TOKYO – Japan executed two death-row inmates Tuesday, bringing the total number of prisoners hanged this year to 15, a news report said. The hangings, reported by Kyodo News agency, were the first since three inmates were executed in mid-September. Japan in recent years has increased the pace of its …
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Police in Wisconsin said a man was arrested after he used a cigarette lighter while trying to siphon gasoline from a van. The man, who was visiting friends, went to drive home early Saturday but realized that he didn’t have enough gas in his SUV. Police said the man tried …
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JERUSALEM – An Israeli hospital is treating a cancer-stricken Iranian boy. The 12-year-old boy is being treated at the Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv for a large brain tumor, after treatments in Iran and Turkey failed. Israel granted the child a special permit to enter and he arrived on …
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Ads for Barack Obama will appear in a total of 18 video games, including the extremely popular “Guitar Hero” and “Madden 09” — but only in certain states, the Obama campaign confirmed Tuesday. “These ads will help us expand the reach of VoteforChange.com, so that more people can use this …
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LOS ANGELES – “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” was barking up the right tree with movie-goers, who put the Disney comedy at No. 1 for the weekend with a $29 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. Featuring a talking Chihuahua with Drew Barrymore’s voice, the family flick about a pampered pooch …
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For a self-effacing, portly little plumber, Mario may be the most ambitious guy in video games. It’s not enough that he has the most recognizable face in the industry; his parents at Nintendo have promoted him everywhere, from T-shirts and lunchboxes to cartoons and cell-phone ringtones. He’s probably more familiar …
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JUAREZ, Mexico – A 990-pound, bedridden man who had appealed on Mexican television for help tackling his weight problem died Tuesday of heart failure, his family said. Emergency officials had to knock down Jose Luis Garza’s bedroom wall and load him onto the back of a friend’s pickup truck as …
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ROGERS, Ark. – An Arkansas woman has given birth to her 18th child. Michelle Duggar delivered the baby girl by Caesarean section Thursday at Mercy Medical Center in Rogers. The baby, named Jordyn-Grace Makiya Duggar, weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and was 20 inches long. Click here for a photo …
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Those pain pills you think help your migraines? Take too many and you could make them worse. Overusing painkillers can spin migraine patients into a rut, spurring more headaches that in turn require more pain medication. A very unlucky fraction even get what’s called chronic migraine, where they’re in pain …
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FRANKFORT, Ky. – A group of atheists filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to remove part of a state anti-terrorism law that requires Kentucky’s Office of Homeland Security to acknowledge it can’t keep the state safe without God’s help. American Atheists Inc. sued in state court over a 2002 law that …
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