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Brittany Murphy's
Death Ruled Accidental by L.A. County Coroner's Office |
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Dr. Conrad
Murray, the physician who allegedly gave Michael Jackson several
doses of powerful painkillers and anesthetics just before his
death, will likely be charged with involuntary manslaughter late
this week or next week. |
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Michael Jackson's
Doctor, Conrad Murray, in Los Angeles Awaiting Likely Indictment |
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Dr. Conrad
Murray, the physician who allegedly gave Michael Jackson several
doses of powerful painkillers and anesthetics just before his
death, will likely be charged with involuntary manslaughter late
this week or next week. |
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Obama Administration
to to propose $3.8 Trillion Budget |
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The Obama
Administration will propose a $3.8 trillion dollar budget
blueprint for the 2011 fiscal year to Congress. The administration
is also proposing a 3-year freeze on spending for a wide range of
domestic government agencies. |
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Edwards' Ex-Aide:
Sex Tape is Somewhere 'Safe' |
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Andrew Young, the
ex-aide to embattled two-time former Democratic presidential
candidate John Edwards, says he has an alleged sex tape depicting
the former senator and his then-mistress Rielle Hunter – and that
the tape is in a safe-deposit box. |
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John and Elizabeth
Edwards Legally Separated |
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A source close to
Elizabeth Edwards told ABC News that she and John are now legally
separated. Under North Carolina law they can't get divorced until
at least a year later. John Edwards is no longer living at their
home in Chapel Hill. |
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Obama Proposes
Almost Doubling Child Care Tax Credit |
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President Obama
proposed nearly doubling the child care tax credit for
middle-class families Monday, the latest administration initiative
meant to reassure Americans nervous about the slow pace of the
economic recovery. |
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Son Charged After
Kerrigan Dad's Death |
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Middlesex County
court officials said the brother of former Olympic skater Nancy
Kerrigan has been charged with assault following her father's
sudden death over the weekend in Stoneham. |
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Brad Pitt and
Angelina Jolie to Split |
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Brad Pitt and
Angelina Jolie are set to go their separate ways, according to
reports. The Hollywood power couple are said to have been in talks
with lawyers to agree a £205million split deal. Legal papers,
which the pair allegedly signed this week, reveal they plan to
share their fortune equally and custody of their six children. |
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Hundreds of
Thousands Flee Haiti’s Capital |
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Haitians are
fleeing their quake-ravaged capital by the hundreds of thousands,
as their government promised to help nearly a half-million more
move from squalid camps on curbsides and vacant lots into safer,
cleaner tent cities. |
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Company Offers to
Stop Putting Biblical References On Military Scopes |
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A manufacturer
that has been inscribing Bible references on rifle sights used by
U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan said that it will stop this
practice. The Muslim Public Affairs Council said the references
"feed into the violent extremists' narrative that the ongoing wars
in Afghanistan and Iraq are a 'crusade against Islam.'" |
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Scott Brown Wins
Massachusetts Senate Race |
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Republican Scott
Brown has won the Massachusetts special election to fill the
Senate seat left vacant by the late Edward Kennedy. Brown beat the
state's Democratic attorney general, Martha Coakley, and will
become the 41st Republican vote in the Senate. |
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U.S. Marines Arrive
in Earthquake Ravaged Haiti |
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Thousands of U.S.
Marines and other troops are moving into Haiti to assist with
relief efforts one week after the country's deadly earthquake.
