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UPA govt. wins confidence vote
Jul. 23 - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government won a vote of confidence in parliament on...
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Peacekeepers Staying in Darfur
The U.N. Security Council has approved another year of
peacekeeping in Sudan's Darfur region...
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UN OKs Somalia force for 6 months
The U.N. Security Council approved extended the African Union's force's stay in Somalia for...
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Pakistan's ruling alliance is split
As expected after weeks of squabbling, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is pulling his party...
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Hillary's PUMA power
A Hillary Clinton supporter and member of the PUMA coalition speaks about her disillusionment...
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Clinton: Obama is my candidate
Defeated Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton urged Democrats to unite behind Barack...
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Obama nominated by acclamation
Democrats nominated Sen. Barack Obama as their presidential candidate in a historic first for a...
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Democrats officially nominate Obama
In a show of unity, Hillary Clinton called to end the roll call vote to choose the Democratic...
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Striking ads aim for youth vote
Young celebrities are talking politics and encouraging their generation to register to...
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Florida Residents Sign Up to Vote in Big Numbers
This year's presidential election is apparently motivating a lot of
people to register to vote....
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Far-right surge in Austria vote
The far right won almost a third of the vote in Austria's parliamentary election on Sunday,...
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House passes bailout, Bush signs
The bill passed by a a margin of 263 to 171, and follows a Senate vote in favor of the rescue...
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US expats vote from Mexico
Election fever fires up U.S. retirees in Mexico where thousands of Americans are rushing to cast...
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Bolivia's 124 mile protest
Hundreds of thousands people have taken to the streets in Bolivia -- including leftist President...
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Calls for vote in Thai chaos
The head of Thailand's army has urged the government to step down and call a snap election as a...
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Thai political crisis deepens
As yellow-clad protesters move to the airport, a court is expected to rule against the government...
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Parliament suspended in Canada
After a week of political drama in Canada, Parliament suspended and Prime Minister Stephen Harper...
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Protests greet new Thai PM
Thailand's opposition leader, Abhisit Vejjajiva, has been confirmed as the country's third Prime...
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UN takes on Gaza
The UN debates the conflict in Gaza as Security Council diplomats say it will take at least...
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UN passes resolution for ceasefire
The UN Security Council passes a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire on Gaza and...
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Iraq's election test.
Iraq's provincial vote is seen as a crucial test of Iraq's stability after years of sectarian...
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Maliki poised to sweep election
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's allies look set for sweeping victories in provincial polls,...
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Party that condones file-sharing could enter European Parliament
Stockholm - A Swedish party that condones file sharing and wants to change intellectual property...
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Obama takes online questions in virtual townhall forum
Washington - US President Barack Obama's attempts to sell his economic proposals to the public took...
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Apple founder turns to tech to survive dance competition
San Francisco - After being compared to a Teletubby gone mad, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak turned...
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Facebook Hit by New Variant of Koobface Worm
Facebook users beware!
Yet another rogue app has taken the popular social-networking site...
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Facebook Is Being Democratic: TOS for User Vote
After the Terms of Service-related scandal involving Facebook, the free-access social...
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Facebook – Feel Free to Vote New Terms Of Service
Facebook has officially become the land of the free, after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced...
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House Approves DTV Delay, Moves Transition Date To June 12
As the February 17 deadline approached, the uncertainty about the digital TV switch continued....
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Another DTV Delay Vote Set
This week, lawmakers could change the date of the digital television transition. For the past few...
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Switch to Digital TV – a Complete Mess
The transition from analog to digital television will continue as planned, on the 17th of...
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Switch to Digital TV Delayed
The actual issue is not so much the new TV sales, but the older sets that people still hang...
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Democrats, Republicans Reach Agreement Over DTV Delay Bill
While the uncertainty over the DTV delay continues, Democrats and Republicans seem to have reached...
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White House Is Against the FCC Wireless Internet Plan
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced it was canceling a December 18 meeting in...
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Jurors In MySpace Case Have Reached Three Verdicts Out Of Four
Jurors in the MySpace case sent a note to the judge late Tuesday, suggesting that they have reached...
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FCC Voted Unanimously to Open Up White Spaces Spectrum
Tuesday,
November 4, while American citizens were electing their next president, the
Federal...
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FCC Chairman Disappointed Over Decision To Delay Phone-Rate Voting
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin has
halted the voting on the...
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The White Space Battle May Come to An End
On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on a measure that would make...
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White Space Debate Intensifies
As the Federal Communications Commission prepares to deliver
the vote on the controversial issue...
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White Spaces: As Dolly Parton Asks For Time, Mundie Lobbies For Action
Just days before the Federal Communications Commission
members are scheduled to cast their vote on...
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Google and Microsoft Support the White Spaces
As previously reported the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) issued an attack two weeks...
