CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA set a launch date of July 13 for the first shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster (search) 21/2 years ago, saying Thursday that the agency’s best minds have made the spacecraft as safe as possible. “We are being as smart about this as we know …
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LOS ANGELES – Batman was powerful enough to rule the box office, but the superhero was unable to pull Hollywood out of its worst slump in 20 years. “Batman Begins (search)” debuted as the top movie with $46.9 million, while overall movie revenues skidded for the 17th-straight weekend, tying a …
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MANCHESTER, England – Police in northern England arrested a man Tuesday in connection with homicide bomb attacks (search) against U.S.-led troops in Iraq (search). Some 30 officers raided a house in Manchester at around 5 a.m. and arrested a 40-year-old man under Britain’s (search) anti-terrorism laws, a spokesman for Greater …
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HOLLY HILL, Fla. – Investigators arrested two 15-year-olds in the beating death of a homeless man, bringing the number of teenagers facing charges to five. The two teens made their first court appearances Saturday and a judge refused to release them. One is charged with second-degree murder and the other …
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Bad news about a best friend of mine and this show: Robert Dunn (search) — a defense attorney who practiced in federal court and a good friend of mine — died a few days ago. Robert was a good friend of mine. I’d know him for 10 years, but almost …
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Skip the all-night study sessions; the brain learns better with a good night’s sleep. The Belgian researchers behind that little nugget of wisdom aren’t just talking about the zombie-like feeling that boggles the mind after staying up ’round the clock. The sleep-deprivation hangover lingered for a couple of days in …
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NEW YORK – The New York Stock Exchange (search) halted trading with four minutes to go before the closing bell Wednesday due to a communications malfunction in the system that transmits stock prices to brokers worldwide. NYSE spokespeople had no immediate comment on the trading disruption. The exchange considered reopening …
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A federal judge on Wednesday refused to shield a civilian rape counselor from arrest for her refusal to turn over a patient’s records in an Air Force (search) rape case headed for court-martial. A military judge had issued an arrest warrant last month for Jennifer Bier (search), who defied a …
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JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (search) on Tuesday warned Jewish settlers opposed to his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip (search) that the use of violence against security forces constitutes a threat to Israel’s existence. Sharon spoke as the Israeli army opened disciplinary proceedings against a U.S.-born soldier …
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MIAMI – A vintage blue taxicab converted into a seagoing vessel and carrying several Cuban immigrants was intercepted Tuesday off Key West (search) by the Coast Guard (search), a television station reported. Footage from NBC-6 in Miami showed Coast Guard officers boarding the blue vehicle, which had been modified with …
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