CLEVELAND – A Playboy Playmate accused of grabbing a dance pole and karate-kicking the ex-girlfriend of NFL quarterback Jeff Garcia (search) went on trial Tuesday on a misdemeanor assault charge. Carmella DeCesare (search), who is dating the Cleveland Browns player, faces a misdemeanor assault charge in the Aug. 21 barroom …
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COLLEGE PARK, Ga. – Seven candidates for chairman of the Democratic National Committee (search) promised Saturday to address the concerns of Southern voters, saying they had learned the lessons of the past two elections. “You want to know my Southern strategy, show up,” said Howard Dean (search), the former Vermont …
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A Malaysian tuna ship rescued an Indonesian woman who drifted for five days in the Indian Ocean after last week’s tsunami swept her out to sea from her home on Sumatra (search) island, an official said Monday. Melawati, 23, was spotted alive Friday while clinging to a floating sago palm …
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KIOWA, Colo. – A fast-moving wildfire forced the evacuation of about 50 homes near Denver on Wednesday as flames blackened a landscape of rolling grasslands and ponderosa pines. Deputies went door-to-door warning residents to leave a cluster of houses about 25 miles southeast of Denver. Two air tankers were dropping …
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Children who watch too much TV or have a television set in their bedroom may suffer in school and cut their chances of graduating from college, according to new research. Three separate studies provide new evidence that children’s television viewing habitscan have a negative effect on their academic achievement later …
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PITTSBURGH – James Henry Smith (search) was a zealous Pittsburgh Steelers fan in life, and even death could not keep him from his favorite spot: in a recliner, in front of a TV showing his beloved team in action. Smith, 55, of Pittsburgh (search), died of prostate cancer Thursday. Because …
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WASHINGTON – The vice chairman of the Sept. 11 commission (search) gave the federal government a “mixed grade” Friday on its performance in following through on recommendations the panel made to improve America’s security. “We’re getting better at this,” said commission co-chairman Lee Hamilton (search), a former congressman from Indiana. …
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Rod Stewart (search) was not amused. In a statement to police after the theft of his powerful Viper performance car (search) in 2004, the singer wrote: “(Someone) stole my Viper. I’m not amused.” On Wednesday, Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Jack Cook sentenced Donald Michael …
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NEW YORK – High energy costs and the possibility of more negative earnings may curb investors’ appetite for stocks next week, while the government is likely to report the economy slowed in the second quarter. Record oil prices helped in part to slacken the pace of the U.S. economic expansion …
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St. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenadian police ordered people off the streets and businesses closed Wednesday as Tropical Storm Emily (search) threatened an island still recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Ivan last year. Prime Minister Keith Mitchell (search) sought to reassure citizens the government would not be caught off-guard — …
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