Join host Brit Hume and FOX’s Team Washington weekdays at 6 p.m. ET for “Special Report” — Find out what’s happening inside the Beltway and on the world stage. • The Supreme Court today upheld Oregon’s one-of-a-kind physician-assisted suicide law, rejecting a Bush administration attempt to punish doctors who help …
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PASADENA, Calif. – Former “American Idol” winner Kelly Clarkson, subject to a scolding from Simon Cowell for not letting her songs be used by new contestants on the show, has agreed to do so, a spokesman said Wednesday. Roger Widynowski, from Clarkson’s Sony BMG record label, said Clarkson’s management was …
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DENVER – The blue and red jets of Southwest Airlines (LUV) lifted off from Denver International Airport on Tuesday, marking the return of the low-fare carrier after a 20-year absence. Southwest flew out of the now-closed Stapleton International Airport in Denver until 1986, when it left because of high costs. …
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DETROIT – Ford Motor Co. (F) on Monday said it will cut 25,000 to 30,000 jobs in North America by 2012 and plans to idle 14 manufacturing facilities, in what it hopes to be a long-term turnaround for the No. 2 automaker. “We will be making painful sacrifices to protect …
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WASHINGTON – District of Columbia Councilman and former Mayor Marion Barry is not talking about reports that he failed a court-ordered drug test in November, but his attorney took issue Wednesday with parts of what was reported. The Washington Post reported in Wednesday’s editions that Barry, 69, tested positive for …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The emir of Dubai, Sheik Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, died Wednesday during a visit to Australia. He was 62. Sheik Maktoum, who also was vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, died at the exclusive Palazzo Versace hotel on the Gold …
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NEW YORK – Oil jumped over $1.50 on Friday to fresh two-month highs above $64 a barrel as instability in the Middle East and other key oil-producing regions sparked supply concerns. U.S. February light crude climbed $1.51 to $64.30 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest level …
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LOS ANGELES – DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. led the pack in this year’s Annie Awards nominations for film, television and home video animation, garnering 17 nods for two features, “Flushed Away” and “Over the Hedge.” The Disney-Pixar film “Cars,” a nostalgic nod to the country’s forgotten backroads, tied “Flushed Away” …
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FLINT, Mich. – A developmentally disabled woman weighing 43 pounds was found in an upstairs bedroom of her mother’s home wearing only a T-shirt and four soiled diapers, authorities said. The 22-year-old woman was suffering from malnutrition and was found Wednesday on a mattress stained with urine and feces, The …
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – After 12 months of naked partisanship on Capitol Hill, on cable TV and in the blogosphere, the word of the year for 2006 is … “truthiness.” The word — if one can call it that — best summed up 2006, according to an online survey by dictionary …
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