NEW YORK – The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal captured two Pulitzer Prizes (search) apiece Monday, with the Times winning the public service award for exposing racial injustice at an inner-city hospital and the Journal cited for its incisive stories about the plight of cancer survivors. Two …
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RAMALLAH, West Bank – Hundreds of Palestinian gunmen have signed pledges to halt violence in exchange for government jobs, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas hopes to bring many more militants on board before he meets U.S. President George W. Bush (search) in May, Palestinian officials said Monday. The new jobs-for-guns …
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NEW YORK – The next “Apprentice” finale won’t be huuuuge. During a press conference Tuesday, Donald Trump (search) announced that the live finale of the third season of NBC’s “The Apprentice” will be held at the Skirball Center of the Performing Arts at New York University on May 19 (9 …
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WASHINGTON – About 1.5 million toy fishing poles featuring the cartoon characters SpongeBob Squarepants (search), Dora the Explorer (search), Tigger (search) and the cast of “Rocket Power” (search) are being recalled because their paint contains lead, the government said Wednesday. Zebco, a fishing equipment manufacturer based in Tulsa, Okla., is …
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MESA, Ariz. – The Mesa Police Department is looking to add some primal instinct to its SWAT team. And to do that, it’s looking to a monkey. “Everybody laughs about it until they really start thinking about it,” said Mesa Officer Sean Truelove, who builds and operates tactical robots for …
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NEW YORK – A publicist for Brad Pitt (search) has denied a magazine report of a romance with Angelina Jolie (search), claiming the story was “completely untrue.” In its April 18 issue, Us Weekly proclaims on its cover, “It’s True!” over separate photos of Pitt, 41, and the 29-year-old Jolie. …
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SAO PAULO, Brazil – A police car screeched to a halt in the Novo Mundo slum. Children scattered as three officers with guns and bulletproof vests leapt out and ran into a tenement. Minutes later, the police left and an angry 17-year-old emerged, presenting bruises on his cheek and chest …
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WASHINGTON – The White House took both sides in a dispute over English being the national language Friday as a broad immigration bill moved toward a final Senate vote next week with one conservative predicting it will never become law. Bush’s support for the dueling sides doesn’t stray from his …
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CHICAGO – British Prime Minister Tony Blair is due in Washington to meet with President Bush just days after making a trip to Iraq to see new government leaders there, the White House announced Monday. White House spokesman Tony Snow did not provide details, such as which day the pair …
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DETROIT – Keith Bender, who police say was shot by Proof before the rapper was shot and killed, died early Tuesday, a hospital spokeswoman said. Bender, 35, had been in critical condition after being shot in the head a week ago at the CCC, a nightclub on Eight Mile Road, …
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