SYDNEY, Australia – Nicole Kidman and fiance Keith Urban came home to Australia on Monday to be married, they said in a joint statement. “We are very happy to be back in Australia,” they said in a joint statement carried by Australian Associated Press. “We have come home to celebrate …
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Deliberations Begin in Baby-Severing Case
McKINNEY, Texas – Jurors began deliberations Wednesday in the murder trial of a woman who cut off her baby daughter’s arms. Dena Schlosser, 37, pleaded innocent by reason of insanity. The defense wants her committed to a state mental hospital but prosecutors are seeking a life sentence and urged the …
Read More »Wound, Not Mutation, Made Nebraska Trout Grow Two Mouths
LINCOLN, Neb. – A Nebraska-bred trout with two mouths grew them as a result of an injury, not a genetic mutation, says a Harvard researcher. A muscle in the trout’s mouth was severed in the past, causing thin membranes between the lower jaw bone and the floor of the mouth …
Read More »Warren Buffett Gets Animated
LONDON – British brand management company DIC Entertainment said on Wednesday it had signed up Warren Buffett to create an animated DVD series featuring the billionaire investor as a financial mentor for children. The series titled “The Secret Millionaire’s Club” will feature the words, voice and likeness of Buffett, who …
Read More »Returns Put Former President Ahead in Haiti Elections
MARMELADE, Haiti – Incomplete returns showed that Rene Preval — a popular former president and one-time protege of ousted leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide — has a commanding lead in Haiti’s presidential election outright, an official with his party and a rival said Thursday. The official at Preval’s Lespwa party headquarters said …
Read More »Older Americans Vulnerable to Nest-Egg Robbers
BOSTON – Older Americans were not born yesterday. But that doesn’t mean retirees and soon-to-be retirees aren’t vulnerable to scam artists intent on separating them from their money with promises of free lunches and guaranteed returns. In fact, federal regulators and others say older Americans — 10,000 of whom will …
Read More »Bush Heads to Vegas for Republican Fundraiser
LAS VEGAS – President Bush has arrived here for a campaign fundraiser and the presentation of a volunteer award to a nurse who helped Hurricane Katrina evacuees. The president was greeted at McCarran International Airport by the state’s top Republicans — Gov. Kenny Guinn, Sen. John Ensign and Rep. Jim …
Read More »Rebuilding of New Orleans Slap in Face of Environmentalists
NEW ORLEANS – In the rush to rebuild, this hurricane-smashed city is dumping its debris into the swamps by the truckload — and throwing away an opportunity to turn America’s costliest natural disaster into the nation’s greatest recycling effort, environmentalists say. Every day, trucks rumble down the streets on their …
Read More »N.J. Law: Doctors Must Screen New Moms for Depression
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey doctors will be required to educate expecting mothers and their families about postpartum depression and screen new moms for the disorder under a new law signed Thursday. Gov. Jon S. Corzine called the new requirements, which go into effect this fall, “a significant and positive …
Read More »Former FEMA Head Michael Brown on Bird Flu Preparations
This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” April 18, 2006, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Imagine this: 90 million Americans sick, 2 million dead, major cities quarantined, schools closed, air traffic grounded, makeshift hospitals in parking lots. It’s not a movie. It’s part …
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