New York – Dody Goodman, the delightfully daffy comedian known for her television appearances on Jack Paar’s late-night talk show and as the mother on the soap-opera parody “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” has died at 93. Goodman died Sunday at Englewood (N.J.) Hospital and Medical Center, said Joan Adams, a …
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NEW CASSEL, N.Y. – Police responding to a domestic emergency call on Sunday found three small children dead in a bed and then tracked down their mother and arrested her. The mother, Leatrice Brewer, was charged with multiple counts of murder, Nassau County police said. “It was a disturbing scene,” …
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WESTMINSTER, Md. – Prosecutors filed an appeal challenging the dismissal of charges against five counselors at a school for juvenile offenders who were accused of waiting more than half an hour before calling 911 about an unresponsive student who died. The counselors at the now-closed Bowling Brook Preparatory School had …
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ZURICH, Switzerland – It was one of the biggest art robberies in European history, police said Monday. Armed and masked, three men entered a private Zurich museum just before closing Sunday and made off with paintings by Cezanne, Degas, van Gogh and Monet worth 180 million Swiss francs (US$163.2 million; …
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Palatka man has earned a dubious distinction: Alger Scott has been arrested 101 times. The most recent time came Wednesday when the 54-year-old was charged with selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school. His rap sheet includes charges of petty theft, drug possession, trespassing, aggravated …
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OPATOWEK, Poland – Victoria has no secrets in this Polish town. In an exhibition that’s making some Poles do a double-take, the Museum of Industry in Opatowek has chronicled the evolution of women’s underwear from the knee-length knickers and tight corsets of the early 20th century to the skimpy thongs …
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PARIS – The Paris prosecutor’s office opened a preliminary investigation into a legal complaint brought by newly married French President Nicolas Sarkozy over a media report about his love life, a judicial official said Friday. The media report, posted Wednesday on the Web site of Nouvel Observatuer news magazine, alleged …
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AHMADABAD, India – A newborn baby girl fell through the toilet in a moving train and onto the tracks moments after her mother prematurely gave birth, surviving nearly two hours before being found, relatives said Thursday. The child’s mother, who uses the single name Bhuri, was traveling with relatives on …
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – To hear President Bush tell it, his program to combat AIDS across Africa faces an uncertain future in Congress. His wife is not so worried. “I don’t think there will be a problem,” first lady Laura Bush told reporters Sunday. Her comments came on a …
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BOULDER, Colo. – The man nominated to lead the state’s flagship university is an oilman, not an academic. In a sea of Ph.Ds, he has only a bachelor’s degree. But he does offer this: A reputation as a formidable fundraiser. Bruce Benson’s nomination may be bitterly dividing this 52,000-student, three-campus …
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