JERUSALEM – Doctors inserted a feeding tube in Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s stomach on Wednesday, according to a statement from Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital, where he is being treated for a massive stroke. Sharon, 77, has been in a coma since he suffered a stroke on Jan. 4. Long-term care …
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JERUSALEM – Israel branded the Palestinian government a “terrorist authority” Sunday and halted the transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax money after Hamas took control of the Palestinian parliament. But the Israeli government held off on adopting even more drastic measures recommended by security officials, mindful of …
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – This just might be the role actor John Corbett was born to play. Known for playing the handsome non-Greek boyfriend in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” the philosophical radio DJ on “Northern Exposure” and Carrie’s boyfriend on “Sex and the City,” Corbett has taken a hiatus from …
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CHICAGO – A look at the medical records of Civil War soldiers suggests post-traumatic stress disorder existed back then, too, according to a study. The researchers found that veterans who saw more death in battle had higher rates of postwar illness. Younger soldiers, including boys as young as 9, were …
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LOS ANGELES – Television talk shows took aim Monday at Vice President Dick Cheney’s accidental weekend shooting in Texas of a hunting companion. Here are a few of the jokes. ___ “Late Show with David Letterman,” CBS: • “Good news, ladies and gentlemen, we have finally located weapons of mass …
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Three former officers of the reinsurance unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and one former executive of insurance giant American International Group Inc. pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges stemming from a $500 million accounting fraud. The four were indicted earlier this month on 13 criminal …
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KABUL, Afghanistan – A homicide bomber disguised as a woman blew himself up at an army checkpoint in eastern Afghanistan, killing five Afghans and wounding four, police said Thursday. The blast occurred in eastern Khost province Wednesday as Afghan soldiers were checking the assailant’s vehicle, said Mohammed Ayub, the regional …
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ATLANTA – A 15-year-old boy whose 37-year-old wife is due to give birth to the couple’s baby this month has run away from a group home, prompting the boy’s grandmother to speculate that the wife was involved in the disappearance. The wife, Lisa Clark, who is due to give birth …
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WASHINGTON – Climate change that strengthens the El Niño weather patterns could endanger food supplies for more than 20 million people in Africa, a new study warns. El Niño is a warming of the water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that is associated with changes in air pressure and the …
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WASHINGTON – The economy ended 2005 like a lamb and is roaring back like a lion, a resounding rebound that economists say will lead the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in the months ahead. The fresh forecast from the National Association for Business Economics has gross domestic product growing …
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