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Sports Technology Alliance Requests Delay On White Space Vote
A number of lawmakers and professional sports organizations
have been urging the Federal...
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More Questions for the FCC’s Report on White Spaces
A couple of
weeks ago, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Kevin Martin introduced...
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Concerns Are Raised Against White Spaces
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has been asked by Several U.S. lawmakers and...
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FCC Chairman Supports the Use of 'white space' Spectrum
Kevin Martin, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman, said Wednesday during a rather...
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Ford Installs Parental Control on Upcoming Cars
Ford Motor Co. has come up with a method to permit parents
to set restrictions on their teens. The...
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Yahoo Encourages Millions Of Users To Buzz Up!
Six months after Yahoo Buzz was first introduced and more
than 5 million users later, Yahoo...
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Yahoo Opens Up Digg-Like Buzz for Everyone
Yahoo Buzz, the service previously available since early this year to only a select 400 publishers,...
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White Spaces Debate Fires Up With Google's “Free The Airwaves”
As the Federal Communications Commission is still debating
over the approval of free, unlicensed...
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Microsoft OOXML to Become ISO/IEC 29500 Standard
The International Standards Organisation has declared Microsoft's OOXML document format an...
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Steve Jobs Email Reveals MobileMess Details
A "leaked" email from Steve Jobs to the MobileMe team shows that Apple's boss has finally...
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FCC Takes First Step, Stumbles at the Second
The FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wanted to set a precedent by making the commission vote that Comcast...
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U.S.
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US wins seat on UN Human Rights Council
New York - The United States won a seat on the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday after President...
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Sebelius confirmed as US health secretary amid swine-flu scare
Washington - Kathleen Sebelius was approved by the US Senate as health secretary Tuesday,...
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Vermont legislature votes to make same-sex marriage legal
Washington - The legislature of the US state of Vermont on Tuesday voted to make same-sex marriage...
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US House, Senate approve 2010 budget outline
Washington - US lawmakers on Thursday approved a 3.5-trillion-dollar budget...
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US Congress to vote on 90 per cent tax on bail-out bonuses
Washington - Spurred on by public ire over bonuses paid at firms that received government...
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Senator R. Burris Asked to Resign after Contradicting Testimonies
The Blagojevich corruption saga continues.
An Illinois Republican leader urged newly-appointed...
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Obama Expands Child Health Care Coverage to 11 Million
President Barack Obama signed Wednesday a bill to expand publicly funded health care for children...
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Obama to Impose $500,000 CEO Pay Cap, but Execs Could Still Avoid It
The Obama administration is imposing restrictive rules on fat paychecks and lavish spending for the...
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Senate Unanimously Votes Blagojevich’s “Political Death Sentence”
The Senate lawmakers have unanimously voted (59-0) to oust Democrat Senator Rod Blagojevich after...
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Senate Panel Approves Eric Holder for Attorney General Post
Eric Holder is close to becoming America’s first African-American attorney general after the...
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Obama’s $819 Billion Stimulus Measure Passes House
The United States Senate is preparing to debate President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus...
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Digital Switch Delay Got Delayed
The nationwide transition to all-digital broadcast television is still expected to be...
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Gov. Paterson Picks Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand for Senate Seat
Gov. David Paterson’s pick for the senator seat left vacant by Secretary of State Hillary...
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Hillary Clinton Confirmed and Sworn In as Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton was sworn in as the 67th U.S. secretary of state last night. The swearing in...
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Obama Presses Lawmakers on Remaining $350 Billion of Stimulus Plan
In order to get his presidential administration off to a fast start, President-elect Barack Obama...
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Blagojevich Impeached by Illinois House, Trial Moves to Senate
Illinois lawmakers yesterday impeached the allegedly corrupt and conspiring Governor Rod...
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Committee backs impeachment of governor over Obama's Senate seat
Washington - A committee of the Illinois State Legislature on Thursday backed impeachment for...
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Barack Obama’s Health Reform Gets Vote Of Confidence
The universal health-care systems, proposed by president elect Barack Obama, may be the last hope...
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Obama’s Health Care System Reform Plans Draw Mixed Reaction
President-elect Barack Obama’s plans of reforming the U.S. health care system passed an...
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Roland Burris' Senate Seating Denied, Tainted by Blagojevich
The members of the Senate took their oaths for the 111th Congress and San Francisco Rep. Nancy...
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Al Franken to Be Announced Winner, but Not a Senator Yet
The state Canvassing Board is expected to announce Al Franken as the winner of the Senate election...
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Blagojevich defies party; names replacement for Obama
Washington - Embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich appointed a replacement Tuesday for...
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Report: Oldest man in United States dies at 112
Francis, who was born on June 6, 1896, in New Orleans, passed away Saturday after being...
