Purple Pain for Prince's Landlord, Carlos Boozer

"The ever-eccentric Grammy-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has been sued by Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer for allegedly pimping out Boozer's West Hollywood home, which the rock star is renting for $70,000 a...

China repeats it in accord with Russia on Iran

"China said on Thursday, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin left Beijing, that Beijing and Moscow are in accord on Iran's nuclear standoff with the West. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday...

Moroccans Pulling for Native Son in Israel

"Today, while most Arab countries remain off-limits to Israelis, Morocco is welcoming back its former citizens in droves on visits to trace their roots, among them Amir Peretz... Israel's Labor party leader Peretz is...

Palm Beach woman sues Walgreens over insulting comments on prescription

I gotta say, She's really sounds like a psycho!!! Insulting, maybe... but un-true???"So when the 53-year-old Palm Beach resident read the Walgreens printout attached to her prescription last week for the sleep aid...

Designer Mice Made to Order

"Raising lab animals is big business, and when it comes to the price of mice you pay extra for defects: A mouse with arthritis runs close to $200; two pairs of epileptic mice can cost 10 times that. You want three...

Hatcher Discloses She Was Sexually Abused

"Teri Hatcher, one of the stars of ABC's "Desperate Housewives," says in the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair that her uncle sexually molested her 35 years ago. The 41-year-old actress says she learned in 2002...

Coffee May Spell Heart Trouble for Some

"Here's a real caffeine jolt — heart attacks might be a risk for coffee drinkers with a common genetic trait that makes caffeine linger in their bodies, a study suggests. Research on more than 4,000 people in...

The 78th Oscar Awards Bestowed on Sat. Night

"Gritty race relations drama Crash pulled a stunning upset at the Oscars on Sunday, winning the best film award over highly favoured gay romance Brokeback Mountain in a night heavy with political messages. Philip...

Judge Slams Ex-EPA Chief Over Sept. 11

"NEW YORK - A federal judge blasted former Environmental Protection Agency chief Christine Todd Whitman on Thursday for reassuring New Yorkers soon after the Sept. 11 attacks that it was safe to return to their homes...

Man Busted on GWB with $1 Million Worth of Pot

The guy was probably, stoned - he got pulled over because he got drove onto the lower level, which prohibits trucks, "Rockland County man was busted for smuggling $1 million worth of pot across the George Washington Bridge yesterday after cops spotted him riding in a...

are oil companies price gouging?

Oil prices have been soaring, and so have the profits of the oil companies apparently."Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) rewrote the corporate record books Thursday as the oil company's third-quarter earnings soared to...

Strong, Sweet Smell Reported in Manhattan

I saw this story on Drudge, and immediately thought Mayor B rolled a phat blunt - I certainly smell it more and more on the streets these days, but never the maple syrup variety; maybe it was just a brilliant guerrilla marketing campaign on behalf Aunt Jemima? Residents from...

Armed US military Dolphins Missing?

Armed and dangerous - Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina by Mark Townsend HoustonIt may be the oddest tale to emerge from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Armed dolphins, trained by the US military...

Astrodome Radio Station Blocked

KAMP 95.3 "Evacuation Radio Services", a low-power FM station for Hurricane Katrina evacuees housed at the Astrodome, is still stuck in limbo. Although the group trying to organize the station has wrangled...

Virgins dance for king in Swaziland

LUDZIDZINI ROYAL VILLAGE, Swaziland: More than 50,000 bare-breasted virgins vied to become the King of Swaziland's 13th wife yesterday in a ceremony which critics say ill befits a country with the world's highest...

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