| n****ian man indicted in plot to blow up plane (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 12:25 PM PST  AP - A n****ian man accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day was indicted Wednesday on charges including attempted murder and trying to use a weapon of mass destruction to kill nearly 300 people.
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| Gilbert Arenas indefinitely suspended by NBA Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:13 PM PST ![]() Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas was suspended without pay by NBA commissioner David Stern on Wednesday for behavior that made him "not currently fit to take the court." A day after Arenas was photographed before a game in Philadelphia pointing his index fingers, as if they were guns, at his teammates, Stern warned the three-time All-Star that his conduct will "ultimately...
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| Gary Coleman Hospitalized Posted: 06 Jan 2010 09:58 AM PST  The actor was rushed to the hospital this morning in L.A. after reportedly suffering a seizure.
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| Obama wants to fast track a final health care bill Posted: 06 Jan 2010 05:33 AM PST ![]() The White House didn't say much about last night's health care talks between President Obama and congressional Democrats, but officials made it clear they're cool with fast-tracking the final phase of legislation, with no public hearings and no Republican involvement.
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| Inner City Kid Trains in Store Basement to Break World Record Posted: 05 Jan 2010 08:04 PM PST ![]() Shaun McDaniel doesn't eat on his half-hour lunch break. Instead, he spends his time in the basement of the New York thrift store where he works, doing as many push-ups as he can before break-time is over.
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| PETA’s use of First Lady in advertisement angers White House Posted: 06 Jan 2010 10:20 AM PST ![]() No strangers to controversy, the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is up to its old tricks again. This time they've raised eyebrows by using an image of Michelle Obama in an anti-fur advertisement without her permission. The White House is not pleased, to say ...
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| Accused Holocaust museum gunman dies in hospital (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:46 AM PST  AP - The 89-year-old white supremacist charged in a deadly shooting at Washington's Holocaust museum died Wednesday in North Carolina, where he'd been held while awaiting trial, authorities said.
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| CIA attack a blow but won't stop anti-terror hunt (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 08:56 AM PST  AP - The deaths of seven CIA employees in Afghanistan probably will not be the last. The U.S. isn't pulling back on covert operations to hunt terrorists there and in Pakistan and will go on taking chances on human tipsters to help.
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| Winter blast sends oil prices to 14-month high (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 10:03 AM PST ![]() Snow, ice and wind wreaked havoc on energy markets Wednesday, where a barrel of oil topped $83 a barrel for the first time since the fall of 2008. Natural gas futures soared 6 percent.
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| Autism Clusters around the Educated Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:30 PM PST  While patterns are found, the mystery of why autism occurs remains a mystery. A new study has identified 10 places in California where instances of autism are nearly double the rates found in surrounding neighborhoods. The clusters, says the research, are mainly in affluent areas where the demographic consists of a high concentration of mostly white, educated parents. It's all part of an ongoing investigation to find out why cases of autism appear to centralize in certain locations and not in others. Researchers at the University of California Davis, who conducted the study, were hoping
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| Salvation Army left short of cash by fake SC check (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:19 AM PST  AP - The Salvation Army thought it had received a grand gift ahead of Christmas — a $25,000 check. But the donation turned out to be an expensive hoax that may force the charity to cut back on winter assistance for the needy.
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| Katy Perry And Russell Brand Are Engaged Posted: 06 Jan 2010 07:29 AM PST  Celeb Love reported last week that Russell Brand may have asked girlfriend Katy Perry to marry him before Christmas, based on a story by the UK's Daily Mirror. Well, it turns out the Mirror had it right...sort of. According to UsMagazine.com, Katy and Russell actually became engaged on New Year's Day during a holiday trip to India. Although both engagement tales have come from anonymous "pals" of the couple, we're thinking that one of the stories is probably right. Whether the question was popped in England or India, at Christmas or at the start of the new year, it's pretty clear that these t
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| 'Person of interest' in missing FL lottery winner (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:59 AM PST  AP - Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd has named a "person of interest" in the case of a missing lottery winner.
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| Plane and Simple Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:29 AM PST  I had the opportunity to spend some time in the Miami airport yesterday, and I saw something that disturbed me. Brett Berk: No, it was not the extra-large chili cheese fries at the Nathan's Hot Dog stand, which come with a tiny pitchfork with which one is supposed to stab and slurp at them. And it was not the crappy public art atrium, which was filled with high school kids' lame drawings of palm trees and tropical fish. It was a bag. Not just any bag, but a large, clear plastic shopping bag that hung by its handles from the back of the stroller in which a young kid was being pushed toward th
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| Latest Celebrity Photos Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:38 AM PST ![]() Kate Gosselin debuts long hair Melanie Dunea/People magazine Kate Gosselin has ditched her famous short spiky 'do and is starting the new year off with an updated hairstyle. Thanks to hair extensions, Kate's blond locks are now long and lush.
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