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Read More »Griffs Notes 9/5/06
I’ve got a bad case of the Labor Day blues… that is, Labor Day “Blue Jeans” blues. When was the last time you went into a store and bought a new pair of blue jeans? The only piece of denim in my closet is a pair of worn, comfortable jeans. …
Read More »Lebanon PM Calls for Breaking of 'Illegal' Israeli Blockade
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanon’s prime minister called Israel’s blockade of the country illegal on Saturday and the parliament speaker urged Arab nations to break the siege. The calls, however, were not expected to make Israel relent in its refusal of European and U.N. requests to end its blockade of Lebanon’s …
Read More »Julian Phillips
Julian Phillips joined FOX News Channel (FNC) as an anchor and general assignment reporter in October 2002. Most recently, Phillips served as an on-air correspondent for WPIX-TV (WB Network) “News at Ten” in New York. Also, he hosted the WB11’s community affairs show, “Best Talk.” Prior to his stint there, …
Read More »Sept. 11 Artifacts Await Home Amid Debate Over Memorializing Attacks
NEW YORK – There are no bodies here — just rusting chunks of steel twisted like ribbons, crushed cars and burned-out elevator motors. Off a service road at John F. Kennedy International Airport, a hangar that once housed Tower Air is now a gigantic graveyard for what’s left of the …
Read More »Sportingbet Chairman Held in U.S.
LONDON – Sportingbet PLC, an online gambling company, said Thursday its chairman has been detained in the United States, two months after the chief executive of BetOnSports PLC was arrest in the U.S. on racketeering charges. The company said a hearing has been scheduled for Sportingbet Chairman Peter Dicks, though …
Read More »When in Doubt, Lie Like Crazy
If a cop busts you for hauling tail down the highway, you’d better have a good excuse … or at the very least an entertaining one. A Swiss driver caught zooming down the road at 100 mph in eastern Ontario, Canada, went for the latter of the two options when …
Read More »Michelle Williams' Father Faces Extradition Hearing Over Tax Charges
SYDNEY, Australia – Michelle Williams‘ father, a prominent stock market trader, was ordered Wednesday to face an extradition hearing over tax evasion charges in the United States. Australian police, responding to a request from U.S. authorities, arrested 64-year-old Larry Williams in May after he flew into Sydney to begin a …
Read More »North Korea Agrees to Rejoin Disarmament Talks
BEIJING – The U.S. and Chinese governments announced Tuesday that North Korea agreed to rejoin six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, a surprise diplomatic breakthrough that comes only three weeks after the communist regime conducted its first known atomic test. The agreement was struck in a day of unpublicized discussions between the …
Read More »Report: Thousands Wrongly Listed on Terror Watch List
WASHINGTON – Thousands of people have been mistakenly linked to names on terror watch lists when they crossed the border, boarded commercial airliners or were stopped for traffic violations, a government report said Friday. More than 30,000 airline passengers have asked just one agency — the Transportation Security Administration — …
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