LOS ANGELES – Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman said Tuesday she fired the volunteer nurses who were helping care for her children because they were unprofessional and invasive. In a video posted to RadarOnline.com, Suleman said Angels in Waiting founder Linda West-Conforti said “many unprofessional things,” including threats that her children …
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6 January
Pakistan: Usama Bin Laden Isn't Hiding in Our Mountains
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistani authorities on Tuesday dismissed rumors that Usama bin Laden might have moved to the country’s mountainous north to evade arrest, and that CIA or FBI agents had been operating there to hunt for clues about the Al Qaeda leader. Pakistani Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao and …
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6 January
Verizon: We Didn't Give Customers' Call Records to NSA Either
NEW YORK – Verizon Communications Inc. denied Tuesday that it had received a request for customer phone records from the National Security Agency, bringing into question key points of a USA Today story. “Contrary to the media reports, Verizon was not asked by NSA to provide, nor did Verizon provide, …
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6 January
Zarqawi Was Mastermind Behind Iraq's Bloodiest Attacks
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Abu Musab al-Zarqawi rose from the life of a street thug in Jordan to become the symbol of “holy war” in Iraq, masterminding the bloodiest suicide bombings of the insurgency, beheading hostages and helping push Iraq into a spiral of sectarian violence with vicious attacks against Shiites. …
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6 January
Iraqi PM Declares State of Emergency in Basra
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq’s new prime minister declared a state of emergency Wednesday in the southern city of Basra, vowing to crack down with an “iron fist” on rival gangs battling each other for power. A car bomb in the northern city of Mosul, meanwhile, killed five policemen, the latest …
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6 January
Buffett Donation to Double Gates Foundation Yearly Spending
NEW YORK – Warren Buffett’s contribution of about $1.5 billion a year to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be used to seek cures for the world’s worst diseases and improve American education, Bill Gates said Monday. “There is no reason we can’t cure the top 20 diseases,” Gates …
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6 January
White Youths Charged in Racial Attack on Mexican Immigrants in New York
ROCKY POINT, N.Y. – Two Mexican immigrants fishing off a Long Island jetty were set upon by a group of four white youths who beat them and stole their money while using racial and ethnic slurs, police said. The young men have been charged with robbery and assault as hate …
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6 January
2006 BET Awards Recognize Best in Black Culture
LOS ANGELES – Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx and rappers Missy Elliott and Busta Rhymes led the pack of nominees at the sixth annual BET Awards, recognizing the best in hip-hop, R&B, gospel and music videos, as well as outstanding athletes and actors. Damon Wayans said he was “excited” about hosting Tuesday’s …
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6 January
Out-of-the-Ordinary NewsFor the Week of February 13
Out-of-the-ordinary news from the folks at “Studio B”… Bogus Bills A few Japanese bigwigs just had to have them. They had to own a piece of history. So they shelled out 150 million yen — that’s about $1.3 million American dollars — to own a rare piece of Americana: the …
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6 January
Care for a Rubdown, Officer?
Why officer, are you here for business … or pleasure? A sheriff’s office in Virginia is in the hot seat after allegations that undercover detectives have been having sex when they bust massage parlors for prostitution, according to local NBC12 News. Sheriff Howard Smith of the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office …
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