U.S. helicopters landed on the ground of the shattered
presidential palace in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday. |
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Nicolas Cage Will
Pay IRS $13 Million |
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Nicolas owes the
IRS $6.7 million from a tax lien dating back to 2008 on top of
another $6.6 million for back taxes in years prior, for a grand
total of $13.3 million. |
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Tiger Woods In Sex
Rehab In Mississippi |
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According to
RadarOnline, Tiger Woods is getting treatment at a top sex
addiction program in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. |
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Desperation Grows:
Mass Grave Found Outside Port-au-Prince |
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Scores of bodies
were found in a mass grave outside the capital city of
Port-au-Prince on Friday, a sign of Haitians' desperation three
days after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated the impoverished
nation. |
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Coroner: Casey
Johnson Died of Natural Causes |
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Dr. Conrad
Murray, the physician who allegedly gave Michael Jackson several
doses of powerful painkillers and anesthetics just before his
death, will likely be charged with involuntary manslaughter late
this week or next week. |
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Toyota Announces Gas
Pedal Fix |
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Toyota said that
it has developed a fix for gas pedals in millions of recalled
vehicles and is already shipping the new parts to dealers. The fix
involves reinforcing the pedal assembly in a way that eliminates
the excess friction that has caused the pedals to stick. Toyota
recalled 2.3 million vehicles in the United States for this
problem. |
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J.D. Salinger, 91,
Is Dead |
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J.D. Salinger,
the elusive and enigmatic author of “The Catcher in the Rye,” has
died. He was 91. Mr. Salinger’s literary representative, Harold
Ober Associates, announced the death, saying it was of natural
causes. |
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L.A. City Council
Moves to Close Pot Dispensaries |
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The Los Angeles
City Council tentatively approved an ordinance to close most of
the city's medical marijuana dispensaries. The ordinance, if
passed next week by a simple majority of the 15-member council,
would cap the number of dispensaries at 70 and require them to be
at least 1,000 feet from "sensitive uses" — schools, parks and
other public gathering spots. |
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Iraq Executes Saddam
Henchman 'Chemical Ali' |
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Saddam Hussein's
cousin Ali Hassan al-Majeed -- also known as Chemical Ali -- was
executed Monday, an Iraqi government spokesman said.
He was hanged after having been convicted on 13 counts of killings
and genocide, Ali al-Dabagh said. |
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Ethiopian Airliner
Crashes off Lebanon; 83 On Board |
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An Ethiopian
airliner with 83 people on board crashed into the sea after
takeoff from Lebanon early Monday, Lebanese army officials said.
The Boeing aircraft was en route from Beirut to Addis Ababa, when
it disappeared from radar 30 minutes after takeoff from Rafik
Hariri International Airport in Beirut. |
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Haiti Pier Opens,
Road Laid Into Port-au-Prince |
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Relief supplies
were heading into Port-au-Prince, Haiti, from ships docked at a
reopened pier Thursday, brought into the city on trucks traveling
on a repaired gravel road leading from the port. |
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Haitian Authorities
Record 72,000 Deaths From Earthquake |
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In the week since
a 7.0-magnitude earthquake shattered this capital and jolted
observers around the world, authorities have buried 70,000 bodies,
about a third of the estimated final toll, officials said Tuesday. |
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Aid Flow to Haitians
Improving |
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U.S. and U.N.
officials say the flow of aid to Haitian earthquake survivors is
improving, despite continued gang activity, and scuffles on the
streets of Port-au-Prince. U.S. helicopters are ferrying food and
water to distribution points in and around the devastated capital,
where 3 million people struggle to survive. |
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Report: NBC to Pay
Conan $30 Million |
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NBC has its way
out of the Conan Crisis. The network has agreed to pay O'Brien $30
million to vacate the 11:35 p.m. "Tonight Show." |
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Obama, Bush and
Clinton Launch Haiti Aid Appeals |
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U.S. President
Barack Obama, flanked by his predecessors George W. Bush and Bill
Clinton, on Saturday said the two former presidents would lead a
national drive to raise money for Haiti's earthquake survivors. |
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NJ Boy, 8, on
Terrorism Watch List |
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Cub scout Michael
Hicks (age 8) from New Jersey, is believed to share his name with
a suspicious person and he gets stopped and searched at nearly
every airport. |
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Haiti Appeals For
Aid; Officials Fear 100,000 Dead After Earthquake |
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Rescue workers
struggled to clear rubble and bodies Wednesday from the streets of
Haiti's "flattened" capital, where government officials said the
death toll from Tuesday's 7.0-magnitude earthquake may exceed
100,000. |
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Haitian Capital
Largely Destroyed In Quake |
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The Haitian
capital was largely destroyed in the most powerful earthquake to
hit the country in more than 200 years. Journalists from The
Associated Press described severe and widespread casualties after
a tour of streets where blood and bodies could be seen. |
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Haiti Earthquake:
Thousands Feared Dead |
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Thousands of
people are feared dead after a massive earthquake measuring 7.3 on
the Richter scale hit the impoverished Caribbean island of Haiti.
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2 Dead in Ga.
Shooting; Suspect Was Ex-Employee |
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Two people were
killed and three wounded Tuesday in a shooting at a Penske truck
rental business in suburban Atlanta, authorities said.
