A new tropical depression formed in the Atlantic Ocean Monday as Hurricane Gustav battered the Gulf Coast and Tropical Storm Hanna hit the Bahamas and threatened the eastern shore of the U.S. The depression could become Tropical Storm Ike, the ninth tropical storm of the season, if it reaches sustained …
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A hearing has been scheduled in the case against former astronaut Lisa Nowak, after an almost yearlong hiatus. On Oct. 21, the appeals court in Daytona Beach will reconsider a judge’s decision to toss out statements Nowak made to police and evidence found in her car after …
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CHARLESTON, WV – Former Charleston, West Virginia, resident Jennifer Garner and fellow actor and husband Ben Affleck have lent the University of Charleston a helping hand. The couple attended an event Friday to raise money for a new gymnasium at the University of Charleston.Garner commented on her memories of swimming …
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NEW YORK – Chris Russo has left WFAN-AM, breaking up the sports talk giant’s “Mike and the Mad Dog” show two weeks short of its 19th anniversary. Mike Francesa will become the solo host of the afternoon drive program, and WFAN announced Thursday night that it had signed him to …
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BOSTON – John Kerry has broken his silence about John Edwards’s marital infidelity. The 2004 Democratic presidential nominee says he feels “very, very badly” for the Edwards family, especially Elizabeth Edwards and the couple’s three children. Kerry tapped the former North Carolina senator to serve on their party’s ticket four …
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Bangladesh police say a crocodile killed and ate a 25-year-old after he waded into a pond next to a shrine in an attempt to receive the animal’s blessing, news.com.au reported Friday. Inspector Humayun Kabir said Rubel Sheikh and his mother traveled to the Muslim Khan Jahan Ali shrine, where hundreds …
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Jessica Simpson is so devoted to Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo that she changed cell phone number and e-mail address to cut off any potential communication from her exes. “I don’t want anybody that’s been in my life [before] in my life anymore,” she tells People magazine. “I don’t even …
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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – A former Bloomington police sergeant convicted of raping four women between 2002 and 2005 will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being sentenced Tuesday to 440 years in prison. Jeff Pelo slouched forward in his chair but otherwise didn’t react as Judge Robert Freitag …
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IMPERIAL SAND DUNES, Calif. – As the U.S. tries to wall off the border with Mexico to stop illegal immigration, there is a glaring hole where Arizona, California and Mexico intersect, a notorious drug corridor that agents are desperately trying to fix. The Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area is a …
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An Iraqi teen was butchered to death by her father in an “honor killing” after she befriended and fell in love with a British solider in Basra, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reported. Rand Abdel-Qader, 17, had confessed to her best friend Zeinab that she had fallen in love with “Paul,” …
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