SRINAGAR, India – Buses from either side of divided Kashmir (search) headed to the heavily militarized frontier between India and Pakistan on Thursday in a new service that will allow Kashmiris to visit relatives separated by decades of enmity between the two rivals. On the Indian side, passengers hugged Prime …
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BEIRUT, Lebanon – The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah (search) flew a spy drone over northern Israel on Monday, and the unmanned flight returned safely, the group said. The flight was confirmed by the Lebanese government and the Israeli military. Hezbollah said in a broadcast over its Al-Manar Television channel that …
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Weekdays at 1 p.m. ET • Click here for FREE TICKETS to our studio audience and to order a VHS copy of the show call FDCH eMedia at 1-888-44-FOXTV. A massive manhunt for Stephen Stanko (search), who is wanted for murder and sexually assaulting a teenager: Police say he is …
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BEIJING – Word of Pope John Paul II’s (search) death spread slowly Sunday through China’s (search) capital, where congregations packed government-sanctioned churches but state-run media released only a trickle of information. At the Southern Cathedral, Beijing’s largest Catholic church (search), believers sang hymns and clasped their hands tightly in prayer, …
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CHICAGO – Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST) on Friday said earnings for the rest of its fiscal year would likely miss Wall Street forecasts because of weaker profits from gasoline sales, sending its shares down 9 percent. The largest U.S. warehouse club operator said profit margins were lower than expected, principally …
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Wow — twenty pages of e-mails from you about Florida’s new Stand Your Ground bill (search)! This clearly got your blood pressure up, and I can understand why. Your comments are running about 98 percent in favor of it to be signed into law, and only 2 percent against. Here …
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NEW YORK – JetBlue Airways Corp. (JBLU) on Thursday said profit fell by more than half in the first quarter, but its earnings still topped Wall Street estimates as the low-cost carrier fended off soaring fuel costs amid a bounceback in passenger traffic. The company’s profit report came as a …
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SAN FRANCISCO – Siebel Systems Inc. (SEBL) ousted Chief Executive Michael Lawrie on Wednesday, days after the business software maker warned quarterly sales would be the lowest in five years and as a group of disgruntled shareholders was to meet to mull the company’s future. Siebel named George Shaheen (search), …
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NEW YORK – For 487 weeks, viewers have made NBC’s “Today” show (search) team of Katie Couric (search) and Matt Lauer their favorites in the morning. The steady rise of ABC’s “Good Morning America” (search) is threatening that dominance. So far this season, the “Today” ratings lead has averaged 662,000 …
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PHILADELPHIA – A black man shot a white former co-worker to death on Easter, claiming he did it because he overheard the victim telling a racist joke seven years ago, authorities said Monday. Stanford A. Douglas Jr., (search) 29, was arrested Sunday after a two-hour standoff with police. He was …
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