ATHENS, Greece – Road construction on the western Greek island of Lefkada has uncovered and partially destroyed an important tomb with artifacts dating back more than 3,000 years, officials said on Wednesday. The find is a miniature version of the large, opulent tombs built by the rulers of Greece during …
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YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio – Cash-strapped Antioch College has rejected an alumni group’s fundraising offer, moving ahead with plans to shutter its doors this summer unless a buyer offers more than $12 million up front, a school spokeswoman said Sunday. A group of wealthy alumni and former trustees scrambled to raise …
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WASHINGTON – Democrats are offering hefty spending increases for domestic programs as they draft an election-year budget plan that still promises surpluses within four years and assumes many of President Bush’s signature tax cuts will die. The roughly $18 billion in spending increases for domestic programs funded by Congress each …
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WASHINGTON – Reversing course, the government’s premier health research agency has reinstated a medical safety expert who was fired after raising allegations of scientific misconduct and sexual harassment in federal AIDS research, his lawyer said Friday. The National Institutes of Health’s reinstatement of Dr. Jonathan Fishbein settles a two-year battle …
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WASHINGTON – President Bush on Monday reminded the world that while the path toward Iraqi democracy has been rocky, so was the path to American democracy more than 200 years ago. In a speech in Philadelphia, birthplace of the U.S. Constitution and “the city where America’s democracy was born,” the …
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WASHINGTON – Late Wednesday evening, senators struck a deal that will fully reauthorize the Patriot Act in its current form for six months and give lawmakers the chance to revisit controversial portions of the act that have been subject to extensive opposition. Soon after the deal was announced, the Senate …
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Weekdays at 3 p.m. in the East and high noon in the West! The news begins anew with “Studio B”… Caught! Former major league pitcher Jeff Reardon has been charged with a jewelry store robbery and is being held pending a bond hearing today in Florida. The 50-year-old Reardon walked …
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Here’s what is on tap for Thursday: “FOX & Friends First” Starts at 6 a.m. ET A man indicating that he had a bomb in his bag was shot and killed by a federal air marshal at Miami International Airport. Was this a success or failure for airport security? We’ll …
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NEW YORK – Matt Damon married girlfriend Luciana Bozan during a private ceremony Friday in New York City, his publicist said. Damon, 35, and his bride exchanged wedding vows during a small ceremony at an undisclosed location, spokeswoman Jennifer Allen said. Bozan’s 7-year-old daughter witnessed the ceremony. In a previous …
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Thousands of spectators gathered Saturday to watch the demolition of the city’s tallest building — but the Zip Feed Mill tower was no pushover. The 202-foot-tall concrete structure dropped slightly, leaned a little — and stopped. Onlookers at viewing spots all over downtown groaned and gasped …
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