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Cage Faces Rainy Days as 'The Weather Man'

NEW YORK – Weather forecasters are the Rodney Dangerfields of news — they rarely get the respect they deserve. “The Weather Man” (search), which opens this weekend, stars Nicolas Cage (search) as a Chicago forecaster, looking for his big career break. But he must decide between personal stability and professional …

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Report: War on Terror Gets $7B Per Month

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration is spending about $7 billion a month to wage the war on terror, and costs could total $570 billion by the end of 2010, assuming troops are gradually brought home, a congressional report estimates. The paper by the Congressional Research Service (search) underscores how the …

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Arrest in Murder of Horowitz's Wife

MARTINEZ, Calif. – A 16-year-old male suspect was arrested in the slaying of famed criminal defense attorney Daniel Horowitz’s (search) wife, and a newspaper reported Thursday that he clubbed her to death with a piece of crown molding while looking for marijuana-growing equipment. Police would not identify the teenager and …

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