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When it comes to Hollywood Week, there are certain things that are simply a given. We know, for instance, that dramatic music will play, breakdowns will ensue and tears (of the happy and sad variety) will flow from beginning to end. But this year we were hit with a slew …

MILWAUKEE – Fonzie will be given a permanent view of the Milwaukee River. After months of looking, a committee has found a spot for a proposed life-size statue of the “Happy Days” icon in the city where the TV sitcom was set. Committee officials chose the outdoor seating area of …

You can practically set your watch by it. Seems like every couple of weeks, some once-powerful, now-embattled politician has gotten himself into a royal scandal. And when it involves sex, it’s even more salacious. Most of us can’t fathom how any man would be willing to risk giving up a …

LOS ANGELES – David Hernandez won’t be stripped of his chance to compete on “American Idol.” A person close to the show, who is not authorized to comment publicly and asked not to be identified, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that there were no plans to remove Hernandez from …

WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain, a prisoner of war who was tortured in Vietnam, said Sunday he will refuse to yield on his demands that the White House agree with his proposed ban on the use of torture to extract information from suspected terrorists. “I won’t,” he said on NBC’s …

NEW YORK – Who doesn’t love getting presents? There before you sits a beautifully wrapped box that contains something special just for you. For that one moment, as you open it, you recapture that feeling of bursting anticipation you haven’t felt since you were a child. Until you see your …

WASHINGTON – A federal judge has resigned from a special court set up to oversee government surveillance, FOX News confirmed Wednesday. The judge’s action followed revelations last week of President Bush’s secret authorization of a domestic spying program on people with suspected terrorist ties. Two associates of U.S. District Judge …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Dozens of masked Palestinian gunmen took over election offices in the Gaza Strip, exchanging fire with police and demanding spaces for the ruling Fatah Party’s military wing on a list for Jan. 25 parliamentary elections. The clashes came hours before a Wednesday afternoon deadline for …

WASHINGTON – Legislation to choke off illegal immigration, both at the border and in the workplace, cleared a key House committee Thursday despite strong objections from Democrats who said immigration reform must also deal with the 11 million illegal immigrants already in the country. The Judiciary Committee approved the measure …

CHICAGO – Investigators on Friday studied the crash scene where a Southwest Airlines jet trying to land amid heavy snow plowed off a Midway International Airport runway and into a street, killing a 6-year-old boy in a car. Ten other people, most of them on the ground, were injured in …