The rising cost of food caused riots in a number of countries in recent weeks. International officials met this month to take steps in an effort to ease the problem.....read more
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For the fiscal year beginning in October, the Food and Drug Administration requested a $130 million budget increase, with the intention of improving its capabilities to inspect foreign companies manufacturing drugs for the U.S. market.....read more
Kirkland, WA (Sports Network) - The Seattle Seahawks released their all-time rushing leader, running back Shaun Alexander, on Tuesday.
Alexander originally joined the Seahawks as the 19th overall selection in the 2000 NFL Draft and went on to help Seattle win the last four NFC West division titles, as he became the franchise's career leader in rushing yards (9,429), attempts (2,176), total touchdowns (112), and 100-yard rushing games (37).
The Alabama product owns or shares 37 club single-game, single-season and career records and his 100 rushing touchdowns are tied with Marshall Faulk for seventh most in NFL history........read more
He will become the first offensive lineman to be chosen No. 1 over all since Orlando Pace, whom the St. Louis Rams selected from Ohio State in 1997. Long is the first Wolverine to be picked No. 1 since Tom Harmon in 1941.
Earlier in the off-season, the Dolphins indicated they were willing to trade the first pick. But they found no takers, in part because of the big money paid to players at the top of the draft.....read more
Just hours after Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora was officially charged with two misdemeanor counts of DUI, he plea-bargained the case, according to TMZ.
Sambora pleaded no contest to a charge of driving with a blood-alcohol level of .08 or higher, the site reported (Sambora's blood-alcohol level at the time of his arrest was reportedly .13). Another charge of driving under the influence was dropped.
Sambora, 48, will pay around $1,600, including a $390 fine and penalties, according to the site. He will be placed on three years' "informal probation" and will be required to attend an alcohol education course. He cannot drink or abuse drugs during his probation.....read more
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Miley Cyrus, the 15-year-old teen idol better known as "Hannah Montana," plans to write a memoir about her journey to stardom, the Disney Book Group said on Tuesday. The book, to be published by Disney-Hyperion Books and scheduled to hit bookshelves next spring, will trace her life from her roots in the Southern United States to Hollywood celebrity and will feature photographs from her famous family.
Cyrus is the daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, who rose to fame with 1992's "Achy, Breaky Heart. In recent years, Miley has rocketed to her own stardom as "Hannah Montana" on the Disney Channel's TV show of the same name about a girl who leads a double life as a teenager and singing sensation.....read more
The concept behind Nokia's new music service "Comes with Music" is starting to catch on with the major music labels.
Sony BMG, one of the four top recording companies, announced Tuesday that it has partnered with Nokia to make its music catalog available on select Nokia devices. After buying one of the devices, users will get unlimited free access to the music of Alicia Keys, the Foo Fighters or any Sony BMG artist for a full year.....read more
A Russian space capsule landed about 420 km off course in Kazakhstan on Saturday but South Korea's first astronaut and the other two crew were safe. The Soyuz capsule landed west of the target area and about 20 minutes late after it made a "ballistic landing", which is much steeper than normal, officials said. Rescue helicopters rushed to the scene.
"The capsule landed with an overshoot. Such things happen," said mission control spokesman Valery Lyndin.
He said the crew had begun leaving the capsule, which carried Yi So-yeon, a 29-year old nanotechnology engineer from Seoul, US commander Peggy Whitson and Russian flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko.....read moreNEW YORK (AP) — An 84-year-old former U.S. Army mechanical engineer was arrested Tuesday on charges he slipped classified documents about nuclear weapons to an employee of the Israeli Consulate who also received information from convicted Pentagon spy Jonathan Pollard, authorities announced.
Ben-ami Kadish was charged in U.S. District Court in Manhattan with four counts of conspiracy, including allegations that he disclosed U.S. national defense documents to Israel and acted as an agent of the Israeli government.......read more
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — Kept together at large west Texas sites for two weeks, the first of more than 400 children taken from a polygamist compound boarded buses Tuesday bound for group homes and other faraway foster care facilities.
The children eagerly waved and smiled at television cameras as the buses rolled out. Adult members of the sect, meanwhile, filed through an unmarked building on a courthouse square in nearby Eldorado for the second day of DNA testing.
