LOS ANGELES – Vivica A. Fox showed she had all the right moves Wednesday when she was voted off “Dancing with the Stars,” making a graceful exit. “No worries. We’re good,” the actress said, then turned and offered encouragement to the remaining contestants. “I made a lot, lot of wonderful …
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SALEM, Ore. – A man ranting about “the blood” burst into a church sanctuary during a service, sloshed fuel onto people and started a fire, police and church officials said Thursday. Some parishioners were able to smother the flames with their coats while another group tackled the man, said the …
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LOS ANGELES – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger likes to end his speeches with a flourish from his Terminator days: “I’ll be back!” The way his re-election bid is going, he’s probably right. Beaten, bruised and adrift just a year ago, the former Hollywood action star has become the clear favorite against …
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PARIS – This was not just any wine cellar. For decades, the corridors beneath Paris City Hall harbored a wine lover’s fantasy land of carefully collected grands and premiers crus — until Friday, when nearly 5,000 bottles headed for the auction block. The collection, which caught the attention of amateur …
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NEW YORK – Keisha Castle-Hughes is growing up fast. The 16-year-old actress, who was nominated for a best-actress Oscar for her role in 2002’s “Whale Rider,” is expecting a baby in the spring, the agency that represents her confirmed Friday. The father is her boyfriend of three years, Bradley Hull, …
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State laws that make it easy for children to skip school-required vaccinations may be contributing to whooping cough outbreaks around the country, a study suggests. All states allow children to be exempted from school immunization requirements for medical reasons — because they might have a bad reaction, for example, or …
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LOS ANGELES – Nicole Kidman is the queen of Hollywood when it comes to money. The Oscar winner, who earns as much as $17 million per movie, tops the fifth annual list of highest-paid actresses released Wednesday by The Hollywood Reporter. Kidman, 39, ranked second on last year’s list behind …
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WASHINGTON – A House Republican and Democrat, in the new spirit of bipartisanship, are urging President Bush to name defeated Republican Rep. Jim Leach to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. “He is the most diplomatic politician I have ever met,” Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., said of …
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LONDON – More than three dozen staff at hospitals that treated poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko will be tested for radioactive contamination, Britain’s Health Protection Agency said Wednesday. The agency said 106 staff at Barnet General Hospital and University College Hospital had been assessed for possible exposure, and 49 …
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JOLIET, Ill. – Ten hotel workers were arrested Thursday in what police said was an identity theft ring that involved thousands of stolen credit card numbers nationwide. The four-month investigation netted more than 150 stolen credit cards used by visitors to book rooms in Joliet and Romeoville, both near Chicago, …
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