WASHINGTON – The Endangered Species Act (search) has failed to help most threatened and endangered species, according to a report released Tuesday by a Republican lawmaker who has made rewriting the law a top priority. Environmentalists and Democrats quickly criticized the report prepared for Rep. Richard Pombo (search), R-Calif., chairman …
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WASHINGTON – In January, shock jock Craig Carton (search) caused an uproar by insulting the acting governor’s wife. More recently, he took aim at Asian-Americans. On Thursday, the radio personality turned on his serious side to host a live, two-hour debate among five Republicans running for governor of New Jersey. …
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LOS ANGELES – A 140-pound bear wandered into a suburban neighborhood and took a dip in a swimming pool before being tranquilized and returned to the wild. The female bear ambled into the San Fernando Valley’s Porter Ranch (search) area shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday, bumping into doors and windows …
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MARIETTA, Ga. – Complying with a judge’s order, workers in Cobb County (search) have begun removing controversial evolution disclaimer stickers from science textbooks. By the end of the day Monday, several thousand stickers, which said evolution (search) was a theory and not a fact, had been scraped off. The school …
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NEW YORK – Rob and Amber who? Married couple Uchenna and Joyce Agu (search) outraced a pair of former “Survivor” contestants and a former prisoner of war and his beauty queen girlfriend to win the seventh edition of CBS’ “The Amazing Race” (search) and the $1 million prize. “It’s so …
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INVERNESS, Fla. – The registered sex offender accused of abducting, sexually assaulting and killing a 9-year-old girl most likely will be tried somewhere other than the county where the crimes occurred, the judge, prosecutors and defense attorneys said Wednesday. Public fury in Citrus County (search) has been running high since …
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NEW YORK – In the days before their arrest on terrorism charges, two American citizens swore a formal oath of loyalty to Al Qaeda (search) as they conspired to use their skills in martial arts and medicine to aid international terrorism, prosecutors say. Click here to view the criminal complaint …
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NEW YORK – Britney Spears (search) and Kevin Federline (search) were everywhere Tuesday — including reading a top 10 list on CBS’ “The Late Show with David Letterman.” On the day their reality show premiered on UPN, the 23-year-old pop star and her husband stopped by Ellen DeGeneres’ (search) syndicated …
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KABUL, Afghanistan – Hours before flying to Washington for talks with President Bush (search), Afghan leader Hamid Karzai demanded greater control Saturday over American military operations in his country and called for vigorous punishment of any U.S. troops who mistreat prisoners. He also said he wants the United States (search) …
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NEW YORK – The outlook for the U.S. factory sector was still good but consumer confidence in the economy was at a low ebb in May, according to reports released Tuesday. The Institute for Supply Management (search) said it expects manufacturing revenue to grow 6.8 percent this year and capital …
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