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Ms. Kennedy and Her Q&A Marathon
Democrat Caroline Kennedy, who is now openly campaigning to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate,...
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US begins official process of naming Obama president
Washington - While he may have been elected by US voters back in November, the process of formally...
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House approves bail-out for US car industry
Washington - The US House of Representatives Wednesday approved a 14-billion-dollar emergency loan...
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FDA Releases Warning on Use of Four Popular Asthma Drugs
An analysis released Friday by the Food and Drug
Administration concluded that four drugs used to...
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Bush cites intelligence failure in Iraq as "biggest regret"
Washington - US President George W Bush says his "biggest regret" in office was US...
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Los Angeles bids to become first solar city
Los Angeles - Los Angeles wants to become the United States' first solar city by generating 10 per...
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Sex-Offender Law Overturned By Court
A voter-approved law, numbered as Proposition 83 on the
ballot, and which prohibits sex offenders...
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Music
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Three More Season 8 Top 12 Finalists for American Idol
American Idol determined its next three eighth-season finalists last night, with Thursday night's...
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Danny Gokey Wins Judges’ Acclaim on “American Idol”
Transformations flourish on this season of the popular talent show “American Idol.”...
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YouTube Takes You To Carnegie Hall
One of the most famous music venues in the United States is the illustrious Carnegie Hall, built in...
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Madonna Plans Brit and Justin Reunion
Everybody
knows Madonna is always full of surprises and has something up her sleeve, even
when it...
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Update: Mistrial, Case Dismissed For Britney Spears
Another unpleasant episode of singer Britney Spears’ recent
past can now remain in the past, as...
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Lil Wayne: I'm Gonna Be A Daddy Soon
Looks like rapper Lil Wayne couldn't be happier: he nabbed the top honors at the BET Hip-Hop Awards...
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R.Kelly Is Finally Off The Hook
R&B superstar
R.Kelly was acquitted yesterday by a Cook
County jury on all 14
counts of...
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ACM Award Winner Kenny Chesney Thanks Fans, Reprimands Organizers
Kenney Chesney was named entertainer of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday...
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American Idol Loses Audience, but Archuleta Charms Viewers
After American Idol’s Inspirational Night quite disappointed
everybody, it’s no surprise the...
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David Cook, Smithson and Mercado Bomb on American Idol
If the public will donate large sums of money following the “Idol Gives Back” campaign, that will...
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Idol: Will Sickness Save Ramiele?
Last night, the top 10 contestants performed on American Idol. Unfortunately, it seems like the...
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American Idol: Another Beatles Night
Kristy Lee Cook should be already packing her bags, but we'll have to wait and see the results! It...
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Idol Viewers Sent Hernandez Back to Giving Lap Dances
As I have predicted yesterday, viewers voted gay stripper David Hernandez off American Idol last...
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Top 12 American Idol Finalists Performed
Last night, the top 12 finalists performed on American Idol on a new stage and from a new songbook,...
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Idol Wannabe Danny Noriega Stays True to Self
The top 12 contestants have been announced Thursday night. Sadly, Danny Noriega went home, the...
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Top 12 Announced on American Idol
The top 12 contestants have been announced last night. Sadly, Danny Noriega went home, the popular...
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Girls Fail to Impress on Idol, 4 to Go Home Tonight
Last night, the top 8 girls took on the stage of American Idol: Kristy Lee Cook, Asia’h Epperson,...
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Auspicious: Kenny Chesney's Numerous Country Nominations
Country singer Kenny Chesney received a whopping eleven nominations for the 43rd Annual Academy of...
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Confirmed: Idol's Hernandez Is Gay Stripper
David Hernandez was indeed a gay stripper at Dick's Cabaret, Phoenix, the manager of the joint has...
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VFTW Strikes Again! The Worst Still on American Idol
The Vote for the Worst campaign has did it again! They managed to keep the worst American Idol...
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Brooke White Leads Girls' Performances on American Idol
Tuesday, the top 10 guys on American Idol performed: David Archuleta, Robbie Carrico, Jason Castro,...
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Archuleta Woos Judges on American Idol
Last week, the dreams of four young wannabe singers were crushed on Thursday during the American...
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Four Contestants Eliminated from American Idol
The dreams of four young wannabe singers were crushed on Thursday night, during the American Idol...
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The Grateful Dead To Support Barack Obama
Members of the Grateful Dead, the legendary San
Francisco rock band, will held a get out the vote...
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‘American Idol’ Returns On Fox With 4-Hour Season Premiere
America’s favorite talent show
is back on air starting this week, as Fox announced a two-night...
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‘Clash of the Choirs’: Happy Holiday Show
NBC’s “Clash of the Choirs” it’s a mix of uplifting wannabe
singers and regional spirit with a...
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Movies
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Twilight, Slumdog lead MTV movie award nominations
Los Angeles - Teen vampire movie Twilight led the MTV movie award nominations announced Monday with...
