MADRID, Spain – Spanish police arrested on Tuesday a family of four Moroccans suspected of having links to the Madrid train bombings of last year, the Interior Ministry said. The four — a married couple in their 40s and their two sons — were arrested in Leganes (search), a suburb …
Read More »Yogi Berra Sues TBS Over Racy Ad
NEW YORK – New York Yankees great Yogi Berra (search) has filed a $10 million lawsuit against TBS, claiming the cable television network sullied his name by using it in a racy advertisement for its “Sex and the City” reruns. Berra’s lawsuit, filed in Manhattan’s state Supreme Court last week, …
Read More »Iran Won't Stop Building Reactor
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran rejected a European demand to stop building a heavy water nuclear reactor in return for a light-water reactor Sunday, hardening Iran’s position on a key part of its nuclear facilities that critics claim is part of a weapons program. Iran has given indications in the past …
Read More »Crazy in Love … or Just Plain Crazy?
When Beyonce told the world she was “Crazy in Love,” she might not have been exaggerating. Love, the saying goes, can make you do crazy things — one only need look at Britney Spears (search), Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Lopez for examples A, B and C. But experts say there …
Read More »Drinking Nemo
Winters are long and cold on the Canadian prairie. Maybe that’s why tropical fish are popular drinks in Calgary, Alberta. Animal lover David Beart was shocked last Friday when he watched six men belly up to the bar at Booker’s BBQ Grill & Crab Shack (search) — and gulp down …
Read More »Gene Profiling May Predict Breast Cancer Spread
A 76-gene “signature” has been linked with breast cancer tumors that are more likely to spread to other organs. The new finding could mean fewer women will get chemotherapy when they don’t need it, researchers say. However, others say the puzzle is not yet solved. Currently, there are no reliable …
Read More »Good Carbs Mean Better Weight
The latest weight loss news comes down on the side of so-called “good” carbohydrates — the kind offering more than sweet tastes and flash-in-the-pan bursts of energy with few nutrients. The type of carbohydrate you eat, rather than the total amount of carbohydrates in your diet, may be related to …
Read More »Dresses Dominate the Klein, Posen Runways
NEW YORK – The fall Calvin Klein (search) collection made the most of the label’s tradition of clean, geometric lines, and Zac Posen’s snake-themed collection got a standing ovation from many in the audience at New York Fashion Week. At Calvin Klein, Francisco Costa, who took over design duties almost …
Read More »Skies Clear After Six Days of Calif. Storms
LOS ANGELES – While skies cleared Wednesday over Southern California (search), a six-day drenching left city workers scrambling to keep up with a rush of calls for collapsing homes, roads choked with mud — not to mention house-sized boulders seemingly ready to tumble down hillsides. At least nine people have …
Read More »The State of U.S. Relations with Russia
This is a partial transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume,” Feb. 24, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Special Report With Brit Hume” weeknights at 6 p.m. ET (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN (through translator): Russia has made its choice in favor of democracy 14 …
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