OCEAN CITY, Md. – Ocean City police arrested 10 people after a brawl outside Seacrets Night Club that left four officers with minor injuries. Police say several hundred people were fighting and disorderly outside about 2 a.m. Saturday. More than 20 officers, including handlers using police dogs, helped Seacrets’ security. …
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A Miami man was arrested for allegedly injecting women with silicone to enhance their buttocks at so-called “pumping parties” even though he doesn’t have a medical license. The Florida Department of Health said Anthony Donnell Solomon was charged with illegally practicing medicine, a third-degree felony that carries a sentence of …
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NEW YORK – A new version of the Firefox Web browser is scheduled for release Tuesday with improvements in security, speed and design. Many of the enhancements in Firefox 3 involve bookmarks. The new version lets Web surfers add keywords, or tags, to sort bookmarks by topic. A new “Places” …
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LONDON – Amy Winehouse has early stage emphysema and her lungs have been damaged by smoking crack cocaine and cigarettes, her father said in an interview published Sunday. The Sunday Mirror quoted Mitch Winehouse as saying that Amy has an irregular heartbeat, and has been warned that she will have …
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LOS ANGELES – Britney Spears was reunited briefly with her sons Saturday, spending about three hours with the two little boys nearly two months after the troubled pop star last saw them. Spears’ father, James, played a key part in making possible the visit with Jayden James, 1, and Sean …
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The estranged wife of Los Angeles Dodgers coach Don Mattingly was arrested and charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct after police say she refused to leave his property in Indiana. Police arrested 45-year-old Kim Mattingly after they were called to the home of the former Yankee …
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WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Two women, civilian workers at Sheppard Air Force Base, testified at a military hearing Monday that an Air Force colonel sexually assaulted them, and one said he raped her. One woman testified that Col. Samuel Lofton III forcibly kissed her and put her hand on his …
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WASHINGTON – CIA Director Michael Hayden cast doubt on the legality of waterboarding on Thursday, a day after the White House said the harsh interrogation tactic has saved American lives and could be used in the future. Hayden told the House Intelligence Committee that he officially prohibited CIA operatives from …
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LOS ANGELES – It’s now the law, pet owners who live in Los Angeles must have their dogs and cats sterilized by the time the animals are 4 months old. The ordinance, signed into effect Tuesday by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, is aimed at reducing and eventually eliminating the thousands of …
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WASHINGTON – President Bush vented frustration anew Saturday over the Senate’s failure to vote on more than 180 of his nominations, including more than two dozen to the federal bench. “Some have been waiting for more than a year,” said Bush, who invited many of the nominees to the White …
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