Senator Kennedy Suffers Seizure
(Washington, DC) -- Senator Edward Kennedy is hospitalized in Boston today after suffering a seizure this morning. His office in Washington, DC issued a statement saying Kennedy is "resting comfortably ...Read More
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Beef Recall At Some U.S. Military Commissaries
(Undated) -- The Defense Commissary Agency has announced the voluntary recall of packages of 85-percent lean ground beef purchased a ten military commissaries earlier this month because of possible E-coli contamination ...Read More
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Strike Over At American Axle
(Detroit, MI) -- A tentative contract has been reached between negotiators for American Axle and the United Auto Workers union. If striking workers approve the new deal, it will end an 81-day strike against the Detroit-based auto supplier ...Read More
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Democrats Urge Help For Veterans
(Washington, DC) -- Congressman Xavier Becerra of California delivered the Democrats' weekly radio address for Saturday, May 17th, 2008. ...Read & Hear More
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President Bush Pushes For Middle East Peace
(Undated) -- In his weekly radio address, President Bush said peace in the Middle East is possible, but it won't be easy. The President is traveling in the Middle East this week. He urged leaders in the region to reject what he called "spoilers" like the regimes in Iran and Syria ...Read More
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Lakers Advance To Conference Finals
(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Kobe Bryant poured in a game-high 34 points to go along with eight rebound and six assists as the Lakers advanced to the Western Conference Finals with a 108-105 win over the Jazz in Game Six of their best-of-seven semifinal matchup at the Energy Solutions Arena ...Read More
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Two MLB Games Rained Out
(Undated) -- The first of a three-game set between the Mets and Yankees much anticipated "Subway Series" was rained out along with the Red Sox and Brewers matchup on Friday. A makeup date hasn't been announced, but the contest will not be made up Saturday, Sunday or Monday ...Read More
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Giants' Magowan To Step Down
(San Francisco, CA) -- San Francisco Giants longtime managing partner Peter Magowan will retire at the end of the season but will remain a partner in the team's ownership group. Magowan announced at a press conference at AT-and-T Park Friday afternoon that he will step down on October 1st, the last scheduled day of the 2008 season ...Read More
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Dolly Parton Vs. Howard Stern
(Undated) -- Country music legend Dolly Parton is not happy with shock jock Howard Stern. Someone on Stern's staff apparently took quotes from one of her audio books and manipulated it to make it appear that she voiced some opinions Parton says she would never say ...Read More
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Comic Book Illustrator Bill Elder Dies At 86
(Undated) -- American illustrator and comic book artist William "Bill" Elder died yesterday. Elder was one of the founding members of the satirical "Mad" magazine in 1952. According to the "Comics Journal Weblog," the funeral services will be held on Sunday in New Jersey ...Read More
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Report: Quarterback, Singer Split Over Media Scrutiny, Father
(Chicago, IL) -- An overbearing father and a constant media circus are being floated as reasons for the rumored Jessica Simpson-Tony Romo breakup. Chicago's "Sun-Times" cites a friend of Cowboys' quarterback Romo as the source for the background on the reported split ...Read More
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