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US gov's wife says she may be able to forgive affair
COLUMBIA, South Carolina - South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she may be able to forgive her husband's much-publicized affair with an Argentine woman, but true reconciliation will take more ...
Penthouse where Madoff and wife lived seized by US marshals, could be sold
NEW YORK - Federal marshals seized disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's US$7-million Manhattan penthouse on Thursday and forced his wife to move out and leave her possessions behind, including a fur c...
US vice-president in Iraq to visit troops and meet prime minister
BAGHDAD - U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Thursday to visit U.S. soldiers, just two days after all American combat troops withdrew from Baghdad and all of Iraq's cities and towns. ...
Police say bus crash kills 23 in head-on collision near Lake Titicaca in Peru
LIMA, Peru - Two buses crashed head-on Thursday on a mountainous road near Lake Titicaca in Peru, killing at least 23 people and injuring 50 more, police said. The morning crash occurred in the San...
Justice Department delays release of report on CIA detention, interrogation until late August
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration said Thursday that it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention and interrogation program before making it public. ...
OAS head pessimistic Honduras coup leaders will quickly restore president; warns of sanctions
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - A top diplomat said Thursday he is heading to Honduras to demand the return of the president toppled at gunpoint - a mission he said is likely to meet rejection, bringing diplo...
Federal judge provisionally acquits Missouri woman in MySpace cyberbullying case
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Thursday provisionally threw out the convictions of a Missouri mother for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbour girl who ended up committing s...
Obama praises Jackson, says he still has the entertainer's music on iPod
WASHINGTON - The King of Pop had a fan in the White House. President Barack Obama described himself as a longtime follower of Michael Jackson, the legendary performer who died June 25 at age 50. ...
North Korea fires 4 missiles amid concern about launch toward Hawaii July Fourth
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its east coast Thursday, a possible prelude to the launch of a long-range missile toward Hawaii over the July Fourth holida...
Newspaper columnists give Palin dubious 'Sitting Duck Award'
JUNEAU, Alaska - The National Society of Newspaper Columnists chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the winner of its annual Sitting Duck Award, a tongue-in-cheek honour that pokes fun at the most ridicule...
Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz is starting his own comic book series called Fall Out Toyworks, according to MTV.com. The five
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