NEW YORK – Eva Longoria tops Maxim’s seventh annual “Hot 100” list of the most successful women in film, TV, music, sports and fashion for the second year in a row. The “Desperate Housewives” actress told The Associated Press that her repeat selection for the No. 1 spot was a …
Read More »Senators Reach Deal to Improve Mine Safety
WASHINGTON – Senate lawmakers reached a bipartisan deal Tuesday aimed at improving safety at the nation’s coal mines, including increasing oxygen supplies for miners. Sens. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., the top lawmakers on the committee that oversees workplace safety issues, plan to hold a hearing, known as …
Read More »Nike Running Shoes to Communicate With iPods
LOS ANGELES – Is all this exercise really helping me? Nike Inc. (NKE) said on Tuesday it is making running shoes that will tell the wearer how far and how fast he or she has run and how many calories they have burned. The instant information will come from a …
Read More »Former NYPD Chief Kerik Pleads Guilty to Accepting Gifts in Bribery Probe
NEW YORK – More than 18 months after his Homeland Security nomination sank over ethics questions, former police commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty Friday to accepting tens of thousands of dollars in gifts while he was a top city official. Kerik pleaded guilty to a pair of misdemeanors in state …
Read More »Jeff Flake Wants to End Runaway Spending
This is a partial transcript from “The Journal Editorial Report,” June 25, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. PAUL GIGOT, “WALL STREET JOURNAL”: Of all the problems facing congressional Republicans this November, voter frustration with runaway spending is one of the biggest. Since taking control of Congress in 1994 …
Read More »Cemetery in Iraq Rigged With Explosives
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Security forces found bombs planted throughout a cemetery Thursday after an Iraqi woman and her daughter were wounded by one as they were visiting the grave of a young man killed in a sectarian attack northeast of Baghdad earlier this month. The woman and her daughter were …
Read More »Cuba Ignores Request to Restore Power to U.S. Diplomatic Mission
WASHINGTON – The Cuban government cut off electricity to the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana a week ago, and U.S. requests for power to be restored have gone unanswered, the State Department said Monday. The facility has been operating with generator power. Work at the mission continues, including interviews of …
Read More »House Report: Gov't Ineptitude Worsened Katrina Response
WASHINGTON – Unheeded warnings, poor planning and apathy in recognizing the scope of Hurricane Katrina‘s destruction led to the slow emergency response from the White House down to local parishes, a House investigation concludes. The 600-page report by a special Republican-dominated House inquiry into one of the worst natural disasters …
Read More »New Species of Assassin Spiders Found on Madagascar
LOS ANGELES – Researchers scouring the remote forests of the African island nation of Madagascar have found that tiny assassin spiders, grotesque-looking bugs that prey on other spiders, are more diverse than previously thought. The newly discovered species could shed light on how assassin spiders evolved, and perhaps point scientists …
Read More »Education Minister Narrowly Escapes Baghdad Bomb Attack
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq’s higher education minister escaped unharmed Wednesday from a car bomb attack on his convoy that lightly wounded three of his bodyguards, a ministry spokesman said. The attack on independent Shiite lawmaker Sami al-Mudafar was the second attempt on his life in the past two years. The …
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