PHILADELPHIA – Clothing and accessories designer Guess Inc. (GES) and fashion watch company Fossil, Inc. (FOSL) on Friday said they are in advanced talks over a decade-long license agreement under which Fossil will produce and distribute Guess watches. Fossil will form a separate company to handle the business, which currently …
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KABUL, Afghanistan – Suspected Taliban (search) rebels on Sunday killed a candidate running in next month’s legislative elections, while an attack on a U.S. military convoy wounded three American troops, authorities said. Militants attacked the U.S. service members as they were patrolling Friday about 25 miles east of Kabul (search), …
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Wednesday I ran a letter from a Brit who was mad at Americans. He said some nasty things. I got a lot of mail saying, “Hey, we Brits don’t all think like that guy.” That was reassuring. Then I wrote Wednesday that I thought it odd that Mick Jagger (search) …
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ELDORET, Kenya – A Kenyan policeman shot and killed an opposition lawmaker Thursday, and while it was described as a crime of passion, the death reignited clashes in this Rift Valley city between police and protesters suspicious of the government, and interrupted talks in the capital aimed at calming the …
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An explosion of vitriol from the left Wednesday night at Hillary Clinton over her speech in Boca Raton, Florida. On the Huffington Post, a quote from Steve Benen that her remarks “seem to be part of a deliberate strategy to tear Democrats apart and ensure a defeat in November.” On …
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JERUSALEM – President Bush said Wednesday that 60 years of Israel’s existence is cause for optimism for democratic change throughout the Middle East. “What happened here is possible everywhere,” Bush said, opening a trip divided between ceremonial duties and a new push for Israeli-Palestinian peace. The president, trying to hold …
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Denise Richards says she was not dating rocker Richie Sambora while he was married to her former pal Heather Locklear. “I did not interfere with their marriage,” she said. Richards, 37, told Ryan Seacrest that she remained friends with Sambora after her friendship with his then-wife Locklear was over. They …
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday rejected allegations from a former White House spokesman who says the Bush administration misled the American public into going to war with Iraq. Rice would not comment specifically on charges made by ex-press secretary Scott McClellan in a new …
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A Michigan high school wrestling coach is outraged after being dismissed from his post of 35 years for allegedly allowing his former assistant — a local clergyman — to try converting Muslim students to Christianity. The coach, Jerry Marszalek, allowed the Rev. Trey Hancock to discuss religion with members of …
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MADISON, Wis. – Two children and their mother lived for about two months with the decaying body of a 90-year-old woman on the toilet of their home’s only bathroom, on the advice of a religious “superior” who claimed the corpse would come back to life, authorities said Friday. The children …
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