See you weeknights in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight … “The O’Reilly Factor” is on… A high-speed California car chase turned deadly in the Long Beach area yesterday. The suspect’s death was broadcast live on local television. Is it time to stop the …
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NEW YORK – U.S. stocks are on their best ride of the year, but with scant earnings or economic data to drive the market next week, the rally’s future is at the mercy of volatile oil prices and a few choice words from the Fed. Major stock indexes climbed last …
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BALDWIN PARK, Calif. – The monument has been standing beside the railroad tracks for years, but now the inscriptions on the structure in Baldwin Park, east of Los Angeles, have angered some Californians who call it a racist disgrace. Commissioned by the city in 1993, the arch — called “Danzas …
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The New York Sun says a grad student was deemed unfit to teach and kicked out of his program after he expressed skepticism about multicultural education and support for corporal punishment in the classroom. With the backing of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Scott McConnell is now suing …
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WASHINGTON – Releases of toxic chemicals into the environment fell more than 6 percent in 2003, although the level of mercury (search), PCBs and dioxin rose, the Environmental Protection Agency (search) said Wednesday. Some 4.44 billion pounds were released in 2003, the latest year for which figures are available, the …
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NEW YORK – Look for U.S. stocks to drift higher next week as optimism about the economy and earnings continues. But key data on the employment picture, auto and retail sales could trip up the market’s momentum. The week is likely to get off to a slow start as investors …
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WASHINGTON – The White House says the image of the United States suffered irreparable damage from a Newsweek article alleging that American interrogators of suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay (search) desecrated the Muslim holy book. The administration used the now-retracted Newsweek incident to criticize other, unnamed news organizations. “One of …
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LOS ANGELES – The last of the “Star Wars” movies has done what no movie in history has ever accomplished — sold $50 million worth of tickets in a single day. “Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith” (search) grossed $50,013,859 from showings at 3,661 theaters and more …
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JERUSALEM – Israel must withdraw from the Gaza Strip (search), no matter how well Islamic militants do in Palestinian parliamentary elections a month before the pullout, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Tuesday. Mofaz spoke in response to Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom’s suggestion that Israel consider calling off the pullout if …
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ROME – The process of canonizing John Paul II will likely take time, the cardinal in charge of the Vatican’s saint-making office said Saturday, a day after Pope Benedict XVI (search) called for fast-track sainthood for the late pontiff. Benedict on Friday announced he was lifting the mandatory five-year waiting …
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