BESLAN, Russia – More than 200 people were dead after a three-day-long hostage standoff at a school in southern Russia (search), officials said Friday. Regional health officials told the Interfax news agency the death toll had topped 200. Earlier in the day officials had warned that the number could exceed …
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NEW YORK – Stocks remained essentially flatFriday as wary investors kept a close watch on oil prices while digesting a satisfactory report on durable goods orders at the end of a losing week. The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average (search)closed up 8.34 points, or 0.08 percent, at 10,047.24. The Standard …
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MOSCOW – Russian authorities have arrested two people suspected of involvement in the attacks on two Russian planes that crashed nearly simultaneously after explosions on board two weeks ago, killing all 90 people on board, prosecutors said Tuesday. The Russian prosecutor general’s office did not identify the detainees or say …
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This is a partial transcript from “The Beltway Boys,”May 22, 2004, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The Beltway Boys” Saturday at 6 p.m. ET and Sunday at 1 and 6 a.m. ET MORT KONDRACKE, CO-HOST:President Bush (search)is going for the Jewish vote is the topic of this week’s …
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Democratic presidential candidateJohn Kerry (search)said Thursday that President Bush broke faith with veterans who have been promised medical care even as he sent thousands of men and women into harm’s way in Iraq. “Here we are with an administration that is busy creating a whole new …
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Behind every significant change in American history — There lies a great debate. Freedom of speech entitles all Americans to stand up for what they believe in. There are two sides to every coin, and a true debate will bring forththe importantfacts. So stay with the # 1 nightly debate …
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WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration is losing more guns but fewer laptops than it was about five years ago, the Justice Department’s inspector general said Friday. The follow-up report found that some of the same problems cited in a 2002 audit remain: Policies for storing weapons and laptops are …
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LOS ANGELES – No thank you for smoking, Shia LaBeouf. A $1,000 bench warrant was issued for LaBeouf on Tuesday after the star of “Transformers” and the upcoming “Indiana Jones” film failed to appear in court on a charge of lighting up where he shouldn’t. The 21-year-old was cited last …
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The pilot of the crippled US Airways jet that landed in the Hudson River predicted that he might be forced to bring the plane down in the water, according to cockpit recordings released Thursday by the FAA. In the tapes, air traffic controllers can be heard communicating with Flight 1549’s …
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A 13-year-old Canadian boy, who has had 75 run-ins with the law in the past year, allegedly slashed a man after he refused to let the boy bum a cigarette, the National Post reported. The unidentified teen “flew into a rage” and started swinging a knife around while on a …
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