Britney Spears’ (search) jewel-encrusted bra has been taken down from eBay (search), but this time, it’s Spears who made the decision. The bra was one of several items Spears had donated for an auction to raise money to help hurricane victims. She writes on her Web site she took down …
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NEW YORK – J.K. Rowling (search), Jon Stewart and Stephen King (search) were among the winners Tuesday night of the first annual Quills Awards, people’s choice book prizes better known so far to the industry than to the public. Stewart’s “America (The Book)” won for best humor book and for …
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WASHINGTON – Women are beginning to outpace men, in a least one area: incarcerations. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (search) reports the number of women in state and federal prison rose by four percent last year, while the number of men increased by less than two percent. And it says …
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JERUSALEM – A top Mideast envoy criticized Israel in especially tough language for moving too slowly on negotiations to open Gaza’s borders, saying the country is behaving almost as if the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip never happened. Without dramatic progress soon, a rare chance to revive Gaza’s shattered economy …
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On behalf of the American people, I’d like to congratulate the people of Iraq for the successful completion of a vote on their draft constitution. By all indications, the turnout was greater than the turnout from the last January election, which is good news. By all indications, the Sunnis participated …
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MARTINEZ, Calif. – Prosecutors on Friday dropped charges against the mother of a teenager accused of killing a prominent attorney’s wife after she agreed to testify against her son. Esther Fielding, 53, was being held in lieu $500,000 bail on suspicion of being an accessory to murder. Her son, 16-year-old …
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NEW YORK – U.S. home sales are set to defy predictions of a slight slowdown and set another record in 2005, but prices should rise at a slower rate next year, a U.S. realtors’ group said Wednesday. Existing home sales are expected to total 7.07 million units this year, up …
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WASHINGTON – Output from U.S. factories, mines and utilities tumbled by a surprisingly sharp 1.3 percent in September due to a big drop in oil and gas output after Hurricanes Katrina (search) and Rita, a Federal Reserve (search) report showed on Friday. It was the largest decline in industrial production …
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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court (search) refused Monday to block a lawsuit against gun manufacturers accused of negligence for firearms violence in the nation’s capital. An appeals court had said that the District of Columbia government and individual gun victims, including a man who was left a quadriplegic (search) after …
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This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” October 11, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: The lead story tonight. Why, why does the ACLU want live …
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