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Well, the Joey Lawrence chapter in my life was all too ephemeral — just as I was coming to appreciate him in all his post-“Blossom”-ness, the judges and you, the public, opted to let him loose from “Dancing with the Stars.” I get that him conquering the man they call …

CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Sunday assured hundreds of thousands of supporters he would win a victory in his Dec. 3 re-election try — a win he inferred would be a home run off the “devil,” a term he uses to refer to President George W. Bush. The …

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Panama won a seat on the U.N. Security Council with the 48th ballot Tuesday after U.S.-backed Guatemala and Venezuela, led by leftist anti-American President Hugo Chavez, dropped out to end a deadlock. Panama got 164 votes in the 192-member U.N. General Assembly, more than the 120 needed …

LONDON – The long-running legal battle over photos from the 2000 wedding of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones went to Britain’s highest court Monday. A panel of five judges in the House of Lords began a hearing to decide whether celebrity magazine OK! is entitled to compensation from rival Hello!, …

KABUL, Afghanistan – An airstrike in northwest Afghanistan killed 13 Taliban militants and seven civilians Thursday, Afghan officials said, a day after President Hamid Karzai demanded a halt to civilian casualties in U.S.-led coalition operations. The United States has conducted missile strikes in Afghanistan and in Pakistan’s tribal areas along …

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – It ought to be a proud milestone in the Dutch seafaring heritage — the construction of a new ship its owner claims will be the world’s largest. But there’s one problem: its name. Edwin Heerema, founder of the company that has commissioned the $1.7 billion vessel, wants …

LOS ANGELES – Prosecutors in the trial of a woman accused of a MySpace hoax that allegedly led a 13-year-old girl to kill herself will likely be prohibited from presenting evidence of the suicide, a U.S. District Court judge said Monday. Judge George H. Wu told attorneys he was leaning …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage pediatrician died after a snowmobile slammed into his dog sled during a mushing excursion in northwest Alaska. Alaska State Troopers said 53-year-old Roger Gollub was killed in the crash Wednesday night a few miles from the town of Kotzebue. A local woman riding in the …

DIAMOND BAR, Calif. – Winds were calm again Monday, allowing firefighters to make gains on two raging wildfires that destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee as anxious residents of a Los Angeles mobile home park were allowed to inspect their gutted properties. Two large vans …

CORWIN SPRINGS, Mont. – They’re still ready for Armageddon at the Church Universal and Triumphant, a religious sect that for almost two decades has kept a bomb shelter stocked for 750 people deep in a forest near Yellowstone National Park. Church leader Elizabeth Clare Prophet has been silenced by advanced …