NEW YORK – The Country Music Association awards will be handed out Tuesday night, but not in Nashville. They’ll be presented at Madison Square Garden in New York City, which doesn’t even have a country radio station. All the past 38 shows have been held in Nashville. The program will …
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Former U.S. Rep. Tillie Fowler (search), who became prominent on defense issues during her four terms in Congress, died Wednesday, two days after suffering a brain hemorrhage. She was 62. Fowler, who was known as the “Steel Magnolia” for her quiet tenacity in Congress, died at a …
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WASHINGTON – The Senate (search) on Tuesday adopted a GOP-authored plan aimed at shielding active-duty military personnel and some veterans from key proposed changes in bankruptcy laws that would make it harder to shed debts. The amendment cleared on a mostly party-line vote, 63-32, in the Republican-controlled Senate during its …
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LOS ANGELES – Jennifer Aniston (search) filed for divorce from Brad Pitt (search) on Friday, court papers showed. The petition filed in Superior Court seeks dissolution of the actors’ marriage based on irreconcilable differences. A long-rumored split between the “Friends” star and the “Ocean’s Twelve” star was confirmed in January …
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MIAMI – Rilya Wilson’s (search) disappearance four years ago scandalized Florida’s child-protection agency, but prosecutors say they now know what happened to the 4-year-old and charged one of her caretakers with murder. Geralyn Graham (search), who was supposed to be taking care of the foster child, confessed while in jail …
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NEW YORK – Best Buy Co. Inc. (BBI), the top U.S. electronics chain,Thursday said it would record up to $33 million in charges to its fourth-quarter results to reflect changes in its lease accounting and for the effect of an allowance to cover customer returns. The Minneapolis-based retailer also said …
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NEW YORK – Kroger Co. (KR) posted lower-than-expected operating earnings on Tuesday as sharp price cuts hurt profit margins, sending shares of the nation’s top grocer down 5 percent. Although discounting fueled a welcome rise in sales, analysts expressed concern that Kroger (search) may not be reducing costs fast enough …
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NEW YORK – Two friends of the former CEO of ImClone Systems Inc. (IMCL), including a high-ranking doctor at New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, were arrested on Wednesday on charges of insider trading based on a tip from former Chief Executive Samuel Waksal (search) in late 2001. Federal prosecutors …
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WASHINGTON – Hawking baby and children’s clothes — along with some garage sale and thrift store bargains — on eBay (search) helps Sunni Wojnarowsky bring in some extra money so she can afford to stay home with her two young boys. The additional dollars are great, but does she really …
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NEW YORK – Warner Music Group Corp. (search) , one of the world’s largest record companies, on Friday revealed plans for an initial public stock offering, filing with regulators to sell up to $750 million worth of common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (search). In its Securities and …
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