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Pentagon shooter troubled
Mar 6th
Worried parents had warned police In conversations with friends and in Internet postings, John Patrick Bedell seemed obsessed by what he saw as attacks on personal liberty. In the eight weeks before John Patrick Bedell put on a white shirt and blazer, parked his 1998 Toyota at the suburban Pentagon City mall, and emerged ready ...
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Loading ...White House Releases Letter From Cancer Patient Natoma Canfield
Mar 6th
In an unusual move, the White House has provided reporters with a letter President Obama received from cancer patient Norma Canfield. In the letter, Canfield discusses her difficulty in paying for health insurance coverage and writes that she can no longer afford coverage in the wake of premium increases. "I need your Health reform bill to ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Obama tries to remain calm during political storm
Mar 4th
The president who so famously rejects drama and derides political theater walked into the East Room at 1:45 p.m. during one of the wildest political stretches in recent memory. In the past few days, a White House spokesman was forced to defend Obama's pugnacious chief of staff and his departed social secretary. A Republican senator ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Chile curfew extended as troops fail to grasp control after quake
Mar 2nd
Chilean authorities today extended a night curfew to midday as thousands of troops struggled to contain worsening looting and crime in the wake of the devastating earthquake. Despite the heavy military presence in the badly damaged city of Concepción, looters burnt stores and residents complained of deteriorating security and slow government delivery ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Democrats face health care hurdles amid talk of reconciliation
Mar 2nd
Memo to Michelle Obama: Besides taking on childhood obesity, you might try keeping your husband away from the dessert cart. The spike in President Obama's cholesterol level detected during a physical exam Sunday was apparently caused by overindulgence in sweets and cheeseburgers, according to spokesman Robert Gibbs. "He would be...the first to tell you that he has ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Whale trainer died doing job she loved
Mar 2nd
SeaWorld whale trainer Dawn Brancheau died doing what she loved, friends and relatives said Monday as hundreds gathered for her funeral on the South Side. The 40-year-old drowned Wednesday during a show at the Orlando attraction, when a 12,000-pound killer whale pulled her into its pool by her ponytail. But mourners Monday focused on her action-packed life, ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...50 Cent is being sued over sex video
Feb 26th
50 Cent is in legal hot water with a Florida woman who has sued the rapper in New York claiming that he unlawfully distributed her homemade sex video over the Internet after editing himself into it as a wig-wearing narrator. Lastonia Leviston told the court Fitty used her name and image without permission and ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Steven Tyler and Aerosmith, happy together
Feb 26th
The feuding factions of Aerosmith announced yesterday they were “Cocked, Locked and Ready to Rock” this summer. So what was Joe Perry Tweeting about after that momentous declaration? Obama’s health-care summit! Yesterday, the band (sans Brad Whitford) took to its Web site to proclaim that they’re Back in the Saddle after six months of ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...SeaWorld steadfast in wake of death
Feb 26th
Orlando to keep orca that drowned trainer As news of Tilikum the killer whale battering and drowning a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando continued to command global attention, the theme park’s leaders yesterday said they will keep the orca despite growing calls by critics to return the financially lucrative animal to the wild. SeaWorld’s famed killer whale shows ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Parties as split as ever on health
Feb 26th
Giving no ground, President Obama and Republican leaders fought forcefully for their competing visions of historic health-care reform yesterday in an exhausting, at times testy, live-on-TV debate. Far from any accord, Obama signaled the Democrats were prepared to push ahead for an all-or-nothing congressional vote. The marathon, 71/2-hour session did reveal narrow areas of agreement on ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Parents seek help in finding actor missing in Canada
Feb 25th
The parents of missing "Growing Pains" actor Andrew Koenig issued an emotional plea on Wednesday for their son to contact them. Koenig, 41, was visiting friends in Vancouver when he went missing more than a week ago. The Venice, Calif., native had a recurring role on the 1980s sitcom as Boner, a pal of star Kirk Cameron's ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Sade’s ‘Soldier Of Love’ Rules Euro Chart
Feb 25th
Sade's "Soldier of Love" (Epic/Sony Music Entertainment) starts a second week atop Billboard's European Albums chart, while Ke$ha leads European Hot 100 Singles for a fourth week with "Tik Tok" (RCA/Sony Music Entertainment). Logistical issues prevented the regular production of last week's charts, when Sade's new album debuted at the top in 14 countries worldwide, according ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...‘Idol’ Judges Jeer Male Semifinalists
Feb 25th
Tim Urban tripped up during his second shot at ''American Idol'' fame. The shaggy-haired 20-year-old singer was picked as a last-minute replacement for 25-year-old shoe salesman Chris Golightly in the top 24 semifinalists. On Wednesday's show, Urban was derided by the Fox singing contest's judges for his screechy rendition of OneRepublic's ''Apologize.'' Kara DioGuardi told the college ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...People: Nadya Suleman tells ‘View’ she’s not crazy
Feb 25th
In denial, yes. But despite half of "The View's" roundtable trying to coax her to say otherwise, the world's most infamous mother of 14 refused to confirm that she was, in fact, crazy. In fact, to the horror of snarky entertainment commentators everywhere, Nadya Suleman showed glimmers of self-awareness. Suleman, eight of whose children turned 1 last ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Elin Never Asked for Tiger’s Public Apology, Sources Say
Feb 25th
Friday's public apology was a start. But Tiger Woods "has a long way to go" before his wife Elin Nordegren decides whether to reunite with him, a source close to the golfer tells PEOPLE. "Elin has been very angry and had every right to be angry at him," says a source close to Woods. "She never ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Conan tweets through his talk-show withdrawal
Feb 25th