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“The Biggest Loser” Wins Big Ratings
According to Nielsen estimates, NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” recorded big ratings on...
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SAG’s Strike Vote, Delayed
Strikes seem to be “the new black” in Hollywood and generally in the...
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“Doubt” Tops SAG Awards Contenders List
“Doubt,” John Patrick Shanley’s film adaptation of his eponymous play,...
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About 130 Hollywood Actors Are Publicly Against Strike Vote
More than 130 actors signed a letter urging their colleagues from the Screen Actors Guild to reject...
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Actors split over possible Hollywood strike
Los Angeles - Some of Hollywood's most famous actors have appealed to their colleagues to reject a...
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SAG Is Getting Dangerously Closer to a Strike
An actor’s strike vote has finally been announced. The Screen Actors Guild plans to send strike...
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"Milk": Harvey Milk’s Honorable Tribute
“Milk,” the film about the life and death of openly gay San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, that...
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Possible Actors’ Strike
After the writers’ strike, which took place earlier this year, it’s the actors’ turn to ask for...
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Will Ferrell And Tina Fey Meet Again On SNL As Bush And Palin
Actor Will Ferrell made a comeback on the prime-time pre-election edition of "Saturday Night...
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George “W.” Bush: Oliver Stone’s Attempt to Show Both the Man and the President
With less
than three weeks to the 2008 United States presidential elections, director...
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Actors' strike looms after negotiators back stoppage
Los Angeles - The prospects for an actors' strike that could paralyze Hollywood increased Thursday...
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Moore’s “Slacker Uprising” Hits the Web
A couple of days ago,
Michael Moore’s most recent documentary called “Slacker Uprising” was...
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Michael Moore Makes Political Statement. “Slacker Uprising” Downloadable Online
Theaters are so last year. On Tuesday, filmmaker Michael
Moore made his most recent documentary...
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Steven Spielberg and Wife Donate $100K In Support Of Gay Marriage
The latest Hollywood stars to join the fight against California's Proposition 8, the Nov. 8 ballot...
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30 Rock named best comedy - Mad Men best drama at Emmys
Los Angeles - Mad Men, a riveting and beautifully crafted drama about a swanky New York ad agency...
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Brad Pitt Opposes Gay Marriage Ban, Donates Generously
Donations from the Jolie-Pitts are pouring this week: first,
$2 million to help fight HIV/AIDS and...
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“The Mummy” Can’t Shake The Invincible “Dark Knight”
Batman is not only invincible in fiction, but also in
reality. “The Dark Knight” proved its...
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“The Mummy” Defeats “The Dark Knight” Overseas
"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" lost the
first place to “The Dark Knight” in the...
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“The Dark Knight” Leader of the Box-Office Three Weekends in a Row
You can’t really say this was a surprise. Some people might
have been a little skeptical but “the...
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Update: The Dark Knight Rules The Box Office For Third Weekend
Although it opened on the first place on Friday, “The Mummy”
was crashed by “The Dark Knight” in...
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The Mummy Ranks First In Friday Box Office
With $15,322,000 in ticket sales, the latest installment of “The
Mummy” franchise, “The Mummy:...
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Actors Guild Rejects Final Offer By Hollywood Producers
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has made a surprise last-minute offer on...
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Update: AFTRA Results Pending, De Niro Urges Caution
While the Screen Actors Guild is close to pondering a strike, the American Federation of Television...
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Actors Strike Looming, Studios Make Last-Minute Offer
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has made a surprise last-minute offer on...
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SAG, AFTRA Actor Unions at Odds over Contract with Studios
The two actor unions are at odds over the Screen Actors Guild's negotiations with the Alliance of...
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Television Academy Announces Emmy Nominees Top Tens
The Television Academy announced the top ten vote getters for the outstanding drama series and...
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Clooney Demands Actor Unity
Actor George Clooney made an appeal to the two largest actor unions at Hollywood to start working...
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SAG Upset with AFTRA's Deal with the AMPTP
The Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers and the American Federation of Television...
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AFTRA Strikes Deal with AMPTP, SAG Under Pressure
The Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers and the American Federation of Television...
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Health
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Novo Still Hopeful on Diabetes Drug
Despite a split ruling on the safety of a new diabetes drug by the US Food and Drug...
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FDA Panel Backs Sanofi-Aventis’ Heart Drug for Approval
A panel of cardiology experts recommended Wednesday that Sanofi-Aventis experimental drug Multaq...
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Washington Legalizes Assisted Suicide
Washington State passed Initiative 1000, which means it has legalized assisted suicide. Starting...
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February 9 - The Day Smoking Died…in Boston
Starting today, many Bostonians will breathe healthier air thanks to a tobacco ban implemented by...
