CHERRY HILL, N.J. – In a 30-second advertisement, Republican Doug Forrester (search) portrays U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine (search) as unworthy of being New Jersey’s next governor — without uttering a single word. The words instead come from Forrester’s wife, Andrea, who emphasizes her husband’s integrity and family values in a …
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SAN FRANCISCO – Micron Technology Inc. (MU) the world’s third largest maker of computer memory chips, Thursday reported its largest quarterly loss in two years as a glut of chips pushed average prices down 30 percent. Micron shares declined more than 2 percent in after-hours trading on Inet. The loss …
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People who drink diet soft drinks don’t lose weight. In fact, they gain weight, a new study shows. The findings come from eight years of data collected by Sharon P. Fowler, MPH, and colleagues at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. Fowler reported the data at this …
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. – Part of Michael Jackson’s (search) winning legal strategy was convincing jurors that his accuser’s family intended to get rich by suing the pop star for a cash bonanza. Whether that happens to Jackson may soon be clear. When a celebrated criminal case ends without a conviction, …
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SAN FRANCISCO – Former Vice President Al Gore (search) urged an assembly of international mayors to fight global warming (search) Saturday, warning of catastrophic consequences for the planet if governments fail to act. Gore, who helped draft the landmark Kyoto treaty on global warming that the United States never ratified, …
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BALTIMORE – Eight guards were fired Friday in the beating death of an inmate last month at a crowded, long-troubled jail. State officials would not say exactly what role the guards had in the death of Raymond Smoot (search). The case is under investigation, and no charges have been filed. …
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ORANJESTAD, Aruba – The mother of an Alabama honors student missing in Aruba for a month said Tuesday she is devastated by the release of a Dutch suspect’s father and convinced the high-ranking judicial official is hiding information. “I know in my heart he has some answers,” Beth Holloway Twitty …
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand – New York will host the world premiere of Peter Jackson’s (search) mammoth update of “King Kong” (search) in early December. The premiere will be held ahead of the movie’s Dec. 14 release, Universal Pictures (search) Vice Chairman Marc Shmuger said Wednesday. He was in Wellington for …
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LOS ANGELES – Rachel Griffiths (search), best known for her role on HBO’s mortuary drama “Six Feet Under,” (search) has given birth to her second child, People magazine reported on its Web site Friday. Griffiths gave birth Thursday to a daughter at a Los Angeles hospital, according to the magazine. …
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NEW YORK – Spin magazine named Radiohead’s “OK Computer” (search) the top album of the past 20 years, praising a futuristic sound that manages to feel alive “even when its words are spoken by a robot.” The British band’s album edged out Public Enemy’s “It Takes a Nation of Millions …
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