LOS ANGELES – Donald Trump will soon have “The Apprentice” to himself: Martha Stewart‘s version of the NBC reality series is ending next month. Stewart’s show failed to find a big audience but both NBC and executive producer Mark Burnett said Monday that its mediocre ratings had nothing to do …
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NEW YORK – Prince Charles (search) and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall (search), spent their second day in Washington Thursday, visiting the National Institutes of Health, the National Building Museum and a seminar on religious faith at Georgetown University, before an evening reception hosted by British Ambassador Sir David Manning. …
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WASHINGTON – Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday added his voice to the chorus of Republican criticism of Democrats who contend the Bush administration of manipulating intelligence on Iraq. That accusation, he said, “one of the most dishonest and reprehensible charges ever aired in this city.” “Some of the most …
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A U.S. military effort to recruit more Latinos as officers on American campuses is coming under fire from California activists who call the initiative racist, according to the Daily Sundial, the student newspaper at California State University in Northridge. The Hispanic Access Initiative was established in the late 1990s with …
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NEW YORK – Paper products giant Georgia-Pacific Corp. (GP), the maker of Brawny paper towels and Angel Soft tissue, has agreed to be acquired for more than $13 billion by Koch Industries Inc., the nation’s second-biggest private company. The $13.2 billion cash deal announced Sunday also calls for Koch to …
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BATON ROUGE, La.. – Louisiana is expecting a $3.7 billion bill from the federal government for the state’s share of the hurricane recovery, far exceeding anything the governor had anticipated. The state is already dealing with its own crippling budget problems, including dramatic jumps in unemployment, business shutdowns and a …
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CHICAGO – U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow (search) told a newspaper Wednesday she fears the murders of husband and mother may have been related to her job, saying she is furious over what she called a “cold-blooded” attack. “If someone was angry at me, they should go after me. …
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. – A judge issued a three-year restraining order against a man who allegedly sent threatening letters to Halle Berry’s (search) home. Superior Court Judge Linda K. Lefkowitz ruled that Robert Sawyer (search) of San Pablo, about 15 miles northeast of San Francisco, was to stay 100 yards …
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LOS ANGELES – He’s short, quiet and usually wears a bow tie to court. Attorney M. Gerald Schwartzbach (search) may not be animated or flamboyant, but actor Robert Blake (search) hailed him as a godsend and a lifesaver after being acquitted of murder and murder solicitation charges. Singing his praises …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – A car bomber blew himself up Thursday near an Islamic shrine, killing five Iraqis in the latest attack on Shiite Muslim pilgrims marking a major religious holiday. The blast in Tuz Khormato, 55 miles south of Kirkuk, killed three civilians, including a child, and two soldiers helping …
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