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LONDON – A New York magazine editor testified Wednesday that Roman Polanski (search) made “tasteless and vulgar” advances to a woman at a Manhattan restaurant shortly after the death of his wife, Sharon Tate (search). Testifying in Polanski’s libel lawsuit against publisher Conde Nast, Lewis Lapham, editor of Harper’s magazine, …

NEW YORK – Wall Street’s attention will turn from worrying about oil and the Federal Reserve (search) to tracking corporate profits next week as U.S. companies prepare quarterly results — and possibly warn investors if they expect to miss consensus. Investors also will zero in on Friday’s report on U.S. …

President Bush turns 59 July 6 — and with just one year left before officially becoming a senior citizen, it’s one of those birthdays that marks a good time to take stock of your health. People Bush’s age can expect to live another 22 years or so. The goal isn’t …

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – Eight-year-old Shasta Groene (search) remembers the smallest details about the night her family was murdered and the six weeks that prosecutors say she spent with a registered sex offender. According to court records, Shasta remembered the brand of the hammer used to kill her family, the …

LOS ANGELES – This premiere’s arrivals-line carpet looked suspiciously like Astroturf — that artificial and, perhaps more importantly, easy-to-clean grass-like material. Good thing, as the human stars of “Must Love Dogs” (search) were preceded by a parade of pampered pooches. The pets mainly pouted and panted during a hot and …

NEW YORK – Texas Rangers (search) pitcher Kenny Rogers (search) was suspended for 20 games and fined $50,000 by Major League Baseball on Friday for an outburst that sent a television cameraman to the hospital and prompted a police investigation. There was no immediate word on whether Rogers would appeal …

LOS ANGELES – Actress Angela Lansbury (search) will undergo knee replacement surgery Thursday, her daughter said Tuesday. “Her knee is so painful from years of dancing,” said Deirdre Battarra, 52. Lansbury, who rose to fame on Broadway and starred in television show “Murder, She Wrote (search),” tripped over an electrical …

NEW YORK – Christian Slater (search) rejected a plea bargain deal from prosecutors Thursday on a charge of allegedly groping a woman. Slater was charged with forcible touching — a misdemeanor that carries up to one year in jail — after he allegedly walked up behind a woman and grabbed …

BRUSSELS – U.S. chip maker Intel Corp. (INTC), computer makers and distributors were raided by European Commission and local authorities on Tuesday as part of an investigation into possible antitrust violations, a spokesman for the European Union executive said. The European Commission’s (search) escalation came as Intel’s smaller rival, Advanced …

WASHINGTON – The Senate (search) approved a bill Tuesday to raise the homeland security secretary (search) from last to eighth place in the presidential line of succession, just after the attorney general. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Mike DeWine (search), R-Ohio, passed without objection just before the chamber adjourned. The …