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Perez Hilton’s coverage of Michael Jackson’s death has brought the celebrity blogger more attention — but not because he broke any news. The gossip hound is being slammed from all corners for dismissing the initial word on Thursday that Jackson had been rushed to the hospital, calling it a publicity …

Twenty-five people, including one American, have died over the past two weeks after being poisoned by homemade liquor laced with methanol on Indonesia’s resort islands of Bali and Lombok, police said Tuesday. Former Phoenix, Ariz. artist, Rose Johnson, was among the victims. The 48-year-old died Sunday at the Sanglah General …

SYRACUSE, New York – It was a simpler sort of drug trade. Syracuse police say a 45-year-old man offered a slaughtered pig as partial payment for a bag of crack cocaine. They say two men were spotted making the deal on a street corner just before 8 p.m. Thursday. Angelo …

LOS ANGELES – While BET celebrated the life of Michael Jackson the entertainer, Janet Jackson — in her first public appearance since her brother’s shocking death — memorialized him as her beloved sibling and family member, eliciting tears as she vowed his memory would live forever. “To you Michael is …

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Schools closed, residents of low-lying areas sought shelter and Florida’s governor declared a state of emergency Monday as a late-season tropical storm churned toward the Gulf Coast. After a quiet storm season, residents took the year’s first serious threat in stride. Maps, forecasts, radar and more at …

President Obama thinks that by recently signing a new bill spending $600 million to beef up border enforcement he will look tough on illegal aliens. But decisions such as today?s lawsuit by the Justice Department against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to stop his policies regarding illegal aliens shows where …

Here’s a surprising result: Looking purely at the frequency of crashes before and after enactment, new laws that restrict the use of handheld cellphone use (calling and/or texting) while driving produce no recognizable reduction in crashes. So find researchers from the Highway Loss Data Institute, an organization that is funded …

The government has put America on suicide watch. That’s right, the government has rolled out a new mental health Web site, titled “Getting Through Tough Economic Times” because people apparently just can’t handle stress on their own anymore. The site — which makes New York’s DMV Web site look cutting …

Things got heated between the head coaches of Marquette and Kansas on Tuesday night during the No. 4 Golden Eagles’ 73-59 win over the No. 1 Jayhawks during the Maui Invitational semifinal. Marquette’s Shaka Smart and Kansas’s Bill Self were seen voicing frustrations with one another after a play cleared …