ASPEN, Colo. – The widow of journalist Hunter S. Thompson (search) said her husband killed himself while the two were talking on the phone. “I was on the phone with him, he set the receiver down and he did it. I heard the clicking of the gun,” Anita Thompson (search) …
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WASHINGTON – The popular painkillers Celebrex (search) and Bextra are likely to stay on the market, and Vioxx (search) may rejoin them, now that government advisers have concluded their benefits outweigh their risks. The advisers said Friday that people who depend on these drugs should be allowed to keep using …
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SYDNEY, Australia – Hollywood actor-director Mel Gibson (search) has been asked to recreate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the streets of Sydney if the city is selected to host a major Catholic gathering in 2008, a newspaper reported Saturday. Gibson’s staging of the Stations of the Cross (search), a …
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Capitalized Cost (Cap Cost) – The price you agree to pay for the car. Compare it with the MSRP, or sticker price. The capitalized cost should be much lower. In fact, it should be closer to the “invoice price,” which is, in theory at least, what the dealer paid the …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Minutes before Monday’s midnight deadline for a completed draft of the Iraqi constitution, leaders postponed a vote on it for a few more days. Parliament was adjourned at about midnight (4 p.m. EDT) without approval of a completed draft of the charter, in order to buy more …
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NEW YORK – The Rev. Al Sharpton (search) plans to join peace activist Cindy Sheehan (search), known as the Peace Mom, on Sunday near President Bush’s Texas ranch. Sharpton’s office said Thursday he would participate in a prayer vigil Sunday with Sheehan in Crawford, Texas. Sheehan returned on Wednesday to …
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NEW ORLEANS – Coastal residents jammed freeways and gas stations Saturday as they rushed to get out of the way of Hurricane Katrina (search), a vicious storm that is threatening to gain even more strength and make a direct hit on the New Orleans area. “Ladies and gentlemen, this is …
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LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson’s (search) defense attorney ridiculed two jurors who say they regret voting to acquit the singer of child molestation charges, saying it was “time to move on” from the case. “The bottom line is it makes no difference what they’re saying,” Thomas Mesereau Jr. (search) told …
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NEW YORK – Stocks slumped, then rebounded Monday as corporate acquisitions and gains in home-improvement retailers offset disruptions in energy production and record-high oil prices from Hurricane Katrina. In late morning trading Monday, the blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average (search) was up 21 points at 10,418 while the technology-packed Nasdaq …
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You wanted it. So I’m giving it to you. When “The Top 10 Mistakes Men Make” ran a couple of weeks ago, readers were like: “Fair enough. But what about the mistakes women make?” No worries, we’re not leaving the ladies off the hook. From getting sloppy with seduction to …
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