GUATEMALA CITY – The death toll in the crash of an overcrowded bus whose brakes apparently failed rose to 51 on Saturday, after five injured passengers died and another body was found in the wreckage. Survivors of the Friday crash told rescue workers that the bus driver had tried to …
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden – A new report shows Swedish men should not be honored for the country’s high rankings in surveys about gender equality in the home. According to the statistics, Swedish couples divided their household tasks more and more evenly during the 1990’s, but only because women did less work …
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Sometimes hunting deer can be a real pain in the butt. Trying to bag a buck for a pair of friends, Mississippi hunter Lonnie Jones got an early Christmas gift from Rudolph — all over his backside, according to The Clarion-Ledger. “I guess I’m just a living example of the …
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LOS ANGELES – Steven Spielberg’s “Munich,” which centers on the aftermath of the killings of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics, and the oil-industry thriller “Syriana” were named Sunday among the American Film Institute’s 10 best movies of 2005. The other films AFI selected were: “Brokeback Mountain,” “Capote,” “The …
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NEW YORK – David Gilmour, best known as singer and guitarist of Pink Floyd, has scheduled 10 U.S. and Canadian dates in April in support of his upcoming solo studio album, “On an Island.” Gilmour said the tour is set to begin April 4 at Radio City Music Hall in …
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NEW YORK – J.K. Rowling expects to have a busy 2006, “the year when I write the final book in the Harry Potter series.” “I contemplate the task with mingled feelings of excitement and dread, because I can’t wait to get started, to tell the final part of the story …
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AUSTIN, Texas – A $25,000 lottery ticket was easy money for Mike Sargent — until he lost it. Then it meant days of searching fields and ditches — even sifting through a trash bin — before help arrived from an unexpected source. Sargent scratched off the winning Wheel of Fortune …
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CUMBERLAND, Maine – Kathy Higgins has holiday candles in her living room. They’re on windowsills. They’re next to beds and in both bathrooms. They’re on the dining room table, the buffet table, and the coffee table. This is the season for candles with a third of annual sales coming during …
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HARTFORD, Conn. – Forty-five state courthouses across Connecticut were evacuated Friday because of a bomb threat, after the governor’s office received a number of ominous phone calls. Bomb squads were activated and trials were suddenly put on hold. Connecticut state police said several calls were phoned in Friday morning to …
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WASHINGTON – Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (search) accused President Bush and congressional Republicans of bending to “the whispered wishes of a few right wing activists,” yet said this week’s compromise over filibuster (search) rules could portend a new era of bipartisanship. “Americans are sick and tired of getting caught …
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