Authorities are trying to map the tangled family trees that authorities came across while investigating a teenage girl's allegation of abuse by her much older husband.........read more
By DEB RIECHMANN NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Bush chastised lawmakers on Tuesday for letting international trade deals falter in Congress and criticized Democratic presidential contenders for wanting to scrap or amend the vast North American free-trade zone.
At the close of a two-day summit, Bush, along with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, stood solidly behind the North American Free Trade Agreement. Under NAFTA, trade between the U.S., Canada and Mexico has swelled from roughly $290 billion in 1994 to an estimated $1 trillion by the end of this year.
"Now is not the time to renegotiate NAFTA or walk away from NAFTA," Bush said. "Now is the time to make it work better for all our people. And now is the time to reduce trade barriers worldwide."..............read more
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Tsvangirai in recent past days has met with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Ghanaian President John Kufuor and former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo. MDC Secretary General Tendai Biti has met with Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga and former UN chief Kofi Annan, a veteran crisis manager......read more
CLEVELAND - For Manny Ramirez [stats], it isn’t complicated. He hits home runs, like the one that won last night’s game, and thereby punches his ticket for six more years in Boston.
One day Nina Garcia was in, but now she's supposedly out.
Wardsboro, Vermont
A British journalist has been freed by forces in Iraq, local media quoted the Iraqi defence ministry saying.
The U.S. military says coalition forces killed at least 13 militants early Saturday in fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City. The military says U.S. and Iraqi forces battled fighters who attacked with rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns, rifles and roadside bombs.
The joint forces say they used a missile from a drone aircraft and tank fire against the militants.
Iraqi police say seven civilians were killed in the fighting. Military officials say there were no casualties among the U.S. or Iraqi...........read more
Born April 12, 1923, Ann Miller was one of the few female dancers - and few Native Americans (she was one-quarter Cherokee) - of her generation to break out of the chorus line and become a headliner. Known for her rapid-fire taps (she claimed to be able to hit 500 sounds a minute) and her excellence in turning, Miller spent her life in the lights of Hollywood and Broadway, building a career that most could only dream of.
Born in eastern Texas to a criminal lawyer and his wife, Miller was given the name "Johnnie Lucille Ann Collier" because her father had wanted a boy. It wasn't until her parents' divorce that she took the name "Annie.".......read more
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In an exclusive statement, Neil Patrick Harris responds to the Associated Press article that suggested he would like Britney Spears banned from the set of his CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. "It seems that yesterday a writer took some quotes of mine and speculated an opinion about their intent. I write to you to set the record straight," the actor says. "Britney did a great job on the show. She really did. In fact, we are all hoping that she returns rather soon to reprise her role as Abby."
Review in a Hurry: Blam, blam, whoa—no thank you, man. Keanu Reeves makes a surprisingly good thug-with-a-badge in this bad-cop, badder-cop thriller from director David Ayer (Harsh Times) and crime-novel legend James Ellroy. But the lively action scenes can't make up for some DOA dialogue and connect-the-dots plotting.London, Dec 4 (ANI): American supermodel Janice Dickinson has revealed that she once had sex in a church - while dressed in a nuns outfit.
Dickinson said that she had sex in a church wearing a nuns dress and her sex partner was dressed up as a priest.
I dressed up as a nun and had sex at a church in Rome it was like a confession scene, The Sun quoted Dickinson, as saying.
I had a famous Italian film director dress up as a priest. That was hot. We did it, then we switched outfits, she added....news sourced
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A throng of beauty queens prepared to vie for the Miss USA title on Friday, capping a comparatively scandal-free year for the headline-grabbing pageant.
Miss USA Rachel Smith was to relinquish the crown and the posh New York apartment that comes with it in a show scheduled to air live by NBC with hosts Donny and Marie Osmond from the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. The network co-owns the parent Miss Universe Organization with Donald Trump.
Contestants from all 50 states and the District of Columbia have been in Las Vegas for nearly three weeks, rehearsing and hyping the 57th annual pageant. After stints in Baltimore and Los Angeles, organizers billed the new venue as a city beloved by the event's international audience....read more
By JEFF BAILEY and MARINA TRAHAN MARTINEZ
The blogosphere is buzzing over this photo of Vice President Cheney by David Bohrer of the White House.
THIS HELI IS VERY EASY TO FLY AND WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO FLY RC HELI WITHOUT SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY!!
By Nick Squires in Sydney
Legs placed confidently apart and arm thrust forward, the deep sea diver holds his bounty aloft, like a trophy. Except that this is no ordinary catch.
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