CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – With the countdown entering its final hours and a fuel gauge problem still unexplained, NASA (search) said it is prepared to bend its longstanding safety rules to launch the shuttle Tuesday on the first flight since Columbia’s doomed mission 21/2 years ago. Discovery and a crew …
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NEW YORK – If only Bo Bice had cut down on the ribs. Carrie Underwood (search), who beat out Bice to win the “American Idol” crown in May, was voted the “World’s Sexiest Vegetarian” (search) in PETA’s annual online poll. She shares the honor with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. More …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – The head of Iraq’s karate union has been kidnapped south of Baghdad (search), sports officials said Saturday. Ali Shakir (search) was abducted Thursday afternoon in Latifiyah, about 20 miles south of Baghdad, while on his way home, said Ahmed Hashim, an Iraq Olympic committee official. Gunmen wearing …
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A little girl’s bed in Kansas was struck by lightning — and she lived to tell the tale. Kaylee Shriner, 7, was sleeping in her own bed in the town of Tonganoxie (search), 25 miles west of Kansas City, when a bolt of lightning struck her house on the morning …
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I am going to say something now that amounts to complete and total heresy in this world. It makes me completely and totally apostate, a low-life, pond scum. But I’m going to say it anyway. What’s the obsession with Africa? I mean, here’s the day after the Brits big day …
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This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” July 15, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: In the “Personal Story” segment tonight, the city of Los Angeles …
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LOS ANGELES – Calling it an overdue “environment of tolerance,” officials broke ground Thursday for what they called the nation’s first nonprofit senior housing facility designed for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender adults. The $20 million Encore House (search) in Hollywood will accommodate low-income seniors in 104 rental units and …
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NEW YORK – Rapper Lil’ Kim (search) struck back Monday at a trial witness who helped to secure her false-statements conviction and yearlong prison sentence, filing a lawsuit accusing the witness of unlawfully using her name and image to promote a DVD. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court …
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – President Gen. Pervez Musharraf (search) on Thursday vowed to fight religious extremism and said militants like those who carried out the London bombings two weeks ago were defaming Islam. In a nationally televised address, Musharraf strongly condemned the July 7 bombings in the British capital and said …
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CHICAGO – United Airlines (search) and its mechanics’ union reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract Monday, moving the carrier a step closer to securing the company-wide labor concessions it seeks in order to exit bankruptcy. The tentative deal gives United the $96 million in annual wage and …
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