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PERTH, Australia – Heath Ledger’s family, his former fiance Michelle Williams and Australia’s entertainment elite bade him farewell at a private memorial service Saturday in his hometown. Ledger’s family returned to Perth earlier this week to bury the actor, who died in his Manhattan apartment at age 28 from a …

WASHINGTON – Three District of Columbia child welfare workers who were fired for failing to help four young girls found dead last month should be reinstated, an administrative hearing officer has ruled. The employees, whose names were not released, should not have been fired because the city violated their due …

BUFORD, Ga. – Two off-duty officers from different police departments wounded each other in a gun fight in the middle of a road in an Atlanta suburb, authorities said. Both officers suffered non-life-threatening wounds, police said. Their conditions were not immediately known on Saturday. Officer Jay Daily, a five-year veteran …

The star of Bravo’s “Work Out” talks diet, fitness and what’s coming up on her hit show. Fitness guru Jackie Warner heads back to Bravo this April and promises an even edgier version of her hit show, “Work Out.” Dressed down in jeans and sneakers — her trademark spikey hair …

WASHINGTON – The government made clear on Thursday it will not be rushed into deciding whether to regulate emissions linked to global warming, as the Supreme Court directed nearly a year ago. Such action “could affect many (emission) sources beyond just cars and trucks” and needs to be examined broadly …

LOS ANGELES – The Motion Picture Association of America says moviegoers around the world pushed box office revenue to a record $26.7 billion last year. A report released Wednesday says box office revenue outside North America climbed 4.9 percent to $17.1 billion, representing nearly two-thirds of all ticket sales. Revenues …

WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday he is prepared to strip Democrats of their to ability to filibuster if they try to stall Samuel Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court. “The answer is yes,” Frist said when asked if he would act to change Senate procedures to …

WASHINGTON – While working in the Reagan administration’s Justice Department in the mid-1980s, Samuel Alito argued that a police officer was justified in shooting an unarmed 15-year-old trying to avoid arrest after a burglary. The opinion of President Bush’s nominee to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, outlined in a …

See you weeknights in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight, “The O’Reilly Factor” is on … As the Yuletide turns in favor of those who want to keep Christmas in our culture is the secular “blowback” getting stronger? Wait till you hear the latest …

MULTAN, Pakistan – Nazir Ahmed appears calm and unrepentant as he recounts how he slit the throats of his three young daughters and their 25-year old stepsister to salvage his family’s “honor” — a crime that shocked Pakistan. The 40-year old laborer, speaking to The Associated Press in police detention …