PARIS – Americans abroad, whose votes could be crucial if the Nov. 2 presidential election proves close, are being denied access to a U.S. Department of Defense Web site designed to make it easier for them to cast absentee ballots. The problem concerns blocks placed on access to the Web …
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CAMP ZAMA, Japan – The U.S. Army is preparing for its biggest desertion trial in decades following the surrender ofSgt. Charles Robert Jenkins (search), wanted for allegedly abandoning his patrol nearly 40 years ago and becoming a North Korean propaganda tool. But while publicity is guaranteed, the prosecution might have …
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SAN FRANCISCO – Izora Rhodes Armstead (search), who sang the 1980s dance club hit “It’s Raining Men” as one half of theWeather Girls (search), has died. Her age was unknown. Armstead, who along with partnerMartha Wash (search)started out as background singers for San Francisco disco diva Sylvester before forming the …
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LANSING, Mich. – The ex-wife of rapperEminem (search)on Wednesday was to begin treatment for drug abuse at a facility in Minnesota, a spokesman for the Michigan corrections department said. Earlier this week, Macomb County Circuit Judge Edward Servitto releasedKim Mathers (search)from jail early so she could go to the Hazelden …
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John Kerry on DaySide Tomorrow! … Or … someone who LOOKS an awful lot like him. In the spirit of good humor, a certain guy who’s been a special guest on DaySide before will be showing up in the studio tomorrow … looking and sounding eerily like the Democratic Presidential …
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This week, Gailexplains thetax deductions available to employerswho want to pay fortheir employees’education or training.And if your employer doesn’t have an education reimbursement policy, you can get work-related education deductions on your own. Gail, Are there any tax deductions for a business to send an employee to a trade related …
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WASHINGTON – Republican lawmakersexpecting aBush administration request for an additional $25 billion for U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistansay the money will not be an “emergency supplemental” but “additional spending” from money already being made available. House Majority LeaderTom DeLay (search)said Wednesday that the money is set aside but not …
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A New Mexico man has been banned from the Rio Grande Zoo in Albuquerque after losing a finger to a jaguar’s bite — and then lying about it. Groundskeeper Lyn Ewell saw the man, a frequent visitor to the zoo, running to the men’s room last Tuesday with one hand …
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Reese Witherspoon’s ex-husband Ryan Phillippe says he loves her and wants her to be happy, and he thinks she is with new boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal. “I love her and I want her to be happy, and it seems like she is,” Phillippe said Thursday on “The Howard Stern Show,” adding …
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University is notifying thousands of graduate students and applicants that their personal information may have been exposed by a data breach. The Ivy League school says a computer hacker gained entry to its server last month. Harvard says about 10,000 of last year’s applicants may have …
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