PARIS – French President Nicolas Sarkozy is calling on the European Union to tax or limit imports from countries that refuse to cap their greenhouse gas emissions. In a letter released Tuesday to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, the French leader warned that new EU limits on carbon dioxide …
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LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. – Southern California was bracing Tuesday for another day of rain as the second of three back-to-back storms expected to hit the state this week approached the coast. Forecasters posted a flash flood watch for areas scarred by last summer’s wildfires in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara …
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CANTON, Mass. – A Massachusetts prosecutor ordered an inquest into Amy Bishop’s 1986 fatal shooting of her brother, saying there are new questions about whether it was the accident investigators concluded at the time. The handling of the case has been under scrutiny since Bishop was accused of killing three …
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Chinese authorities tried to reassure amorous couples Saturday that sexy text messages would not land them in jail, amid a crackdown against pornography on the internet and mobile phones. Two high-ranking justice officials, quoted Saturday in Beijing News, said the law would not necessarily be applied in cases where racy …
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WESTMINSTER, Calif. – A man has been charged with murder and attempted murder after police say he killed a Southern California woman and critically injured her boyfriend while pretending he wanted to buy their car. Prosecutors say Pasqual Loera was charged Tuesday following his arrest Sunday outside Primm, Nev. He …
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A Wisconsin man was charged with attending real estate open houses to steal women’s underwear, then claiming to police that he was driving to the thefts because he missed his ex-wife. Robert Remiker, 58, was found with a plastic bag containing eight pairs of women’s underwear and printouts of open …
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HILTON HEAD, S.C. – A 38-year-old father of two was jogging and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing on the beach, officials said Tuesday. Robert Gary Jones of Woodstock, Ga., was killed instantly on Hilton Head …
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A 12-year-old Haitian boy is in Fort Lauderdale to get treatment for a massive cancerous tumor on his neck. It’s the first time Esthelhomme Peterson and mother Denise Artiste have ever left their impoverished homeland. The trip was arranged by Broward General Medical Center nurse, Lauren …
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A London woman is piling the pounds into her bank account by cramming colossal amounts of food into her stomach and filming it for those with a fat fetish, The Sun reported Wednesday. Sassy Thomas, 30, from the Tottenham area of the U.K capital, makes more than $3,000 a month …
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This is a rush transcript from “The Journal Editorial Report,” May 29, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. PAUL GIGOT, FOX HOST: This week on the “Journal Editorial Report,” the oil spill that threatens to engulf an administration. As the blame game …
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