RALEIGH, N.C. – Elizabeth Edwards’ decision not to leave her husband after he confessed to an affair was hastened by the discovery of her cancer recurrence just months after the revelation, her brother and a friend told People magazine. “She couldn’t say, ‘Well, maybe we’ll work through this for years, …
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PHOENIX – The co-owner and executive editor of alternative newspaper chain Village Voice Media has apologized for using a racial slur at a journalism gathering. Michael Lacey was accepting an award from the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists on Friday when he used the N-word to refer …
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NEW YORK – The Allman Brothers Band has canceled its annual run of performances at the Beacon Theatre as founding member Gregg Allman continues to recover from hepatitis C. The band had been scheduled to play 15 sold-out shows at the Beacon — an annual run of concerts that draws …
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BAGHDAD – An aide to Muqtada al-Sadr says the Shiite cleric will agree to disband his Mahdi Army militia if ordered to do so by top Shiite clerics. Hussein al-Zarqani, an al-Sadr aide currently in Iran, says al-Sadr will consult Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and other top Shiite clerics if …
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PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Charges have been dropped against a man accused of smuggling prohibited items to his jailed boss, the founder of the “Girls Gone Wild” videos. The charges against Scott Barbour were dropped this week because his boss, Joe Francis, pleaded no contest to possessing cash and prescription …
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Minneapolis resident Lynn Rubenstein Nicholson said she is tired of feeling like a criminal every time she smokes marijuana. In fact, she is part of a Minnesota state-wide campaign called the Marijuana Policy Project urging lawmakers to let marijuana become legal to individuals who need it for medicinal purposes, the …
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CONWAY, S.C. – Classes were canceled Monday at Coastal Carolina University and students were urged to stay indoors because of a fatal shooting near campus. It’s not clear whether the victim was a student, university spokesman Doug Bell said. The assailant has not been caught. “Because it is so close …
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ATLANTA – Two of Martin Luther King Jr.’s children have filed a lawsuit against a third, embroiling the family in a legal dispute over the civil rights icon’s estate. Bernice King and Martin Luther King III filed a lawsuit Thursday in county court to force Dexter King to open the …
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A Filipino teenager who came to New York so doctors could perform surgery to untwist her severely clubbed feet took her first unaided steps Wednesday in pink-and-white sneakers — the first shoes she’s ever worn. “I’m very happy,” Jingle Luis said with a smile. “It was exciting.” The 15-year-old girl …
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The family of a slain North Carolina woman were given custody of her children late Wednesday after alleging in court documents that her husband had been having an affair. Nancy Cooper’s parents, Garry and Donna Rentz, claimed Brad Cooper was having an affair when she was murdered and had belittled …
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