will be |
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. |
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