BERLIN – Roman Polanski missed his own party, but was still the center of attention Friday as his first movie in five years made its debut at the Berlin film festival. “The Ghost Writer,” based on a novel by Robert Harris, stars Pierce Brosnan as a former British prime minister, …
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CHICAGO – A man accused of being one of the leaders of a powerful Mexican drug cartel pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he conspired to import and sell large amounts of cocaine and heroin in the United States. Jesus Vincente Zambada-Niebla, 34, listened silently to an interpreter as …
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – A New York jury is about to decide the fate of a man accused of killing his wife and burning her to cinders. No trace of the wife was found. The husband, 68-year-old jeweler Werner Lippe, says she just took off one day in the midst …
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Men who harass women with cat calls and sexual comments are actually harming their whole gender, a study has found. The research, by Stephenie Chaudoir and Diane Quinn of the University of Connecticut in the United States, looked into the feelings and reactions of women who saw and heard men …
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WELLINGTON, Fla. – A jaguar at a privately owned wildlife sanctuary in South Florida recently tore a visitor’s thumb off. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported Friday that a woman, whose name wasn’t released, had her hand in a cage at the Panther Ridge Conservation Center in Wellington …
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This is a rush transcript from “Glenn Beck,” November 12, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GLENN BECK, HOST: Welcome to “The Glenn Beck Program.” Hello, America. We are approaching what I call “the trilogy of holidays.” And I always talk about …
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This is a rush transcript from “Glenn Beck,” April 12, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GLENN BECK, HOST: America, welcome to the “Glenn Beck Program.” This week, you got to roll up your sleeves because we’re going to do some work. …
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Britain’s influential health cost watchdog called on Tuesday for major changes in food production and marketing and said drastic cuts in fat and salt levels were needed to halt the scourge of heart disease. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) said trans fats, which do little more …
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Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug. The Justice Department and the company said Wednesday in a statement it will plead guilty to one misdemeanor charge of “misbranding,” in which …
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PHILADELPHIA – Try as he might, Bruce Graham (search) couldn’t squeeze all the dashed hopes of Philadelphia sports fans into his new 75-minute play. The perennially down-on-its-luck city boasts four professional sports teams, but together they’ve won just six championships in a half-century. “The Philly Fan” recounts the frequent travails …
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