KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo – Violent protests rocked Serb-dominated northern Kosovo on Friday, as mobs chanting “Kosovo is ours!” hurled stones, bottles and firecrackers at U.N. police guarding a bridge that divides Serbs from ethnic Albanians. Click here for photos. The scenes evoked memories of the carnage unleashed by former Serb …
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NEW ORLEANS – Chuckling as a man clad in a scanty pink negligee and matching panties strolled down Bourbon Street, tourists Bill and Sherry Jordan were undaunted by news that gunfire had marred this year’s Mardi Gras celebration. “We’re not afraid,” Sherry Jordan, from the north Louisiana town of Downsville, …
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SOUTH PASADENA, Calif. – What the @$%.? This community on the edge of Los Angeles has become a cuss-free zone. So if you’re headed to South Pasadena this week, be sure to turn down the volume on that Snoop Dogg CD, and, if the little old lady from Pasadena cuts …
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It could be Texas or bust for Mike Huckabee. The long-shot GOP candidate is making a big final push in the Lone Star State ahead of Tuesday’s four-state primary contest. The former Arkansas governor says he’s going to keep “plugging away” until somebody reaches the 1,191 delegates needed to clinch …
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MINNEAPOLIS – Al Franken’s main competition for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate dropped out Monday, giving the comedian-turned-candidate a major boost. Franken and lawyer Mike Ciresi were vying for the party’s endorsement to take on Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in November. Coleman is seeking a second term. Franken has …
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LOS ANGELES – The Dodgers used a five-man infield against the Boston Red Sox. Too bad they weren’t allowed to put a player or two in the Los Angeles Coliseum stands. Kevin Cash and Kevin Youkilis hit cheap homers off Esteban Loaiza to account for five runs in the first …
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LONDON – A coroner on Monday rejected a conspiracy theory — pursued for more than a decade by Mohamed Al Fayed — that Princess Diana was murdered in a secret service plot at the behest of Britain’s royal family. Lord Justice Scott Baker, who is leading the inquest into the …
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• Eliot Laurence Spitzer was born in 1959 in New York. • Described as the most feared man on Wall Street, Spitzer has made a name for himself as a crusader by fighting organized crime and political corruption. He has been dubbed the “sheriff” of Wall Street. • When Spitzer …
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BEIJING – A spurned Chinese wife set fire to more than 400 cell phones owned by her and her husband after he walked out on their marriage, a news agency reported Friday. The official Xinhua News Agency said the 37-year-old woman, identified only by her surname Wang, was arrested for …
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SAN ANTONIO – Clear Channel Communications Inc. and the private equity firms seeking to close a $19.5 billion purchase of the company on Wednesday sued the banks backing the deal. In lawsuits filed in Texas and New York, Clear Channel and the buyers group, led by Bain Capital and Thomas …
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