WASHINGTON – CBS News mounted an aggressive defense Friday of its report aboutPresident Bush’s (search) service in the Air National Guard, with anchorDan Rather (search)saying broadcast memos questioned by forensic experts came from “what we consider to be solid sources.” On Friday’s “CBS Evening News,” Rather said that “no definitive …
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NEW YORK – SpongeBob (search), Dora the Explorer and the Rugrats could all become rock stars in the next few years. Children’s television networkNickelodeon (search)has partnered with BMG to create a record label, which means tunes from shows like “SpongeBob SquarePants” will be released as albums. “These are characters kids …
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Here’s what is on tap for Monday: ‘FOX & Friends First’ (6 a.m. ET) Folks in Florida are feeling the fury of the Sunshine State’s fourth hurricane this season. How can you help? We’ll ask Margaret O’Brien-Molina, spokesperson for the American Red Cross. With just five weeks left till Election …
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WASHINGTON – Signaling a costly struggle ahead, the political parties have reserved a combined $30 million in television advertising for roughly three-dozen House seats, a blend of races that hints at a Republican advantage heading into the fall campaign. Democrats, who need to gain 12 seats for a majority, intend …
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Well, guess what? I finally got some answers about that lawyer from theNational Lawyers Guild (search)who the cops wanted to help identify the guy who stomped a cop during one of these convention protests. It turns out… she’s not a lawyer. She’s a computer worker who was given a green …
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WASHINGTON – Forty-eight Catholic members of Congress have signed a letter warning that the church risks bringing “great harm” on itself if bishops decide to denycommunion (search)to legislators who supportabortion rights (search)or take other public positions that are odds with church doctrine. In a May 10 letter toCardinal Theodore McCarrick …
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WASHINGTON – Many of the worst abuses that have come to light from the Abu Ghraib prison happened on a single November day amid a flare of insurgent violence in Iraq, the deaths of many U.S. soldiers and a breakdown of the American guards’ command structure. Nov. 8 was the …
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Wow… what an interesting show we had! No major Iraq or political news that dominates, just more fallout for the Radio City Democratic fundraiser labeled by many as the celebrity hate fest. We hearWhoopi Goldberg (search)was the ringleader of the anti-Bush curse-athon and she paid the price by losing her …
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LA JOYA, Texas – Authorities suspect a 2-year-old boy who died with a fractured skull was accidentally crushed by a morbidly obese relative. Hidalgo County Justice of the Peace Bobby Contreras, who pronounced the child dead Tuesday night, said that investigators believe the woman fell on the child. “It didn’t …
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REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. – Schools in southwestern Minnesota are reporting a large number of students absent because of illnesses. Redwood Valley in Redwood Falls had over 100 students absent on Monday. Jackie Lovald with Redwood County Public Health says clinic staffers are not seeing a lot of any one illness. …
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