CAMP ZAMA, Japan – Frail but determined,Charles Jenkins (search)surrendered to the United States on Saturday, nearly 40 years after the Army sergeant allegedly defected toNorth Korea (search)and became a potent propaganda symbol for the isolated communist state. Jenkins’ surrender ends a bizarre, twisting saga that saw him vanish from his …
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NEW YORK – No free Trump, Angelina coos for kids and “Lost” finds an audience in today’s Foxlight. If you want to hearDonald Trump (search)talk, watch “The Apprentice.” Otherwise, it could cost you a lot of dough. Trump is charging the University of Buffalo in New York $200,000 for one …
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LOS ANGELES – TheLos Angeles Dodgers (search)are fuming over a man’s scheme to try to catchBarry Bonds’ (search)700th home run ball. Investment banker Michael Mahan spent nearly $25,000 buying tickets for two games against theSan Francisco Giants (search)at Dodger Stadium next month. He figured it was a worthwhile investment, because …
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WASHINGTON – The Senate probably will not vote before this year’s election on a bill with broad bipartisan support to legalize cheaper prescription drug imports from Canada,Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (search) said Wednesday. Some Democrats responded that they would try to force such a vote. Frist, R-Tenn., an opponent …
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WASHINGTON – President Bush’s (search)national security team, which has stayed remarkably intact despite missteps in Iraq and his slumping approval ratings, is likely to undergo a major facelift if Bush wins a second term. Maybe even before. Secretary of StateColin Powell (search)is expected to be first out the door in …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – A homicide bombing killed the head of the U.S.-appointedIraqi Governing Council (search)as his car waited at a checkpoint near coalition headquarters Monday, a major setback to American efforts to stabilize Iraq just six weeks before the handover of sovereignty. A roadside bomb containing deadly sarin nerve agent …
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KARACHI, Pakistan – A bomb exploded at aShiite Muslim (search)mosque packed with worshippers in this southern Pakistani port city Friday, killing 14 people and wounding more than 200 others in a suspected homicide attack, police and witnesses said. President Gen.Pervez Musharraf (search)condemned the blast as a “heinous act of terrorism” …
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The United States ranked No. 22 on a list of 235 countries studied for one year in terms of stability and prosperity, and the Vatican ranked first, Reuters reported. Among the top 10 on are Sweden, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Monaco, Gibralter, San Marino, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands and the Irish …
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The wife of a soldier deployed in Iraq is charged with killing their 11-month-old daughter after the infant was found starved to death in their littered home on the Fort Leonard Wood Army post, authorities said. The child was found dead in her mother’s arms last month, …
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Spain said Tuesday it is prepared to accept detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Reuters reported. Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos promised during a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Spain would attempt to take transfers on a case by case basis. “She asked me for help with the …
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