ALBANY, N.Y. – Claiming Hillary Rodham Clinton (search) is hiding behind her husband, possible Republican challenger Jeanine Pirro (search) renewed her effort Monday to get New York’s junior senator to take a pledge to serve a full, six-year term if re-elected. A major thrust of Pirro’s campaign has been that …
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NEW YORK – Teri Hatcher (search) is hiding her gray hair — and she’s not shy about talking about it. Hatcher, one of the stars of ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” (search), is the new spokeswoman for Clairol’s Nice ‘n Easy (search) hair color. The natural brunette, who’s had a spot of …
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WASHINGTON – The death of William H. Rehnquist (search) opens up the chief justice seat on the Supreme Court for the first time in two decades. How President Bush fills that opening raises some interesting questions. The president could elevate a current justice to the top chair. Would he pick …
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A looming explosion in the population of frail and elderly persons is pushing the U.S. toward a crisis in caring for the aged, a White House commission warned Thursday. The number of elderly Americans is set to double by 2050, spurring massive demand for health and nursing home care for …
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NEW YORK – After the critical and commercial disaster of “One From the Heart” and the failure of his Zoetrope movie studio, a bankrupt Francis Ford Coppola (search) found himself at “the beginning of a very continuing low period.” He had to pay off creditors, who were, as he puts …
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RICHMOND, Va. – R&B crooner D’Angelo (search), who won over America with his ’90s soul ballads only to fade after bouts with the law and drugs, said he’s ready to record after a car crash left him hospitalized for several days. “I banged up my ribs but other than that …
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NEW YORK – Internet media company Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) Monday said it launched business columns from nine writers on its finance page, expanding its offering of original content. The columns will cover topics that include personal finance, economic trends and investing — another shift for Yahoo toward adding its own …
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NEW YORK – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (search) on Thursday tried to promote political changes in Ukraine and revise international negotiations with Iran on its nuclear programs. The Orange Revolution (search) in Ukraine won praise by the Bush administration as a turn toward democracy in Eastern Europe. But it …
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Can removing a breast cancer cause rapid growth of tumors elsewhere in the body? Yes, according to indirect evidence from a new analysis of clinical trial data. The controversial theory comes from Michael Retsky, PhD, of Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues. “We say this is indirect evidence; …
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LONDON – Police investigating the deadly July bombings on London’s transit system searched properties Friday in the northern city of Leeds (search), home to three of the suicide attackers. Anti-terrorist officers were searching a combination of residential and business premises, together with local officers from West Yorkshire Police, said Scotland …
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