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Addictive Painkiller Finally Withdrawn by the FDA
An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted 14 to 12 to recommend the withdrawal of...
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FDA Panel Votes to Ban Darvon Painkiller
Government advisers suggested a ban on the Darvon painkiller which has been in...
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FDA Approves of Lilly, Daiichi Anti-Clot Drug
Friday, the Food and Drug Administration gave the go-ahead to Eli Lilly and Company’s...
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The Senate to Vote on Extra Health Coverage for Poor Children
The House on Wednesday voted to expand The Children’s Health Insurance Program to cover an...
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FDA Panel Rules: Two Popular Asthma Drugs Risky, Advair and Symbicort Safe
A Food and Drug Administration panel said Thursday that the risk of taking the asthma medications...
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Controversial Bill Will Enable Tracking HIV patients in Papua
A controversial bill that requires some HIV patients to be implanted with microchips has just...
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California Economy Loses $28 Billion Annually because of Air Pollution
California's
economy loses about $28 billion annually in health-related counts because of
the...
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The U.S. Presidential Battle Has Moved On The Health-Care Field
On November
4, United States citizens with the right to vote will not only
be electing the...
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Information on the Presidential-Nominees’ Health Yet to be Fully Disclosed
The two candidates who are running against each other in this year’s United States presidential...
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After Years of Effort, Mental Health Legislation Finally Passes
After 12 years of effort to pass legislation requiring insurance companies to cover mental...
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The Mental Health Treatment Provision is Here
The long-sought bill that Sen. Pete Domenici initiated in order to require mental health insurance...
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David Wellstone Works To Pass His Father’s Legislation
The U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate are on the point of clearing legislation to...
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House And Senate Approve Mental Health Bill
After several months of disagreements over a bill compelling group health insurance plans to offer...
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LA Restaurants Required to Display Calories on Menus
The Los Angels City Council voted to draft
a law that would require large chain restaurants in the...
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Update: Walgreens Takes The Fight Over SF Tobacco Ban To Court
The largest US
drug-store chain by sales, Walgreen Co., is seeking an emergency injunction to...
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Update: Pfizer Is Seeking FDA’s Approval For Osteoporosis Drug
Pfizer, the world’s biggest drugmaker, is
seeking U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for...
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Americans Reject Lowering Drinking Age by Large Margin
A recent poll by Nationwide Insurance has found that Americans oppose lowering the minimum drinking...
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LA Restaurants Could Be Next Posting Calories on Menus
In an attempt to curb obesity rates, Los
Angeles could be the next city after New York to adopt a...
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FDA Panel Backs New Drug for Moderate or Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis
By a 10-1 vote, a government advisory panel Tuesday backed Roche Holding AG's (RHHBY) drug Actemra...
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San Francisco Board Voted 8-3 to Ban the Sale of Tobacco in Pharmacies
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted
Tuesday to make the city the first in the nation to...
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Update: Bush's Veto on Medicare Bill Overridden
President Bush is vetoed Tuesday the HR 6331 bill which blocks cuts in Medicare payments....
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Bush’s Veto on Medicare Bill Swiftly Overridden by US Congress
Just hours after the White House vetoed the HR 6331 bill on
Tuesday, aimed at forestalling an 11...
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President Bush To Veto Bill Preventing Medicare Cuts. Override Next?
President Bush is expected to veto today the HR 6331 bill which would block cuts in Medicare...
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Bush Administration Vows to Veto Medicare Bill, Override Likely
While the Bush administration again threatened to veto the Medicare bill which rejects a 10.6...
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FDA Expert Panel Rejects Black Box Warning for Epilepsy Drugs
In a push for a black box warning on epilepsy drugs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
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FDA Panel: Diabetes Drugs Need More Tests For Heart Risks
New diabetes drugs should be thoroughly studied for
potential heart risks before being brought to...
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Specials
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Facebook to Adopt New, Better Terms of Use
The new Facebook terms of use changed by the social networking site were put forward by the company...
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NASA Names ISS’ Node 3 ‘Tranquility’ to Colbert’s Disappointment
NASA named the new living quarters aboard the International Space Station “Tranquility”...
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Fox blasted for turning layoffs into entertainment
Los Angeles - A new reality TV show by US network Fox will ask workers at small businesses to vote...
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Earth Hour: World’s Vote for Action against Global Warming
Earth Hour was a huge success for environmentalist activists all over the world. They said the...
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Earth Hour: lights, camera, but where's the action?
Sydney - It's easy to poke fun at Earth Hour, an Australian initiative now into...
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Taiwan woman steps closer to Australia's dream job
Sydney - Taiwan's Clare Wang was Wednesday destined to join 10 others in the running for the highly...
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FDA-Approved Labels - No Guarantee against Lawsuits
The US Supreme Court ruled against pharmaceutical company Wyeth on Wednesday in a case involving...
