NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. – A Massachusetts police department has been receiving some curious calls from people with Australian accents. Police dispatchers in Northbridge say they have recently received several calls on their business line from people in an Australian community with the same name. Northbridge, Massachusetts, is about 35 southwest of …
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NEW YORK – A $126 million investment from a Chinese gaming company sent shares of Glu Mobile soaring almost 30 percent before the opening bell Thursday. Tencent Holdings Ltd., based in Shenzhen, a booming city that borders Hong Kong, acquired 21 million shares at $6 each. With a 14.6 percent …
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Chicago Story |Malkovich and Ripley’s |Ed Asner Backs Up Sheen |Evolving Soaps Chicago Expert: Thumbs Up on Film You may not realize it, but the story which is the foundation of the film musical Chicago is based on a true one. And now the editor of a book about the …
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CHARLESTON, S.C. – Audio recorded by a Charleston deputy’s dashcam indicates that he gave a man who had phoned 911 for help less than two seconds to drop a gun before shooting him in the neck. Video provided to Charleston-area media outlets Monday shows that the sheriff’s deputy shouted “show …
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And now the most engrossing two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Watch it in the Screening Room! Charges, Then ChangesBelgian courts (search)have become a haven for lawsuits against world leaders under a Belgian law allowing anyone from anywhere in the world …
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Rosie O’Donnell|Tony Awards|Christopher Reeve Rosie: Publisher Rejects Offer to Settle Suit Gruner& Jahr, the New York-based German publisher, has rejected Rosie O’Donnell‘s offer to settle their bitter legal battle. You’ll remember that last year O’Donnell pulled the plug on her magazine when the publisher seized editorial control from her. According …
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LOS ANGELES – A jury has determined that singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams copied R&B legend Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give it Up” with their 2013 megahit “Blurred Lines.” Thicke and Williams were ordered to pay Gaye’s children nearly $7.4 million. The decision could have an unprecedented effect on …
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To watch “The Talking Points Memo” click here. Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thank you for watching us tonight.Do accused terrorists have rights? That is the subject of this evening’s Talking Points Memo. Last July, “Talking Points” opened that President Bush is making a mistake by not assigning, for instance, Zacarias …
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UPDATE: Somerset Academy issued a formal written apology to 12-year-old Mackenzie Fraiser late Friday for denying her the right to use a Bible verse in a class assignment. School officials have now agreed to allow the sixth-grader to resubmit her original project, this time with her favorite Bible verse — …
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KAMPALA, Uganda – South Sudan government troops are setting villages on fire and abusing civilians in an ongoing military assault on rebels loyal to the country’s former vice president, Amnesty International reported Thursday, the latest allegations of serious rights abuses since the resumption of heavy fighting last month. Citing witness …
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