KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Monday that disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was paid $1.2 million to organize his 2002 meeting with President Bush, but denied the money came from the Malaysian government. Mahathir told reporters he was aware a payment was made to Abramoff, but …
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Search giant Google’s latest feature, a personalized Web page creator, stumbled on its first day. Google is dealing with an embarrassing capacity problem that forced it on Feb. 23, the same day the service began, to temporarily stop letting people sign up for Page Creator. The reason? An “extremely strong …
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LOS ANGELES – A NASA spacecraft bound for Mars is nearing the end of its seven-month journey but still faces a white-knuckle arrival at a planet known for swallowing scientific probes, mission managers said Friday. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, or MRO, is on course to enter orbit around the Red …
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NEW YORK – U.S. stock investors know that oil can be a double-edged sword, with last week’s drop in crude prices hitting energy shares and taking the shine off one of last year’s strongest sectors. But their portfolios could benefit this week — if crude gets cheaper and the broader …
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BARCELONA, Spain – Motorola (MOT) said on Monday it had signed a deal to use Windows Media technology from Microsoft (MSFT) in a new range of music phones that would sell alongside its iTunes phone developed with Apple (AAPL). Motorola Inc., the world’s second biggest mobile phone maker behind Nokia …
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MOSCOW – The director of a Moscow market where the roof collapsed, killing at least 58 people, has been detained, the city prosecutor’s office said Friday. Sergei Marchenko, a spokesman for the office, said he could give no information on what crime the director was accused of committing. But the …
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This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” February 8, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: In the “Back of the Book” segment tonight, part two in …
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This is a partial transcript from “On the Record,” February 22, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: Michael Morales was sent to death row for torturing, raping and murdering 17-year-old Terry Winchell in 1981. An hour before he was set to be strapped to a …
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that if the United States attacks Iran, U.S. interests around the world would be harmed, state-run Tehran television reported. Speaking to laborers on the occasion of the International Laborers Day, Khamenei said U.S. officials have been using threatening language …
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This is how stupid our oil situation is getting. China is going to be pumping oil out of the Gulf of Mexico — at the same time the United States cannot. What? How’s that again? Here’s how it works, information courtesy Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho who made a speech …
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