Former “Tonight Show” announcer Ed McMahon is in serious condition at a California hospital. McMahon, 85, has been hospitalized for nearly a month for “pneumonia and other medical problems,” a person close to the entertainer told TMZ.com. McMahon’s rep Howard Bragman confirmed the hospitalization to FOXNews.com. “He is in the …
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VATICAN CITY – An ultraconservative society threw out an Italian priest Friday after he expressed doubts about the Holocaust, news reports said. The Italian branch of the Society of St. Pius X said it expelled the Rev. Floriano Abrahamowicz to prevent its image from being “distorted,” the ANSA and Apcom …
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A suspected U.S. missile strike by a drone aircraft flattened a militant hide-out in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing 27 local and foreign insurgents, intelligence officials said. Several more purported militants were wounded in the attack in South Waziristan, a militant stronghold near the Afghan border where …
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Sylvster Stallone picked a novel reason to buy a new restaurant: to keep his wife out of the kitchen. The Rocky star joined Danny DeVito, Charlie Sheen and his Planet Hollywood restaurant partners at eatery Buca di Beppo in Hollywood on Wednesday night to celebrate its recent purchase. “If someone …
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NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the European Union of moving too slowly to help negotiate an end to the gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine, as a deal to dispatch EU pipeline monitors was reached Thursday. EU governments criticized both countries, saying it was unacceptable to see …
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ATLANTA – Sexually spread diseases — for years on the decline — are on the rise, with reported chlamydia cases setting a record, government health officials said Tuesday. The increase in chlamydia, a sometimes symptomless infection that can lead to infertility in women, is likely because of better screening, experts …
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A British gym is trying to add human interest to otherwise dreary workouts by replacing traditional dumbbell weights with human ones. The Gymbox chain gym in central London says fitness enthusiasts can now swap their usual lumps of metal for human beings in a range of shapes and sizes. According …
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PERUGIA, Italy – The murder trial of University of Washington student Amanda Knox is set to begin tomorrow in Italy in the city of Perugia, where she went to study. The 21-year-old from Seattle and her Italian former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are accused of stabbing her housemate, Meredith Kercher, in …
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QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. – A 15-year-old boy has been arrested for possessing a device made of drain cleaner that exploded in an Arizona school yard Monday, injuring him and seven others. Pinal County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Lt. Tamatha Villar says the boy told investigators he has been building such devices with …
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CHICAGO – A Boston real estate investor believes so strongly that his grandfather was a famous Chicago gangster that he legally changed his last name to Capone six months ago. Christopher Capone on Thursday laid the legal groundwork to get DNA samples that he hopes will prove Al Capone is …
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