LOS ANGELES – Britney Spears and her ex-husband Kevin Federline were in court Tuesday for a child custody hearing, resulting in an unspecified change to the pop star’s visitation status. TMZ reported that Spears was awarded overnight visitation rights with Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, her two young …
Read More »'Extreme' Porn Goes on Trial in Los Angeles,Disgusting Some Potential Jurors
LOS ANGELES – What violates community obscenity standards in the nation’s reputed pornography capital? Federal prosecutors think they have a case. Ira Isaacs readily admits he produced and sold movies depicting bestiality and sexual activity involving feces and urine. The judge warned potential jurors that the hours of fetish videos …
Read More »Rodney King To Be Featured On VH1's `Celebrity Rehab'
LOS ANGELES – Rodney King will appear in the next installment of VH1’s “Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew.” The show features famous people dealing with drug and alcohol problems aided by celebrity addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky. King, whose 1991 beating by Los Angeles police led to deadly rioting the …
Read More »Israeli-Palestinian Peace Urged by Rice
BERLIN – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday urged a renewed focus on Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts with time running down on the Bush administration’s goal of reaching an agreement this year. Rice said that nascent indirect Turkish-brokered talks between Israel and Syria and signs of a possible Israeli-Lebanese warming …
Read More »Author Frank Luntz on Fr. Pfleger's Controversial Statements
This is a rush transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” May 30, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. ALAN COLMES, CO-HOST: (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) FR. MICHAEL PFLEGER: Get the sucker who’s been raping me and make him pay. For America has been raping …
Read More »Anti-Military Antics? San Francisco Schools Refuse to Give Credit to Students in JROTC Program
This is a rush transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” June 27, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: The San Francisco school board voted Thursday to no longer award physical education credits to students in the Junior ROTC program. This …
Read More »Family Circle Presidential Cookie Bake-Off
For the fifth election season in a row, Family Circle has asked the spouses of the presidential candidates to share their favorite cookie recipe. • Bill Clinton’s Oatmeal Cookies Longtime Clinton family cook Oscar Flores — he worked for them in Washington and after, but is now serving in Iraq …
Read More »Zimbabweans Forced to Vote in Mugabe-Only Runoff Election
HARARE, Zimbabwe – Widespread voter intimidation and low turnout marked Zimbabwe’s one-candidate presidential runoff Friday, further damaging the vote designed to bolster longtime President Robert Mugabe’s credibility. Residents said they were forced to vote, threatened by violence, arson or roving bands of government supporters searching for those without an ink-stained …
Read More »Former Colorado Nuke Plant Contractors Ordered to Pay $925M
DENVER – Two companies that worked as contractors with the now-defunct Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant have been ordered to pay $925 million to residents who claimed that contamination blown from the facility endangered people’s health and devalued their property. A federal judge on Monday ordered Dow Chemical Co. to …
Read More »Al Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Attack Near Denmark Embassy in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A statement attributed to Al Qaeda on Thursday claimed responsibility for this week’s deadly bombing at the Danish Embassy and threatened more attacks on countries where cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad are published. The statement, signed by an Al Qaeda commander in Afghanistan, also lauded Pakistani jihadists …
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