NEW YORK – Free high-speed Internet access. Reduced rates. Complimentary stays. Luxurious beds and pillows. High-end bath products. The slump in business travel has prompted the hotel industry to offer perk after perk to lure back the road warriors they’ve come to rely on so much. “[Business travel] isthe bread …
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To watch “The Talking Points Memo” in the Screening Room click here. Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly, reporting from Washington. Thanks for watching us. The pope weighs in on Iraq, that’s the subject of this evening’s Talking Points Memo. In response to President Bush’s ultimatum to Saddam, the Vatican has issued …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Merle Haggard’s (search)honky-tonk style has influenced generations of country singers and he’s sung everything from the blues to his political views. The country music legend was in Washington, D.C.,this week with his sister Lillian Haggard Hoge to present items to the Smithsonian Museum of American History — …
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Rosie Saga |’Love Actually’ Rosie: Publisher Called Oprah, Martha ‘Controlling’ You can forget all the stuff you’ve heard about Rosie O’Donnell as theüber-witch editor. Rosie O’Donnell, telling the story of how Gruner + Jahr lied to her and let her down, got laughs and lots of appreciation Thursday at the …
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NEW YORK – Federal authorities are investigating how a Washington state man was able to secure a .gov Web address for an organization that appears to have no link to the U.S. government. The General Services Administration, which oversees the .gov registry, has shut down AONN.gov to investigate whether it …
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NEW YORK – In these uncertain financial times, one thing remains certain — the ever-expanding national debt. But it’s growing at such an accelerated rate, the clock that has kept track of the deficit since 1989 has had to add a digit. The National Debt Clock switched its digital dollar …
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‘Gossip Girl’ Stars in Obama Ad | Katie Holmes: First Broadway Report | Beyonce’s ‘Stolen’ New Hit Record ‘Gossip Girl’ Stars in Obama Ad Penn Badgley and Blake Lively, stars of the popular TV show “Gossip Girl,” have made an ad for Barack Obama. The ad was produced by Moveon.org …
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LOS ANGELES – While most Americans spent Tuesday night either smiling or sobbing over Obama’s election as the 44th president of the United States, Hulk Hogan was taking his 18-year-old son Nick (and one of his male pals) out and about in Las Vegas. Nick Hogan recently spent 166 days …
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The big news on Day One of the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show was the lack of news from General Motors and Chrysler. The beleaguered bookends of Detroit’s Big 3 both took a pass on introducing any new models or concept cars here while they wait to see if Congress …
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The fighting in Georgia seems to be calming down as the world watches Russia beat up a small country it doesn’t like. Most experts believe Putin will stop short of destroying the Georgian government, but anything could happen because there is little the world is willing to do to blunt …
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