Picture yourself on the vacation of a lifetime. Maybe you’re thinking of some sunny sky scenario where you and a frosty beverage are swinging gently in a hammock on a white sand beach. Or maybe you’re thinking of a week in a Soviet-era prison camp. The mayor of a Russian …
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UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council president has invited the key players in the Darfur crisis to a meeting next week on a proposed new resolution to transfer peacekeeping in the conflict-wracked region to a U.N. force, a move the Sudanese government strongly opposes. Last week, the U.S. and …
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Arthur Lee, the founder of the 60s band Love, has died of leukemia. He was 61. Lee mixed traditional folk rock, blues, symphonic sounds and punk. Though the song “7 and 7 Is” was their only Top-40 hit, Love influenced such bands as Led Zeppelin. Love’s album …
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NEW ORLEANS – Spike Lee is not hiding his anger about New Orleans‘ devastation by levee breaks and the government’s slow response to save lives. He hopes his documentary on the subject will bring attention back to the region, where it’s needed, he said Wednesday. “People are still in dire …
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan may extradite a British national arrested over the alleged London terror plot, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Tuesday. Tasnim Aslam said London has made no request for the extradition of Rashid Rauf, who was detained last week in eastern Pakistan and described as a “key person” …
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LONDON – Oil giant BP Plc (BP) expects the replacement of corroded pipelines at the Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska to cost around $100 million, a company source said on Thursday, but the total cost to BP will likely be several times this figure. The expected cost includes around …
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A man who said he swung a baseball bat but denied killing any of the six victims in a dispute over an Xbox video game system will spend the rest of his life in prison, a judge decided Tuesday. A jury on Tuesday recommended the death …
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WASHINGTON – Rising incomes should support the U.S. economy even as the housing market slows and consumers lose the boost they were getting from home equity, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in a letter released on Wednesday. Click here to visit FOXBusiness.com’s Economy Center. “Rising disposable incomes should enable …
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NEW YORK – Carolyn Kepcher, who sat by while her boss Donald Trump dismissed one would-be apprentice after another, has now felt the full force of his iconic phrase: “You’re fired.” Kepcher, a co-star with Trump from the start of “The Apprentice” in 2004 and a longtime employee of the …
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NORTH MIAMI, Florida – A 13-year-old cadet at a private military academy died during an orientation camping trip, the school’s principal said. Authorities rushed the child from Oleta State Park to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead Saturday, North Miami police said. The cause of death was undetermined, pending …
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