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Facebook’s Terms of Service Open to Users’ Opinions
Thursday, Facebook announced that it was going to allow the social networking...
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Facebook Allows Users to Offer Input on Policies
Thursday, social networking website Facebook announced it was going to try a democratic...
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“American Idol” Selects Three Other Finalists
A dozen contestants hit the stage on Wednesday, including the contentious Nick Mitchell, in an...
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American Idol Gives Us The Shivers Once Again
Last night the live performances began on American Idol Season Eight. Because there are 36...
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200 Years of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, But Controversy the Same
In more than a week from now, Charles Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species”...
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Jay-Z Holds Electric Gig to Honor First Brother in State Barrack Obama
Just a few couple of years ago hip-hop, rap and other musical genres were one of the ways of...
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SAG Board Seeks Removal Of Leader Doug Allen
In the recent developments of the Screen Actors Guild inner conflict caused by leadership division,...
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American Idol Registers Low Ratings
The eighth season of the popular show “American Idol” did not quite kick off as...
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Screen Actors Guild Close to Ousting Chief Negotiator Doug Allen
The national board of the Screen Actors Guild seems to be determined to go ahead pressing on with...
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American Idol, Back For The 8th Time
There is an inner voyeur in all of us, which makes us want to gossip, buy tabloids, access...
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Republican Sends Gift Including Racial Parody of Obama
Candidate for chairman of the Republican National Committee Chip Saltsman has sent the members of...
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Actors Guild Postpones Strike Authorization Vote
Monday, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) announced they were postponing the vote concerning a strike...
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SAG Strike Vote Pushed Forward
Due to the recent rift between members of Hollywood's largest union, the Screen Actors Guild said...
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What the Next “American Idol” Season Will Bring
Fox network has recently revealed their plans for the eighth season of the televised contest...
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Film Workers Protest Against Strike Outside SAG Meeting
Approximately twelve film industry workers remonstrated outside a town hall assembly of the...
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Hollywood A-Listers Split Over SAG Strike Vote
Some of Hollywood's biggest stars, including Tom Hanks, George Clooney and Morgan Freeman signed a...
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Stars Join Forces to Oppose SAG Strike Authorization
Over 130 famous actors including Academy Award winners
George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron,...
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Hugh Jackman Chosen to Host the Oscars
Friday,
Australian actor Hugh Jackman was chosen to host February’s Oscars,
which translates as...
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YouTube Plays Up Classical Music
YouTube is moving to bring classical music to a larger
audience by holding an online contest where...
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YouTube Launches New Online Musical Contest
YouTube, the Web’s biggest video-sharing service, announced
a new initiative called YouTube...
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YouTube To Bring Carnegie Hall On Your Very Computer
Monday,
sharing website YouTube announced they were planning to roll out a new feature,
called...
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YouTube to Bring Carnegie Hall on Your Very Computer
Monday,
sharing website YouTube announced they were planning to roll out a new feature,
called...
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Rapper John Forte Granted Pardon by President Bush
Rapper and producer John Forte, who was sent behind bars on drug charges, got off easy. His...
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People
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Spector murder case goes to the jury, again
Los Angeles - Jurors in the murder case against legendary music producer Phil Spector began...
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Brooke Burke, Winner of “Dancing’s” 7th Season
“Dancing with the Stars” is the American version of the original British show named “Strictly Come...
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Memorial and Funeral Services Held for Jennifer Hudson’s Family
A day after hundreds of people attended the public memorial of Jennifer Hudson’s slain mother,...
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Barak Obama To Deliver 'Closing Argument' In Tonight's Infomercial
Wednesday night is the night Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will appear on your...
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Update: Mistrial In Britney Spears' Drivers License Case
Britney Spears used to be famous for her songs, good looks and seemingly charming, wholesome...
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Jury Still Deadlocked In Spears Traffic Trial
The twelve jurors who have it upon themselves to reach a
verdict in Britney Spears’ traffic trial...
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Paris Hilton’s Fake Presidential Bid Continues
Paris Hilton loves the attention and she will even poke a
little fun at herself, as she does in...
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Sarah Palin Does Tina Fey Doing Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin’s celebrity is less fame and more notoriety. Her appalling interviews with Katie...
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Dan Gheesling, High School Teacher, Wins 10th Season of Big Brother
Dan Gheesling, a 25-year-old Catholic high school teacher
from Dearborn, Mich., has become the...
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The Jonas Brothers Laugh At Russell Brand's Purity Jokes
Teen pop idols the Jonas Brothers hold no grudge against British comedian Russell Brand, who mocked...
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Kelsey Grammer Exits Hospital After Heart Scare, “Feeling Great”
Kelsey Grammer has had a tough summer, with two successive hospitalizations
after suffering a...
