KEY WEST, Fla. – Hurricane Wilma’s march toward Florida slowed somewhat Thursday, giving residents an unexpected extra day to prepare for the storm, while authorities stockpiled emergency supplies. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center (search) said Wilma would likely strike Florida’s western coast about midday Sunday, a da likely weaken …
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TRENTON, N.J. – Democratic Sen. Jon Corzine (search) appears to lead Republican businessman Doug Forrester in the New Jersey governor’s race, a poll released Wednesday found. Corzine was supported by 50 percent to 43 percent for Forrester in the Quinnipiac University poll of 702 likely voters Oct. 11-17. Seven percent …
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CAMERON, La. – Former President George H.W. Bush (search) wrapped up a tour of the hurricane-devastated Gulf Coast on Sunday with a helicopter trip over parts of Texas and Louisiana, saying the damage reminded him of last year’s Asian tsunami. Bush’s weekend tour of the region concluded with a visit …
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A new Florida law has landed one New York tourist’s hiney in hot water. Sean P. Curlin allegedly smacked the hindquarters of two horses from the Tampa police’s mounted patrol: Mr. Bill and Red, according to the Tampa Tribune. Thanks to a new provision of state law that makes it …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Three massive vehicle bombs exploded Monday near the Palestine Hotel (search), home to many Western journalists, killing at least 20 people. Dramatic TV pictures showed one of the bombers driving a cement truck through the concrete blast walls that guard the hotel, then blowing up his vehicle. …
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I have three new friends, named Holly, Bridget and Kendra. They’re Hugh Hefner’s (search) bodacious paramours, aka “The Girls Next Door” (search) from the E! reality series. OK, so they’re not really my friends (yet). But I did have a swell time interviewing them and Hef in celebration of the …
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BEIRUT, Lebanon – The Shiite guerrilla group Hezbollah paraded its army in a massive show of strength to counter international calls to disarm, while its fiery leader backed Syria in the face of intense pressure over the U.N. probe into the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister. As tens …
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WASHINGTON – The White House welcomed a last-minute agreement to gain Sunni Arab support on a new Iraqi constitution as a positive step on Wednesday but cautioned that it likely would do little to quell violence directed at Saturday’s vote. President Bush (search) urged Syria to do more to seal …
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NEW HAVEN, Ct. – Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell (search) filed papers Thursday to run again for the office she took over last year when her predecessor resigned amid a corruption scandal. Rell was to formally announce her candidacy Friday for the GOP gubernatorial nomination in 2006. Her filing came …
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Rep. Mary Bono (search) and her husband, businessman Glenn Baxley (search), plan to divorce, her office said Thursday. The couple have “mutually agreed to separate and intend to file for divorce. As this is a time of great sadness for them both, Congresswoman Bono asks that the …
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