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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain’s Queen Elizabeth flashed a bit of royal wit at President George W. Bush on Tuesday, getting back at him for a faux pas a day earlier that nearly placed her in the 18th century.
With a playful grin, the queen opened a dinner toast to the president saying: “I wondered whether I [...]
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NEW YORK (AP) - It surely wasn’t what CBS dreamed about when Katie Couric was hired: the “CBS Evening News” last week recorded its smallest audience since and probably many years before that.
It also didn’t help that the average of 6.05 million viewers came at the beginning of the important May ratings “sweeps.”
Meanwhile, ABC’s “World [...]
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Tony Blair plans to return on Thursday to his Sedgefield constituency, where his political career began 24 years ago, for the long-awaited announcement that he is standing down as leader of the Labour Party.
While he will remain Prime Minister until early July, Thursday’s resignation statement will begin a 50-day countdown to Gordon Brown crossing the [...]
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As anyone who has seen her on screen knows, Cate Blanchett has always been slender.
But the 37-year-old actress’s gaunt appearance startled onlookers as she arrived at a benefit gala.
More….
Kate leads the Brits at amazing New York fashion night
Cate’s shock new look
With her collarbones protruding and looking painfully thin, [...]
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - An Arctic seal found in a Fort Lauderdale canal—far from its habitat near the North Pole—died Tuesday, a day after it was captured. The bearded seal was thin and dehydrated, though it was not immediately known what killed the animal. Dr. Christopher Dold, a staff veterinarian at SeaWorld, said the park [...]
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FBI AFFIDAVIT: IT WAS DEADLY WAS SERIOUS… DEVELOPING…
Pretending to deliver pizza…
NEW YORK — Six men from New Jersey have been arrested in an alleged terror plot against soldiers at Fort Dix, according to law enforcement sources.
Investigators said the men planned to use automatic rifles to enter Fort Dix and kill as many soldiers [...]
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JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli archaeologist has found the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Hebrew University said late Monday.
The tomb is at a site called Herodium, a flattened hilltop in the Judean Desert, clearly visible from southern Jerusalem. Herod built a palace on the hill, [...]
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LONDON (Reuters) - A British man who went on a wild spending spree after doctors said he only had a short time to live wants compensation because the diagnosis was wrong and he is now healthy — but broke.
John Brandrick, 62, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer two years ago and told that he would probably [...]
