NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Willie Nelson is so prolific that sometimes even he forgets he has another record coming out. At a recent show here with Bob Dylan (search), Nelson performed a long list of hits, but not a single song from his new long-awaited reggae album. “I keep forgetting,” Nelson …
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WASHINGTON – President Bush will host the president of El Salvador at the White House next week, the White House announced Friday. El Salvadoran President Antonio Saca plans to visit on July 15, his second trip to the White House in two months as Bush and Central American leaders push …
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KABUL, Afghanistan – The last U.S. commando still missing in Afghanistan (search) is being held by the Taliban (search) and rebel leaders have decided to kill him, a purported spokesman for the group said Thursday. The spokesman, Mullah Latif Hakimi (search), offered no proof to back up the claim, which …
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DENVER – A Colorado congressman told a radio show host that the U.S. could “take out” Islamic holy sites if Muslim fundamentalist terrorists attacked the country with nuclear weapons. Rep. Tom Tancredo (search) made his remarks Friday on WFLA-AM in Orlando, Fla. His spokesman stressed he was only speaking hypothetically. …
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Herb Lehr hasn’t been to Trinity Site (search) since the day a mushroom cloud filled the early morning sky in the New Mexico desert. Standing 12 miles from the blast, he looked toward the Oscura Mountains and watched as scientists detonated the first atomic bomb 60 years …
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LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – A model of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima (search) that had been on display at a museum for more than a decade has been removed and replaced for security reasons. Los Alamos National Laboratory (search) officials in charge of safeguarding national security now view the …
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LOS ANGELES – Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) Wednesday reported a 29 percent rise in quarterly earnings, beating Wall Street targets on sales of its frothy coffee drinks, price increases and strong global demand. The company also raised its profit outlook for the year and said it would open more stores in …
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NEW YORK – Stocks rose Thursday, with better-than-expected earnings reports from Exxon Mobil and Bristol Myers Squibb Co. spurring investor confidence and DaimlerChrysler shares surging after the announcement that its embattled CEO will leave at the end of the year. Both the Nasdaq Composite Index and the Standard & Poor’s …
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ATLANTA – Coca-Cola Co. (KO) on Thursday reported a 9-percent jump in quarterly net income, easily beating Wall Street forecasts due to strong soft drink sales in China and Mexico and continued growth in North America, its largest market. The world’s largest soft drink maker, which has rolled out a …
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WASHINGTON – The fact that Supreme Court nominee John Roberts’ (search) wife does free legal work for an anti-abortion group should not be relevant to his confirmation hearing, a Senate Republican leader said Monday. Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (search), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, said Jane Roberts’ work for …
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