NEW YORK – This just in: “Saturday Night Live” (search) comedian-writer Tina Fey (search) has given birth to her first child. Fey, co-anchor of Weekend Update (search), the fake news desk of “SNL,” gave birth Saturday in New York to a daughter, Alice Richmond, an NBC spokesman said Monday. “Safe, …
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – He didn’t choose to leave New Orleans; Katrina (search) came through and wrecked Jerry Hymel’s native city, driving him away. And now he does not know what to do. He is asking the same questions posed by thousands of others who fled the storm and its aftermath: …
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HANOI, Vietnam – Disaster relief officials said Thursday they have recovered at least 38 bodies from flash flooding and landslides spawned by Typhoon Damrey, and the death toll is expected to rise as the search goes on in northern Vietnam. Typhoon Damrey, which came ashore early Tuesday with winds of …
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NEW YORK – To African-Americans, Hurricane Katrina (search) has become a generation-defining catastrophe — a disaster with a predominantly black toll, tinged with racism. They’ve rallied to the cause with an unprecedented outpouring of activism and generosity. Blacks who have been touched by the disaster are not only donating money …
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NEW YORK – U.S. chain store sales (search) slowed in the fourth week of September, as retailers complained of sluggish sales due to weather, a report said on Tuesday. Sales in September to date were up 0.4 percent compared with the same period in August, while sales at major retailers …
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HOUSTON – The nation’s fourth-largest city began flickering back to life Sunday after Hurricane Rita (search). Airports bustled, businesses reopened and traffic moved easily over freeways. Officials dispatched buses to bring back thousands of evacuees from shelters. On Monday, more and more traffic lights were working properly and a long …
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DALLAS – Movie-rental giant Blockbuster Inc. (BBI) continues to take small steps toward a rollout of online video-on-demand in the United Kingdom while rival Netflix Inc. (NFLX) plans a small-scale test in the United States this year. Blockbuster demonstrated an online video service at a trade show in Europe last …
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland – Protestant extremists threw homemade grenades, gasoline bombs and other makeshift weapons Saturday and at least a dozen police and two civilians were wounded in the latest fury over a restricted Belfast (search) parade. Protestants clashed with police, British troops and Catholic crowds in several parts of …
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See you weeknights in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight “The O’Reilly Factor” is on… President Bush addresses the nation tonight. Watch the speech LIVE tonight on FOX News Channel at 9 p.m. ET! With his job approval numbers at the lowest point in …
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Now you can use plastic to reduce your mortgage, save for retirement and more. Here are the details. These days, you can earn all kinds of gifts by paying with plastic: airplane tickets, gift certificates — even cash. But some credit cards take this one step further, by actually improving …
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