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“Swing Vote” - One Person Can Matter
What are the chances for an election to depend on one man’s
vote due to a ballot error? And what...
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Update 1: Kelsey Grammer Hospitalized Again Due To Health Problems
The actor who portrayed the lovable psychiatrist Dr. Fraiser
Crane, Kelsey Grammer, was...
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Kidman and Urban Hassled over Baby Daughter's Name, Sunday Rose
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban welcomed their daughter, whom they named Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, on...
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Travis Barker And Shanna Moakler Are Officially Divorced
One of Hollywood’s most famous on-again, off-again couples, Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler, keep...
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Perseverant 22-Year-Old Utahn Is New Survivor
A 22-year-old former flight attendant from Pleasant Grove, Utah, became the sole survivor of...
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Oprah Continues Her Support for Obama in Day 2 in South Carolina
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey joined Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama on Sunday for his...
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Rightful Miss California USA Finally Crowned
As the vote counting error was clarified, Christina Silva was stripped of her Miss California crown...
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Matt Damon Voted People’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’
For the past 22 years, People magazine has chosen the "Sexiest Man Alive" to grace the...
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Hillary Clinton's Sweet Sixty Party Raises Millions
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton turned her 60th birthday celebration into a...
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Barack Obama's campaign at high risk
Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama’s campaign will suffer great damage from inviting...
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Josie Maran Booted from ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Josie Maran became the first contestant to leave ABC’s new "Dancing with the Stars"...
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Jordin Sparks Crowned Newest And Youngest American Idol
Making one of the toughest choices so far, between a singer and an entertainer, "American...
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Business
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US economic policy is the "road to hell," Topolanek says
Strasbourg, France - The United States' decision to pump ever-larger sums into its economy is the...
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Huge severance payment provokes French government anger
Paris - The French government has reacted with anger to the report that the outgoing head of...
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The Switch to Digital TV Remains in June
Less than two weeks before the expected end of analog broadcasting the House of...
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Obama urges car industry bail-out as Republicans balk
Washington - US president-elect Barack Obama Thursday called on Congress to prevent a collapse of...
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Deal in principle on rescue for US car industry
Washington - US lawmakers were close to agreement Tuesday on a 15-billion-dollar bail-out for the...
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Pelosi: Congress considering short-term funding for carmakers
Washington - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said late Friday that Congress was considering a...
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2008 Elections Boost Ratings
This year’s elections have been a breakthrough in politics – the 44th president-elect of the United...
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Update: FCC's Ruling Will Lead To Significant Changes
Despite the opposition of many broadcasters, producers and
other franchises, the Federal...
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The White Space Battle May Come To An End
On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on a measure that would make...
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Google And Microsoft Support The White Spaces
As previously reported the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) issued an attack two weeks...
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Macrovision Sells, OpenGate Acquires TV Guide
Macrovision acquired TV Guide in December 2007 and by
December 2008, the decades-old television...
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French Government to Present Bank Rescue Plan
Paris - The French government is due to present its bank rescue plan after an extraordinary cabinet...
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Bush says rescue benefits won't be fast; country braces for bumps
Washington - After Congress gave final approval to the emergency finance rescue package, US...
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US emergency finance rescue plan clears final hurdle
Washington - The US House of Representatives approved a revised financial rescue plan on Friday...
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Senate passes financial rescue plan; House to vote next
Washington - The US Senate approved a 700-billion-dollar financial rescue package Wednesday night...
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Bush confident financial rescue plan will pass Senate
Washington - US President George W Bush on Wednesday said he expected a revised rescue package for...
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EU Urges US Lawmakers to Approve Rescue Plan
Brussels - United
States lawmakers were required by the
European Commission to assume their...
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Democrats and Republicans trade blame, promise to start again
Washington - Democratic and
Republican leaders of the House of Representatives traded accusations...
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Uncertainty as House rejects financial bail-out
Washington - In a shocking
development Monday that plunged the United States back...
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US Congress finalizing breakthrough finance plan
Washington - Congress on Sunday was on the threshold of
sealing a controversial...
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Update1: San Jose Is Tesla's New Home
San Jose managed to strike a deal with electric car maker Tesla, which is going to build its new...
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Comcast Appeals FCC’s Ruling That It Violated Internet Access Policy
On Friday, the Federal Communications Committee ruled by a
vote of 3-2 that Comcast Corporation...
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Penguin Wins Back Publishing Rights on J. Steinbeck’s Works
A Manhattan federal appeals court reversed a ruling which had previously granted John Steinbeck’s...
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On Friday, The Federal Communications Commission Ruled Against Comcast
On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to support the complaint filed against...
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The US Food and Drug Administration To Take On The Tobacco Industry
Wednesday was a very important day, or one could even call it a historic day, for the tobacco...
