WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – A Florida tourism official says a man found killed in his New York hotel room was the son of the founder of Miami Beach’s famous Fontainebleau Hotel. Rye Brook Police Chief Gregory Austin says the beaten body of 53-year-old Ben Novack Jr. was found Sunday at …
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NEW YORK – A federal bankruptcy judge signed off Tuesday on a plan to raise tens of thousands of dollars for victims of the Bernard Madoff fraud by auctioning off pricey New York Mets season tickets owned by the disgraced financier’s investment firm. Click here for photos of what Madoff’s …
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CINCINNATI – Mississippi basketball coach Andy Kennedy avoided jail time Monday by pleading guilty to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct for his altercation with a cab driver. Kennedy was sentenced to 40 hours of community service and six months probation by Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Dwane Mallory. The …
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PARIS – An amateur club of gay football players in Paris said Tuesday its members were victims of homophobia when a team of Muslim players refused to play a match against them. The Paris Foot Gay team says it received an e-mail Saturday from the Creteil Bebel club canceling a …
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ST. LOUIS – Unemployed in August, Vicente Padilla kept the Los Angeles Dodgers going in October. The second-chance pitcher shut down Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals, putting the Los Angeles Dodgers back in the National League championship series with a 5-1 victory on Saturday night. Andre Ethier missed …
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PENSACOLA, Fla. – Schools closed, residents of low-lying areas sought shelter and Florida’s governor declared a state of emergency Monday as a late-season tropical storm churned toward the Gulf Coast. After a quiet storm season, residents took the year’s first serious threat in stride. Maps, forecasts, radar and more at …
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President Obama thinks that by recently signing a new bill spending $600 million to beef up border enforcement he will look tough on illegal aliens. But decisions such as today?s lawsuit by the Justice Department against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to stop his policies regarding illegal aliens shows where …
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Erotic capital, as described by sociologist Catherine Hakim of the London School of Economics in her 2010 paper on the subject, consists of a collection of attributes including physical fitness, good grooming, superior social skills, and sex appeal. When taken together, these qualities form a powerful personal asset. Of course, …
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This is a rush transcript from “Hannity,” April 16, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, HOST: The left wing media insists that yesterday’s tea parties were a sham and doesn’t that capture exactly what they’re all about? And that is …
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OAKLAND, Calif. – The former leader of an Oakland community group and an associate were indicted on three first-degree murder counts Wednesday involving the killing of a journalist investigating the group and two other deaths. The former leader of the now-defunct Your Black Muslim Bakery group, Yusuf Bey IV, 23, …
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