BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge poured cold water Saturday on calls for a boycott of the Summer Games in Beijing over China’s crackdown in Tibet, saying it would only penalize athletes. “We believe that the boycott doesn’t solve anything,” Rogge told reporters on this Caribbean …
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A Florida man had his girlfriend arrested after she gave him an unwanted hug. Kevin Connelly told police his 48-year-old girlfriend Lori Smith grabbed him several times and “threw him around the room” after her failed attempt to hug the 50-year-old, according to a police report. Smith was charged with …
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NEW YORK – The bar was crowded with well-dressed professionals enjoying drinks and conversation, a typical evening — except that many of them had no job. The event was a Wall Street Pink Slip Party, where the unemployed mix with recruiters and curious bystanders to network, look for work, and …
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NEW YORK – A prominent New York lawyer accused in a $400 million fraud case has been freed under house arrest. Marc Dreier left a Manhattan jail on Friday and went to a courthouse for processing. Then he signed a bond and was released. Prosecutors had objected, citing his numerous …
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ST. LOUIS – In a twist to the U.S. housing crisis, a family that has been living in a home built inside a cave in suburban St. Louis has put it up for sale on eBay. Bidding starts at $300,000. Click here to see photos of the cave house. Curt …
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A British doctor said the stress caused by the worsening economy may reduce a man’s testosterone levels, Agence France-Presse reported. Dr. Richard Petty, the medical director of a health clinic in London said a man’s testosterone levels could drop due to chronic stress caused by financial worries, working longer hours …
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Tree limbs snapped with a sound like gunshots, blacking out thousands of homes and businesses, and schools and government offices were closed as a major storm spread a glaze of ice and snow from the southern U.S. Plains to the East Coast. At least 19 deaths …
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Hundreds of Shiite men in Iraq struck the heads of boys with daggers in an annual ritual to mark the death of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein at the 7th century battle of Kerbala, Reuters reports. The ritual of Ashura has grown more significant and become more controversial since …
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A brother and sister in England spent 40 years trying to find each other — then discovered they lived only 300 yards apart. Ken Whitty, 64, walked past 62-year-old Yvonne’s house countless times and even saw her in the garden, but did not recognize her. They were reunited only after …
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WASHINGTON – The following is a partial transcript of the Jan. 18, 2009, edition of “FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace”: “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” HOST CHRIS WALLACE: And hello again from FOX News in Washington. Well, with the inauguration of Barack Obama now just two days away, this city is …
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