If you want to keep your name out of the papers, don’t do something that’ll just draw more attention. Jack William Pacheco of Chowchilla, Calif., spent this past Wednesday morning buying up every copy he could of the weekly Chowchilla News — which had his face on the front page, …
Read More »England Gets Reduced Charges
SAN ANTONIO – Prosecutors have filed a new and reduced set of charges against Army Pfc. Lynndie England (search) in the Abu Ghraib (search) prison scandal, cutting by more than half the sentence she could face if convicted of mistreating Iraqi detainees. The 22-year-old Army reservist who was photographed grinning …
Read More »Is Syria a Threat to U.S. Interests?
This is a partial transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume ,” Feb. 16, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) CONDOLEEZZA RICE, SECRETARY OF STATE: There’s no doubt that Syria (search) is a big problem. And one of the reasons that we have been strong in …
Read More »Breaking Point: The Battle of Fallujah
Sunday, Feb. 27 at 9 p.m and 12 a.m. ETHosted by Greg Palkot The U.S. Marine’s India Company was the “tip of the spear” in the Battle of Fallujah — the first to charge into the terror-infested city. Greg Palkot followed these American heroes through their week in hell — …
Read More »NASCAR Superstars Jamie McMurray and Dale Jarrett Join the Debate!
This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” Feb. 18, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Hannity & Colmes” weeknights at 9 p.m. ET! HANNITY: The Daytona 500: it is known at the great American race. To win, drivers have to be the first to cross the …
Read More »Anheuser Pays $120M to Settle Maris Lawsuits
NEW YORK – Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc. (BUD), the largest U.S. brewer, said Wednesday it agreed to pay $120 million to settle lawsuits brought by the family of former Major League Baseball star Roger Maris (search). The brewer said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (search) that it …
Read More »Decompression May Have Caused Crash
LONDON – The Cypriot (search) airliner that crashed Sunday in Greece, killing all 121 people on board, may have experienced a catastrophic loss of cabin pressure that rapidly starved the pilots of oxygen, aviation experts said. At 34,000 feet, the co-pilot of the Helios Airways (search) flight from Larnaca, Cyprus, …
Read More »TV Anchor Sues Former Color Me Badd Singer
OKLAHOMA CITY – Bryan Abrams (search), a former singer with the 1990s boy band Color Me Badd (search), is being sued for $16,000 that his ex-wife alleges he owes in back child support. Shon Gables (search), a news anchor for WCBS in New York City, filed the lawsuit and appeared …
Read More »Land Grab or 'Just Desserts?'
A California man angry about a recent Supreme Court (search) decision that allowed a Connecticut city to seize private property for commercial use is trying to turn the ruling against one high court justice. Logan Darrow Clements wants to build a hotel on an eight-acre property owned by Supreme Court …
Read More »Judge OKs Evanescence Refund Deal
HAGERSTOWN, Md. – A judge has approved a deal enabling people to get refunds on the Evanescence (search) album “Anywhere but Home” if they bought it at a Wal-Mart in Maryland. The agreement signed Wednesday in Washington County Circuit Court partially settles a lawsuit filed by a local couple who …
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