HONG KONG – Paris Hilton says her upcoming album will be a mix of reggae, pop and hip-hop, with the first single being a reggae song called “Stars Are Blind.” Hilton will also do a remake of the Rod Stewart song “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?,” she was quoted as …
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A former band manager who was sentenced to prison for igniting a deadly nightclub fire should be allowed to work for a nonprofit agency while serving his time, a judge ruled Tuesday. Daniel Biechele pleaded guilty to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter in the 2003 fire at …
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WASHINGTON – President Bush said Wednesday he was troubled by allegations that U.S. Marines had killed unarmed Iraqi civilians and that, “If in fact laws were broken, there will be punishment.” It was Bush’s first public comment on allegations that Marines killed about two dozen unarmed Iraqis in the western …
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NEW YORK – U.S. average retail gasoline prices fell slightly over the past two weeks and could ease a bit more in coming weeks amid larger U.S. stocks of gasoline and flat demand, according to the latest nationwide Lundberg survey. The national average price for self-serve regular unleaded gas was …
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NEW YORK – Oil rose sharply on Monday after Venezuela said swelling global inventories justify an OPEC cut at the group’s meeting next week and the U.S. government predicted another busy hurricane season that could threaten rigs and refineries. The bounce in crude prices came after a steep sell-off across …
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DECATUR, Ga. – A former DeKalb County Assistant Police Chief is coming under more criticism after being accused of delaying the promotions of white officers on the force. Police union officials released an audio recording Thursday purportedly containing the voice of R.P. Flemister, who is black. On the tape, Flemister …
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NEW ORLEANS – The piles of plaster, plumbing and broken appliances top 6 feet in some places, filling the gutters and spilling onto the sidewalks. Despite the heat, it’s already in the high 80s, the piles are moist from the still-waterlogged material ripped from flooded homes. Something in each of …
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The femmes fatales of summer are back, and the strong, sexy superheroines of “X-Men” are joined by a whole new slew of deadly damsels as they make their “Last Stand” this weekend. Knowing full well the power that butt-kicking ladies can have at the box office — and did have …
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Mike Greenwell has made it from the outfield of Fenway Park to the infield of a NASCAR race track. The former Red Sox outfielder hung up his glove in 1996 eager to start a racing career. He will finally make his NASCAR debut in Saturday night’s Truck …
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BANFF, Alberta – A black bear chased down and mauled a bicyclist on a mountain trail in Canada’s most popular national park, the park’s warden said. The bear was later shot to death, and the cyclist was being treated for severe arm injuries at Foothills Hospital in Calgary, with reconstructive …
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