MEXICO CITY – A top government official moved beyond President Vicente Fox’s (search) expression of regret and issued a public apology late Tuesday for the Mexican leader’s comments about American blacks. The statement came a day after Fox expressed regret in telephone conversations with the Revs. Al Sharpton (search) and …
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This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” May 12, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. JOHN GIBSON, HOST: An Ohio chapter of the ACLU (search) taking issue with a cross in a cemetery. The group says the monument amounts to an illegal endorsement of …
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BANGKOK, Thailand – Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova (search) has returned to Thailand to thank doctors and nurses who helped her recover from serious injuries sustained when the tsunami struck the resort island of Phuket (search). Nemcova, whose boyfriend was killed by the giant waves, spent three weeks in a southern …
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SAN FRANCISCO – If you’re a kid who has two moms instead of a mom and a dad, what happens to you if they break up? Does one pay child support? Does she also get visitation rights? The answers might be clear if your parents were a man and a …
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CANNES, France – Cannes (search) is where “Fahrenheit 9/11” caught fire, winning the film festival’s top prize last year and putting the heat on the White House. This time, organizers want to avoid that kind of political firestorm. As a new edition of the French Riviera (search) festival opens Wednesday, …
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NEW YORK – Mena Suvari (search) has filed for divorce from cinematographer Robert Brinkmann (search), her husband of five years. The report by Us Weekly magazine was confirmed Wednesday by Suvari’s publicist, Melissa Kates. The statement said Suvari is claiming irreconcilable differences as the basis for her divorce petition, filed …
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NEW YORK – A 9-year-old girl fatally stabbed an 11-year-old girl in the chest with a steak knife during a fight over a ball, authorities said. The 9-year-old, a fourth-grader whose name wasn’t released, was charged with manslaughter. Police spokesman Paul J. Browne told The New York Times that he …
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A new pill not only can eliminate the need for transfusions in some people with a deadly blood disorder but also can wipe out all signs of the disease in some of them. The experimental drug, Revlimid, is being tested in people with myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS, a group of …
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LOS ANGELES, Chile – Chilean soldiers on Saturday searched the Andes (search) mountains for 24 comrades lost when a blizzard struck during a training march, but their commander admitted that they almost certainly will be found dead. Twenty-one bodies have been found so far since Wednesday’s storm, the army said …
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HOUSTON – El Paso Corp. (EP), the largest U.S. pipeline operator, on Tuesday posted a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit, hurt by weak natural gas production results and hedging losses. The Houston company, in the midst of a massive reorganization to focus on its pipeline and gas production operations, did manage to …
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