WASHINGTON – The U.S. government has agreed to pay $300,000 to an Egyptian man who sued after he was detained for nearly a year following the Sept. 11 attacks, his lawyer said. The settlement was filed Monday in federal court in Brooklyn, said attorney Haeyoung Yoon, who represents Ehab Elmaghraby. …
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NEW YORK – NBC is significantly expanding its Olympics video offerings for the Internet and cell phones, a sure sign of its increased comfort with technologies that erect geographic boundaries online. The network’s official Olympics site, NBCOlympics.com, will show for free, on a delayed basis, the complete runs and routines …
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CINCINNATI – Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett, a Bush administration critic who had been recruited by top Democrats to run for U.S. Senate, said Tuesday he was reluctantly dropping his campaign and declared his political career over. Hackett said he was pressured by party leaders to drop out of the …
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It’s literally splitsville for one Brooklyn, N.Y., couple. A soon-to-be divorced duo should live unhappily ever after with a wall built right in the middle of their dining room dividing the house they shared for 18 years, a judge ordered, according to the New York Daily News. The judge gave …
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WASHINGTON – Hoping to help prevent Iraq’s bloody sectarian violence from turning into civil war, President Bush on Friday urged Iraqis to exercise restraint in a critical “moment of choosing.” Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged political factions to renew efforts to form a unity government. Bush praised Iraq’s political …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Kidnapped American journalist Jill Carroll appeared in a video aired Thursday on a private Kuwaiti TV station, appealing in a calm, composed voice for her supporters to do whatever it takes to win her release “as quickly as possible.” Carroll, wearing traditional Arab attire, said the date …
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Portable toilets are a fact of life. And Maryland Delegate John G. Trueschler has nothing against them. “By the time you get to be an adult you have probably been in half a dozen portable toilets,” Trueschler said. What gets under his skin is not having a …
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan and India agreed to work on a pact that would avert the risk of an accident triggering a nuclear conflict between the South Asian rivals, a joint statement said on Wednesday. Senior officials rounded off two days of talks in Islamabad on confidence building measures related …
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WASHINGTON – An estimated 3.6 million U.S. households — or about three out of every 100 — reported being victims of identity theft, according to a government study that counted misuse of someone else’s cell phone, credit card or personal information. The figures released Sunday by the Justice Department differ …
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Four teenagers who pleaded guilty to beating a homeless man to death last spring were sentenced to more than 20 years in prison Monday. The teens pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the death of Michael Roberts, 53. Authorities said …
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