Maybe they can call it the Flatman Diet. Fifteen-year-old Craig Flatman (search), of Suffolk, England, has eaten nearly nothing but jam sandwiches since he was a toddler — and seems none the worse for wear. The athletic high schooler, called “Jam Boy” by friends and neighbors, stands 6 foot 2 …
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LIMA, Peru – A Peruvian medical team is preparing for pioneering surgery to separate the fused legs of a 9-month-old girl born with a rare condition known as sirenomelia (search), or “mermaid syndrome.” Milagros Cerron, who has fused legs but separated feet, is one of very few people in the …
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Agency: Department of Agriculture Spending: $19.4 billion Percentage change from 2004: -9.6 percent Mandatory Outlays: $73.4 billion Total Spending: $92.7 billion Highlights: —Would cut $587 million from farm price supports, mainly by cutting payments to farmers by 5 percent and reducing the annual ceiling on payments from $360,000 to $250,000. …
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Here’s what is on tap for Monday: “FOX & Friends First” Starts at 6 a.m. ET Coalition forces make a major arrest in the War on Terror (search). With Saddam Hussein’s half-brother in custody, will this have an impact on the ongoing terror activities in Iraq? We’ll get a read …
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WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling against two reporters who could go to jail for refusing to divulge their sources about the leak of an undercover CIA officer’s name. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals (search) for the District of Columbia Circuit …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Top Shiite politicians failed to reach a consensus Wednesday on their nominee for prime minister, shifting the two-man race to a secret ballot and exposing divisions in the winning alliance. In a chilling reminder of challenges facing the winner, a videotape showed a sobbing Italian hostage pleading …
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BEIJING – A top Chinese Communist Party (search) official was in North Korea’s capital Sunday seeking to draw Pyongyang back into six-nation talks on its nuclear weapons program after the North reportedly rejected further negotiations. The visit by the Chinese official, Wang Jiarui, came as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice …
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The Minnesota Crime Alert Network has issued an Amber Alert (search) for Rachel Marie Zoccoli, 17, who was forcibly removed from her school bus abducted by her former boyfriend, authorities say. She’s described as white, five-foot-five, 125 pounds, with blue eyes and long straight blonde hair. She was wearing a …
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Oil prices jumped to their highest level in more than three months on Tuesday, rallying above $51 a barrel as traders focused on the declining value of the dollar, cold weather and the possibility of an OPEC (search) production cut. But if these factors provided the initial impetus for Tuesday’s …
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NEW YORK – Upholstered furniture maker La-Z-Boy Inc. (LZB) Tuesday said third-quarter profit slid from a year ago, but exceeded its forecast as sales improved. Earnings fell to 21 cents a share from 29 cents a share a year earlier. Net sales rose to $518 million from $492 million. In …
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