SANTA MONICA, Calif. – A year after his Academy Awards dream went up in smoke, Eddie Murphy has not just one consolation prize, but three: Razzie Awards as worst actor, supporting actor and supporting actress for the comedy “Norbit.” The fourth acting “dis-honor” announced at Saturday’s Golden Raspberry Awards went …
Read More »McCain Article Casts Doubt on Times
The trouble begins… now! Does John’s My Word make your blood boil? Click here to listen live to The John Gibson Show on FOX News Radio (weekdays, 6-9 p.m. ET). It’s your chance to call in and argue with John! The timeline on the McCain scandal bombshell dropped by The …
Read More »U.S. Warns Renewed Sudanese Air Raids Threaten Thousands in Darfur
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Renewed aerial bombardments by the Sudanese government in West Darfur are endangering tens of thousands of civilians, said the United Nations Tuesday, calling on all parties to exercise restraint in the face of the flare up in fighting between the army and the rebels. Rebel successes over …
Read More »Screaming Gunman Terrorizes Washington K-Mart Customers
An armed man terrorized customers at a Whatcom County, Wash., K-Mart, running and screaming through the store Thursday, knocking people over and holding the store’s manager at knifepoint, kirotv.com reports. The man also smashed a display case and stole a gun and ammunition, kirotv.com reports, but never fired any weapons, …
Read More »Federal Judge OKs Private Group's Gathering of White House Information on Missing E-mails
WASHINGTON – A federal judge agreed Monday to allow a private group to delve into the operations of an office at the White House as part of a controversy over whether large amounts of e-mail have disappeared. Permitting any private organization to inquire into White House functions is an unusual …
Read More »Storms Rip Through Indiana Causing Major Flooding
BAINBRIDGE, Ind. – A powerful line of thunderstorms marched across Indiana, damaging homes, knocking down trees and power lines and tearing the roof off a fire station. But flooding could cause the most problems throughout the state as the National Weather Service was warning Wednesday that the Wabash, Tippecanoe and …
Read More »Schoolboy Burned by Overheating PlayStation Portable
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – A Detroit-area seventh-grader suffered burns to his leg Wednesday after a Sony PlayStation Portable video game overheated in his pocket during band class. Fire officials told The Detroit News the burns were caused when the game’s battery leaked. A teacher removed the game from the student’s …
Read More »House Committee Subpoenas 2 Owners of Utah Mine That Collapsed
WASHINGTON – A congressional committee on Friday subpoenaed two of the owners of Utah’s Crandall Canyon mine where six miners died in a roof collapse last August. The subpoenas order Robert E. Murray, CEO of the Ohio-based Murray Energy Corp., and P. Bruce Hill, president of UtahAmerican Energy, to give …
Read More »UN Chief Pushes for Cease-Fire in Darfur
UNITED NATIONS – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Sudanese government and all rebel groups on Wednesday to agree to a cease-fire in Darfur, saying deteriorating security is undermining efforts to help thousands of civilians caught in an upsurge in fighting. In his monthly report to the Security Council, Ban singled …
Read More »Georgia Team Wins Contest to Track Killer Asteroid
A boxy spacecraft and its Georgia-based design team are $25,000 richer after winning an international competition to devise the best plan for tracking a space rock that will swing past Earth twice in the next 30 years. The small Foresight spacecraft designed by engineers in Georgia and California won first …
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