NEW YORK – United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) said on Monday it had placed an order for 10 Airbus A380 (search) super-jumbo freighter jets to expand its capacity to handle strong international growth. The world’s largest package delivery company said its order gives UPS the option to buy 10 more …
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CHICAGO – A woman has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that famed rhythm and blues singer James Brown (search) is to blame for her suffering from Graves’ disease because he raped her at gunpoint in South Carolina in 1988. A lawyer for Brown called Jacque Hollander (search)’s allegations “rag sheet …
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This is a partial transcript from “On the Record,” January 3, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “On the Record” every weeknight at 10 p.m. ET! GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: Now to U.S. military aid. A major U.S. military mission is under way at this hour to help …
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AZUSA, Calif. – For the past 60 years, gun enthusiasts have been firing rounds at the San Gabriel Valley Gun Club (search), the largest shooting range in Southern California. But now the club is in the crosshairs, since residents of the city of Azusa say it no longer fits in …
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. – Michael Jackson’s (search) prosecutors have asked to keep the courtroom open during hearings on whether to admit into evidence allegations of prior sexual offenses by the singer. The parties were due in court Wednesday to argue the admissibility of the alleged prior offenses and a motion …
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The big, grown-up boys on the NASA (search) team can hardly wait. Next Fourth of July, they get to bust up a comet, Hollywood-style. “Blow things up? I’m there. Yeah, I don’t have any issue with that,” says Richard Grammier, manager of the project for Jet …
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ADELAIDE, Australia – At least eight people were killed in a wildfire that raced through southern Australia on Tuesday, forcing terrified residents to leap into the sea to avoid the flames, emergency officials said. The blaze on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula (search), about 250 miles west of Adelaide (search), was …
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PARIS – A probe to Titan has found that liquid methane rains lash Saturn’s largest moon, a freezing, primitive but active world of ridges, peaks, river beds and deserts scoured by the same forces of erosion as Earth, scientists said Friday. Methane (search) is a highly flammable gas on Earth, …
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RENO, Nev. – Areas of the Sierra Nevada (search), famous for paralyzing amounts of snowfall, have been hit with a dumping like they haven’t seen in generations, with steep drifts stranding an Amtrak train, knocking out the Reno airport and shutting down major highways across the mountains. The string of …
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LOS ANGELES – A temporary restraining order was issued Tuesday against a woman who is allegedly trying to distribute a sex tape involving her and actor Colin Farrell (search). Superior Court Judge David Yaffe (search) blocked Nicole Narain (search) from selling, distributing or displaying the 15-minute tape that shows her …
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