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Sirius, XM Finalize Merger
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. finalized the takeover of the other satellite radio pioneer XM...
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FCC’s Take on Comcast’s Traffic Management Coming Soon
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has scheduled a meeting for Friday during which one of...
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F.C.C. Finally Approves Sirius-XM Satellite Radio Merger
The two satellite radio pioneers, Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio Holdings, have...
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Sirius-XM Merger Very Close To Get FCC Approval
The New York, subscription-based satellite radio firm Sirius Satellite is very close to getting the...
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Rescue of Fannie and Freddie May Cost Tax Payers As Much As $25 Billion
The presidential administration’s plan to salvage mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie...
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World
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Sweden welcomes Czech vote on Lisbon Treaty
Stockholm - Sweden on Wednesday welcomed the Czech senate's approval of the European Union's Lisbon...
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Voting underway in South Africa's fourth democratic poll
Soweto, South Africa - Voting was under way Wednesday in South Africa's fourth general election...
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Press rights group slams Algerian banning of French publications
Paris - The press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders Wednesday strongly criticized the...
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China seeks restraint, Japan a resolution on North Korea
Beijing/Tokyo - China called Monday for restraint after North Korea's rocket...
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Vatican "astonished" by Belgian protest over condoms
Vatican City - The reaction of Belgium's parliament to Pope Benedict XVI's remarks against the use...
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Feelgood US President steals the show
London - US President Barack Obama swept onto the world stage at this week's summit of the world's...
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Sweden approves same-sex marriage legislation
Stockholm - A broad majority in the Swedish parliament Wednesday approved adoption of same-sex...
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Heavy metal song behind EU-US "road to hell" spat
Prague - Mirek Topolanek, the Czech Republic's humbled premier, has conceded that his ill-timed...
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Russia fears "breakup" of summit with EU as Czech premier quits
Moscow - Russia on Thursday expressed fear the Czech premier's resignation, midway through...
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Czech government faces confidence test during EU presidency
Prague - The Czech government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek faced a vote of no-confidence...
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Presidential challenger criticizes Ahmadinejad's economic programmes
Tehran - Iranian presidential candidate and former prime minister Mir-Hossein Moussavi on Saturday...
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A Part Of The Arctic Sea Will Be Closed For Commercial Fishing
Through a unanimous vote given by the members of a federal fishery panel...
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US Pursuing Truce For Gaza Conflict
Washington - The United States is pushing for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that would require...
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Stalin Remains Unsinkable In Popularity Contest
Moscow - Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator who ordered millions to their death in labor...
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Bangladesh Prepares To Vote And Return To Democracy
Dhaka - Bangladesh votes in national elections Monday to return the South Asian nation to...
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Philippines Propose Global-Warming Insurance Funds
According to the Philippines Presidential Adviser on Global Warming and Climate Change Secretary...
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African Union Still Fails To Keep The Peace In 2008
Johannesburg/Nairobi - The African Union's attempts to keep peace on the continent were again...
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Mugabe Clings To Power Through Election Calamity, Cholera
Johannesburg - Zimbabwe is short on laughs these days, so short, in fact, that the capital Harare,...
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Kenya's Future Peace Hangs On Implementing Crucial Reports
Nairobi - Kenya will be happy to see the back of 2008, a year in which one of sub-Saharan Africa's...
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Czechs Seek To Balance US, European Ties
Prague - Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek's big test in 2009 will be juggling the nation's...
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Slovenia Pulls The Brakes On Croatia's EU Dreams
Ljubljana - Croatia is due to pass a major milestone on its way to European Union membership Friday...
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Nigerian cardinal Arinze retires from top Vatican post
Vatican City - The Vatican announced Tuesday the retirement of Nigerian-born Cardinal Francis...
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Authoritarian Kazakhstan Prepares To Assume OSCE Chairmanship In 2010
Astana/Moscow - When Western politicians speak of Kazakhstan with a gleam in their eyes, they're...
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Iran's Reformists Start Election Campaign Minus Khatami
Tehran - Iran's reformists held their annual congress Thursday, kicking off their campaign for next...
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Canadian Government Could Be Toppled By Opposition Coalition
Montreal - In a stunning reversal of political fortunes, the leader of Canada's official...
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Bollywood legend sleeps with gun under pillow after attacks
New Delhi - India's entertainment capital of Mumbai is in a state of shock due to the terrorist...
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Elders Tell MDC: Join Government Now, Push For Change Later
Johannesburg - The Elders on Monday urged Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change...
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French Socialists vote - and it's Sarkozy who wins
Paris - The French Socialists just spent two days voting for a new leader, and the big winner was -...
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Disgraced Alaska senator bids farewell
Washington - Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican ever in Congress' upper...
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Internet leak reveals support for far-right party in Britain
London - The extent of support in Britain for the far-right British National Party (BNP) was...
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