The suspected gunman was a "disgruntled ex-employee," Cobb County
police Sgt. Joe Hernandez told reporters. |
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Haiti Missionaries
Charged With Kidnap |
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Ten American
missionaries have been charged with child kidnap for allegedly
trying to smuggle 33 youngsters out of earthquake-hit Haiti. |
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Report: Tiger Woods
Leaving Rehab Center |
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Tiger Woods is
leaving sex addiction rehab by the end of this week. His wife Elin
has flown to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to bring Tiger home. |
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Actor Rip Torn
Heading to Rehab After Arrest |
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Rip Torn was so
intoxicated when he broke into a Connecticut bank carrying a
loaded gun that he thought he was home, taking off his hat and
boots and leaving them by the door, according to court records.
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U.S. May Examine
College Football Bowl System |
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The Obama
administration is considering examining the legality of college
football's controversial Bowl Championship Series (BCS). The
Justice Department is considering whether to investigate the BCS
under antitrust laws, and is also exploring other options to
address college football's postseason. |
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Cops Subdue
Sword-Swinging Man |
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A dramatic
showdown between cops and a suicidal man ended without major
bloodshed despite a 3-story plummet through a closed window and
some frightening swordplay on the street. The man attacked cops
with a medium-sized samurai sword. He is now being held at
Bridgewater State Hospital, where he is being treated for minor
injuries. |
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Italy's Disaster
Chief Blasts 'Pathetic' U.S. Aid Work in Haiti |
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Italy's top
disaster official blasted the U.S.-led relief effort in Haiti as a
"pathetic" failure that is turning a national tragedy into a
"vanity show for the television cameras." |
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'Avatar' Passes 'Titanic's'
Overseas Record |
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One box office
record down. Two to go. After 6 rounds on the foreign circuit,
"Avatar" on the weekend became the biggest-grossing offshore title
in movie history. Avatar has rolled up an overseas cumulative
gross of $1.288 billion, exceeding by $46 million "Titanic's"
13-year international box office record of $1.242 billion. |
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Police Say Georgia
Mom Forced Son to Kill Hamster |
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A Georgia woman
is in jail after police say she forced her son to kill his pet
hamster with a hammer as punishment for bad grades. |
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Edwards Admits
Fathering Love Child, Reportedly Separates From Wife |
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Former
presidential candidate John Edwards has admitted fathering his
former campaign videographer's child. Edwards said, "I am Quinn’s
father. ... It was wrong for me ever to deny she was my daughter
and hopefully one day, when she understands, she will forgive me." |
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California Storms:
Mudslide Threat Causes Evacuations; More Rain Coming |
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California's
storms are bad enough that 500 homes in the Los Angeles area were
evacuated for fear of mudslides. At least two people are believed
to have died in a series West Coast storms this week, and the
strongest is not expected until Wednesday afternoon and Thursday.
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Radio Station in the
Sky Warns Haitians Not to Attempt Boat Voyage |
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A U.S. Air Force
plane serving as an airborne radio station is broadcasting
messages to Haitians urging them not to attempt ocean voyages to
the United States, saying they will be intercepted and turned back
home if they do. |
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Virginia Shootings
Leave Several Dead |
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Police officials
in the Virginia reported that several people have been killed
after a lone gunman went on a shooting rampage in central
Virginia. Hundreds of police officers have surrounded the lone
gunman, who is currently hiding in a wooded area just outside
Appomattox. |
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Glen W. Bell,
Founder of Taco Bell Restaurant Chain, Dies at 86 |
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Glen W. Bell Jr.,
an entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Taco Bell chain,
has died. He was 86. Bell died Sunday at his home in Rancho Santa
Fe, CA according to a statement posted Monday on the Taco Bell
website. |
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Critic's Choice
Awards 2010: Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep Kiss |
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Meryl Streep and
Sandra Bullock kissed as they tied for the award of best actress
on stage at the 15th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards on Friday,
Jan. 15, 2010, in Los Angeles. The smooch was no doubt an homage
to the Adam Lambert's controversial same sex kiss at this year's
MVMAs. |
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Weight Watchers
Clinic Floor Collapses Under Dieters |
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The floor of a
Weight Watchers clinic collapsed beneath 20 dieters in Sweden as
they gathered for a meeting this week. No one was injured. |
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Conan Won’t Do
‘Tonight Show’ Following Leno |
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Conan O’Brien
says he’s rejecting NBC’s attempt to move “The Tonight Show” to a
post-midnight slot to accommodate Jay Leno’s return to late-night. |
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Conservationists
File Piracy Claim Against Whalers |
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A
conservationist group that lost one of its ships in a clash with
Japanese whalers off Antarctica has filed a piracy complaint in
the Netherlands against the captain and crew of the whaling
vessel, one of the group's leaders said Saturday. |
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