LOS ANGELES – A judge on Thursday set a Sept. 16 trial date for famed rock ‘n’ roll producer Phil Spector (search), who is accused of fatally shooting a B-movie actress during a fight at his home. Spector, 64, wore a black frock coat with a dragonfly brooch and black …
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UNITED NATIONS – A bitterly divided U.N. committee approved a resolution calling on nations to ban all forms of human cloning incompatible with human dignity and the protection of human life. Supporters of stem cell research said they will not be bound by the declaration, calling the language vague and …
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President Bush is still in Europe (search) so the temptation is to — once again — to boot the Euros around for their latest bit of stupidity. But I’m trying to kick the Euro-kicking habit. My wife says I’m turning into a one trick pony: “Euro bashing again?” she says. …
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WASHINGTON – Hormel Foods Corp. (HRL) Tuesday posted a 24 percent rise in quarterly profit on a strong performance from its Jennie-O Turkey Store (search) segment and lower feed costs. Net earnings rose to $64.5 million, or 46 cents a share, in the fiscal first quarter ended Jan. 30, from …
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WASHINGTON – Teresa Heinz Kerry (search) got a bad rap during the presidential campaign, her husband said Monday. Democratic Sen. John Kerry (search), who lost his bid for the White House last November, told New York City radio host Don Imus that incidents on the campaign trail were blown out …
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ABOARD THE USS O’BANNON – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld (search), visiting a U.S. warship anchored off the coast of France Wednesday, said more moderate Islamic nations are needed to counter the threat of extremism. Rumsfeld, in Nice, France for a meeting of NATO (search) defense ministers, held up the …
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NEW YORK – A&E (search) won a bidding war Monday for the rights to broadcast edited versions of “The Sopranos,” (search) with the $2.5 million per episode price tag believed to be the biggest ever for a series offered in syndication. The Emmy-winning mob drama will begin on the basic …
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LOS ANGELES – In the nation’s capital of celebrity, Mayor James Hahn (search) is not exactly part of the People magazine set. He is shy. Dry. And sometimes — his campaign consultant admits with a gulp — boring. As Hahn asks voters for a return trip to City Hall this …
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It hasn’t even happened yet, but this wedding’s already gone to the dogs. English lovebirds Sonia Wilde and Steve Begley will walk down the aisle Oct. 1 — along with their collie mix, Lucy Brown. “I’m not crazy and I’m not eccentric,” Wilde told the Manchester (England) Evening News. “I …
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INDIANAPOLIS – A 25-year-old man was charged Wednesday with abducting and killing a 10-year-old Crothersville girl, who was the subject of an Amber Alert (search) last week, authorities said. Charles “Chuckie” James Hickman (search), of Crothersville, was preliminarily charged with murder, felony murder and criminal confinement in the killing of …
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