“DaySide” has a new look, as hosts Juliet Huddy and Mike Jerrick bring you the stories you won’t want to miss. Join us today for what promises to be a lively hour of informative fun! • A manhunt is underway for two violent criminals who escaped from prison in a …
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NEW YORK – Fortune Brands Inc. (FO), the maker of products ranging from Jim Beam Bourbon to Titleist golf balls, on Friday said third-quarter earnings declined 59 percent, citing integration costs and the absence of a tax-related credit recorded in the year-ago period. The company posted earnings of $92.2 million, …
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LOS ANGELES – A Chinese-American engineer and two family members who allegedly conspired to steal sensitive information about Navy warships and smuggle it to China were indicted Tuesday on federal charges, authorities said. The grand jury indictment charges Chi Mak, 65, his wife and brother with acting as agents of …
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FRANKFURT – Unit sales at DaimlerChrysler’s (DCX) premium division Mercedes Car Group (search) rose 1.3 percent in October to 106,500 vehicles as stronger demand for its core Mercedes-Benz brand offset weaker sales of Smart small cars. Deliveries to customers in the first 10 months of 2005 rose 0.8 percent to …
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Carrying rosary beads and cameras, the faithful have been coming in a steady stream to a church on the outskirts of Sacramento for a glimpse of what some are calling a miracle: A statue of the Virgin Mary they say has begun crying a substance that looks …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – A judge on the special tribunal that will put Saddam Hussein (search) and members of his former regime on trial was assassinated Tuesday in the Iraqi capital, according to an Iraqi police official and a media report. Judge Barwez Mohammed Mahmoud and a relative were killed Tuesday …
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LOS ANGELES – Fresh off their Grammy success, Usher (search) and Alicia Keys (search) dominated the Soul Train Awards (search), with each winning two individual awards and sharing the prize for best R&B-soul single by a group or duo. R&B sensation Usher picked up the award for best male R&B-soul …
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WASHINGTON – The Rev. Al Sharpton (search), upset about violence in rap music, asked the Federal Communications Commission (search) on Thursday to punish artists and radio stations connected with violent acts. Artists connected to such acts should be denied airplay on radio and television for 90 days, he told reporters …
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The drug-resistant AIDS (search) virus that emerged in New York is a warning that HIV prevention efforts are failing, public health experts warn. Last month, the New York City health department announced alarming news. A man developed AIDS only months after getting infected with an HIV (search) strain resistant to …
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So we’ve gone farther with the weapons of mass destruction (search) investigation than the now months-old Duelfer report, which revealed there are no WMD in Iraq now and probably weren’t at the outbreak of the Iraq war. Duelfer did allow for the possibility that WMD were spirited out of Iraq …
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