Even God is vulnerable to low television ratings. CBS’ decision this month to cancel the drama “Joan of Arcadia (search)” after two seasons has baffled and angered its fans. Many are peppering CBS and anyone who will listen with e-mails trying to find some way to keep the series alive. …
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See you weeknights in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight … “The O’Reilly Factor” is on… Does actress Jane Fonda’s new book, “My Life So Far” have much in common with Ben Franklin’s memoir? The editor-in-chief of “Reason” magazine Nick Gillespie writes in a …
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Michigan is hardly the Old West, but after President Bush gave a commencement speech here Saturday an aide was spotted carrying a fancy brown leather saddle up the rear stairs of Air Force One (search). Bush went to Grand Rapids to give a graduation speech and …
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DALLAS – Black voters, united in their disdain for Mayor Laura Miller’s (search) outspoken style and what they call a disregard for southern Dallas, shocked many by turning out in record numbers to help crush a proposal that would have dramatically increased her power. “I was surprised,” said Dallas County …
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MEXICO CITY – President Vicente Fox (search) came under criticism Saturday after saying Mexicans were willing to take jobs “that not even blacks want to do in the United States.” Fox’s remark Friday came a day after Mexico (search) announced it would formally protest recent U.S. immigration reforms, including the …
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WASHINGTON – The following is a partial transcript of Bret Baiers’ interview with Paul Wolfowitz, the deputy secretary of defense who is leaving the department to become president of the World Bank. BRET BAIER, FOX NEWS PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: It looked like you got a little choked up [at your farewell …
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WASHINGTON – Former President Clinton (search) said Friday he thought the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (search) gave peace another chance in the Middle East, but he spoke wryly of his past efforts to forge such a deal. “It is obvious, if I could be candid, that we’ve got …
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DETROIT – General Motors Corp. (GM) and Ford Motor Co. (F) on Tuesday reported lower April U.S. vehicle sales as high gasoline prices, and ebbing demand for their once profitable SUVs, caused them to lose traction again to foreign competitors. The decline spelled more trouble for Detroit. The two largest …
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MIAMI – Miami-Dade County’s elections chief has recommended ditching its ATM-style voting machines, just three years after buying them for $24.5 million to avoid a repeat of the hanging and dimpled chads from the 2000 election. Elections supervisor Lester Sola (search) said in a memo Friday that the county should …
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Two-thirds of patients with type 2 diabetes do not adequately control their blood sugar, leaving millions of U.S. patients vulnerable to the disease’s complications, according to a report released Wednesday. Experts caution that the results show a dangerous lack of attention from both doctors and the estimated 13.8 million Americans …
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