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Security Guard Confirms Edwards L.A. Hotel Incident
A hotel security guard told FOXNews.com he intervened between a man he identified as former Sen. John Edwards and tabloid reporters who chased down the former presidential hopeful after what they're calling a rendezvous with his mistress and love child.…
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Randy Pausch, Last Lecture Professor, RIP
When Carnegie Mellon University professor Randy Pausch learned that he only had months to live, he turned his last lecture in September 2007 into a lesson on life. The lecture, titled Really Achieving Your Childhood Dream, became an Internet sensation. It was viewed over 3.4 million times on YouTube Randy Pausch died of pancreatic cancer today. …
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Breaking: Nady and Marte To Yankees.
Breaking: Nady and Marte To Yankees. by Will Carroll Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte have been traded to the New York Yankees. (Guess that meeting in Tampa went well!) Well have updates as soon as possible. 3437 July 25, 2008, 07:00 AM ET…
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McCain Hits Hard
McCain Hits Hard Before a military audience in Denver today, John McCain launched his strongest attack yet against Barack Obama. The attack was devastating because it is true. Here are some excerpts; McCain began by recalling the beginning of the surge:…
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Op-Ed Columnist: Playing Innocent Abroad
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Two More Banks Fail
Federal regulators shut down two national banks, First National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank, but the FDIC did protect all depositors by selling the accounts. So far, seven banks have failed this year.…
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McCain: I'd give Bin Laden 'Nuremberg trial'
White House hopeful John McCain said as president he would consider bringing Osama bin Laden to justice through a Nuremberg-like trial. "I don't think we'd have any difficulty in devising an internationally supported mechanism that would mete out…
