CAIRO – The head of Egypt’s state human rights agency says 2,600 people, nearly half of them supporters of the nation’s ousted president, were killed in violence over an 18-month period starting June 30, 2013. Mohammed Fayeq, head of the National Council for Human Rights, told reporters Sunday that 700 …
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Martin O’Malley, former Baltimore mayor and Maryland governor, announced his presidential candidacy on Saturday, and said some things that could be taken as criticism of President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. “Today, the American dream seems for so many of us to be hanging by a thread,” …
Read More »Rosie O'Donnell's Really Big Show
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I try to avoid clichés like the plague (smirk). But Otto von Bismarck nailed it when he said no one should ever watch the making of sausage or laws. The past two-and-a-half weeks on Capitol Hill is a case study in Bismarck’s observation. It started the late afternoon of Sept. …
Read More »The Financial Crisis Is All About Confidence
Sometimes people ask me what this financial crisis is all about. In a word: confidence. It’s about confidence. The confidence of lenders to lend, and borrowers to borrow. The confidence of shoppers to shop, and retailers to hire folks because they will shop. It’s about homebuyers feeling confident to look …
Read More »Danny Bonaduce Divorce Final, Wife to Get $10,000 a Month
LOS ANGELES – After almost 18 years of marriage, Danny and Gretchen Bonaduce’s divorce was made final in the Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday. Gretchen filed for divorce from “The Partridge Family” star in April 2007 citing irreconcilable differences. In the final settlement, Gretchen was awarded their 2008 Ford …
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You may remember last week that we reported Florida Congressman Robert Wexler doesn’t live in Florida and hasn’t lived there for at least 10 years. Wexler lives in Maryland. That’s where FOX News producer Griff Jenkins caught up with him. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GRIFF JENKINS, FOX NEWS PRODUCER: It looks …
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LOS ANGELES – Vanessa Hudgens has become one of the most in-demand starlets in Hollywood, and now the man who professes to have discovered her wants a piece of her pie. Pop Tarts has obtained documents filed on Monday in the Los Angeles Superior Court in which her former producer/manager …
Read More »2008 Ford Mustang Bullitt
It’s got a cop motor, cop tires, cop shocks … oh, wait, wrong movie. The 2008 Mustang Bullitt is a special edition of the venerable pony car that pays tribute to the 1968 film of the same name. In the movie, Steve McQueen plays a detective who hunts down bad …
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