LONDON – Yoko Ono (search) picked up an award on behalf of John Lennon (search) — and appeared to take a dig at his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney (search). Accepting the special trophy at the Q Awards, Ono said Lennon had sometimes felt insecure about his songs, asking why …
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WASHINGTON – The federal agency that insures private pension plans has concluded that its financial problems could get worse under House and Senate bills intended to strengthen the nation’s traditional pension system. The chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, Rep. John Boehner (search), said Tuesday that the …
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MORRIS, Minn. – A 20-year-old University of Minnesota-Morris (search) student was killed Saturday when football fans rushed onto the field and pulled down a goal post at the end of the school’s homecoming game. Richard Thomas Rose, of Benton City, Wash., was pronounced dead at a hospital after attempts to …
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WASHINGTON – The average U.S. retail price of unleaded regular gasoline fell sharply last week, dropping more than 12 cents to $2.60 a gallon, the Energy Information Administration (search) said Monday. The national pump price has tumbled some 32 cents in the past three weeks, but still remains 57 cents …
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When the flu strikes, preschool kids may be the first age group affected, passing the flu on to other people, a new study shows. If so, vaccinating 3- and 4-year-olds against flu might help curb flu epidemics, write researchers in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Flu can be a serious …
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At least eight high-tech school districts throughout Oregon have begun using Palm, Inc. technology in their classroom curriculum as part of a broad handheld integration program, the mobile computing company announced Thursday. The integration concept jumped off in 2001 when Palm unveiled its Palm Education Pioneer (search) (PEP) program grant. …
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LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. – A tour boat that capsized on a New York lake, killing 20 people, did not have the required number of crew members aboard, leading state regulators to suspend licenses for all five vessels belonging to the company that operated the tour, officials said Monday. The Ethan …
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LONDON – The suspense is almost over. The name of the actor who will take over from Pierce Brosnan (search) in the next James Bond (search) film will be revealed Friday at a press conference, Sony Pictures said Thursday. British tabloid reports this week said the role in “Casino Royale” …
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NEW YORK – “American Idol” winner Fantasia Barrino (search) reveals in her memoirs that she is functionally illiterate and had to fake her way through some scripted portions the televised talent show, which she won in 2004. “You’re illiterate to just about everything. You don’t want to misspell,” Fantasia told …
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See you weeknights in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight “The O’Reilly Factor” is on… Do you know the historical roots of the ACLU… If you saw our show last night and you’re shocked by the state of Oregon’s decision to approve LIVE sex …
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