NEW YORK – MSNBC (search) announced Wednesday it has hired the bow-tied conservative commentator Tucker Carlson (search) to be host of his own prime-time show, starting sometime this spring. Carlson’s hiring will fill a slot left vacant when Deborah Norville (search) decided to stop doing her 9 p.m. EST program. …
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WASHINGTON – The number of Americans claiming initial jobless benefits fell unexpectedly by 2,000 last week to the lowest level in more than four years as the U.S. labor market continued to strengthen, a government report showed on Thursday. First-time claims for state unemployment insurance aid dropped for the third …
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. – Just hours before selection of a jury to decide his molestation case, Michael Jackson (search) was relaxed enough to ask about buying some sketches of himself from a courtroom artist. With opening arguments set to begin Monday in a trial that could put Jackson in prison …
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LOS ANGELES – Actor Corey Feldman (search), who says in an interview airing this week that Michael Jackson (search) showed him nude pictures when Feldman was in his early teens, was subpoenaed by prosecutors in the singer’s molestation case, the actor’s manager said Thursday. Feldman described the pictures in a …
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MORA, Minn. – Methamphetamine (search), aka meth, is widely available in cities across the United States, but it is in the heartland of America where “crank” is causing the biggest problems for teens. “It’s everywhere around here,” said addict Joseph Helmbrecht, 18, who is in treatment for the second time …
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NEW YORK – Former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers (search) plans to take the witness stand in his own defense Monday at his federal accounting-fraud trial, a defense lawyer said Friday. In a meeting with the judge overseeing the case, defense lawyer Brian Heberlig said: “I think there is a very …
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This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” February 18, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) CONDOLEEZZA RICE, SECRETARY OF STATE, UNITED STATES: It is time to open a new chapter in our relationship, and a new chapter in our alliance. America …
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NEW YORK – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) on Monday agreed to sell its semiconductor unit and its stake in a lighting technology firm in deals valued at about a combined $3.6 billion, in moves it hopes will allow it to focus on its measurement business. It also reported quarterly earnings …
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SHFARAM, Israel – A 19-year-old Israeli soldier opened fire inside a bus Thursday, killing four Israeli Arabs in the deadliest attack on Arabs in Israel by a Jewish extremist since 1990. An angry crowd then killed the gunman. Thirteen people, including bus passengers and two policemen, were wounded in the …
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Dolly Parton (search) does them one better on “Those Were the Days.” Not only does she put a country spin on songs such as “Turn, Turn, Turn,” “Crimson and Clover” and “Me and Bobby McGee,” she gets some of the artists who wrote or popularized the originals …
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