Conan O’Brien is experiencing talk-show withdrawal pangs. He tweeted Wednesday that he interviewed a squirrel in his backyard, then tried to go to a commercial. In the bio section of the account that’s verified by Twitter as accurate, O’Brien wrote: “I had a show. Then I had a different show. Now I have a Twitter account.” His January ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Missing actor’s family makes plea
Feb 25th
The parents of missing "Growing Pains" actor Andrew Koenig have issued an emotional plea for their son to contact them. Koenig was visiting friends in Vancouver, B.C., when he went missing more than a week ago. Andrew Koenig Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Chekov on the original "Star Trek" TV series, said Wednesday his son stopped taking ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...NY Governor Suspends Aide, Seeks Investigation
Feb 25th
Gov. David Paterson has suspended a close aide and is asking for an investigation by the attorney general after a published report linked the aide to a claim of domestic violence involving a former girlfriend. Paterson on Wednesday said he was suspending David Johnson, who rose from volunteer to driver to confidant in more than a ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...‘American Idol’ Top 12 Men Have A Rocky Live Debut
Feb 25th
Casey James emerges as one of only standouts during the boys' first performance night. After a number of uneven, forgettable performances by the top 12 ladies Tuesday night, it was starting to feel like Simon Cowell's prediction that a female would win this year's "American Idol" was a bit premature. And then the men took the ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Whale kills trainer in front of SeaWorld audience in Orlando
Feb 25th
Whale kills trainer at SeaWorld Orlando A five-ton orca, or killer whale, grabbed a veteran trainer at SeaWorld Orlando and pulled her into its tank Wednesday, where it inflicted fatal injuries, park officials said. Trainer Dawn Brancheau was rubbing the whale, named Tilikum, after a noontime show when it grabbed her, said Chuck Tompkins, head of animal ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Tempers flare ahead of bipartisan health care summit
Feb 25th
The day before the White House's bipartisan summit on health care reform, there didn't appear to be much mood for compromise on Capitol Hill. Sen. Chris Dodd, a key author of the Senate health care bill, told reporters flatly Wednesday that if Republicans continue to demand that Democrats scrap their health care proposals and start over, ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Melbourne not safe for Indians: Australian opposition leader
Feb 23rd
AP In this file photo Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott is seen in Sydney. Abbott has said streets of Melbourne were not safe for Indians and the Government should spend money on policing and preventing racial attacks. Brumby assures Indian parents of their children’s safety Novel protest against attacks, a sellout Australia to make changes in ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Olimpic Games 2010 Death Video : Luger Nodar Kumaritashvili Dies
Feb 14th
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Nodar Kumaritashvili, a men’s luger from the former Soviet republic of Georgia, died Friday when he crashed during training for the Winter Olympics. He was 21. Medics reached Kumaritashvili within seconds of the crash, but they were unable to revive him. He was pronounced dead a short while later after being airlifted ...
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...A Tasteful Way to Start the Olympic Games
Feb 14th
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Even the death of the 21-year-old Georgian luge athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili did not do much to deflate the opening ceremony for the Vancouver Olympics a few hours later. There was a moment of silence for Kumaritashvili, and the audience at B.C. Place stood and applauded when the grief-stricken Georgian delegation marched ...
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...OIympic Games 2010 Death Video Contained so Far by IOC
Feb 14th
An Olympic Games 2010 death video was considered unthinkable 24 hours ago. But now, the Olympic Games 2010 death video threatens to be the lasting legacy of the game. The death of Georgia luger Nodar Kumaritashvili put a major pall on the opening ceremony, and will likely overshadow much of the next two weeks. Most ...
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Olympic Games open under a cloud of tragedy
Feb 13th
VANCOUVER — The Olympic torch made its way through drizzling rain and crowded streets Friday before eventually completing its 106-day journey in which it was passed more than 12,000 times and zigzagged some 29,000 miles across Canada en route to BC Place for the 2010 Winter Games. Opening Ceremonies were held as ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Olympic luger dies in Whistler track crash: ‘We are all in deep shock’
Feb 13th
WHISTLER — Tragedy struck at the Whistler Sliding Centre Friday morning when Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21, flew off the track at high speed, smashed into a metal girder and died. The crash occurred near the bottom of the course, commonly billed as the fastest and most challenging track in the world. Kumaritashvili hit the track's ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...‘We Are the World’ remake debuts during Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games
Feb 13th
On a day charged with drama and emotion, NBC aired an abbreviated version of the remake of We Are the World during its coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games opening ceremony. Jackson's voice was mixed into the re-orchestrated version at the request of his mother Katherine Jackson. Producer Quincy Jones said it was eerie hearing ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Tasteful Way to Start the Olympic Games 2010
Feb 13th
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Even the death of the 21-year-old Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who crashed during a training run on Friday, didn’t do much to deflate the opening ceremony for the Vancouver Olympics a few hours later. There was a long moment of silence for Kumaritashvili, and the audience at B.C. Place stood and ...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Forbidden Love: Five TV Hook-ups That Left Fans Fuming
Feb 13th
Earlier this week, Chuck got fans all fired up when both Chuck and Sarah—the couple all of fandom is rooting for—moved on to other love interests. Chuck was seen locking lips with Hannah (Kristin Kreuk), while Sarah accepted a more-than-friendly massage from Agent Shaw (Brandon Routh). Most fans are working through their heartbreak by repeating ...
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