NEW YORK – Paris Hilton (search) plans to give up public life for family life. The 24-year-old hotel heiress, star of “The Simple Life” reality series, tells Newsweek magazine that when she was younger, “I thought it was cute to play a dumb blonde. On TV, I do it because …
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LIMA, Peru – Surgeons began a delicate operation late Tuesday on Peru’s bright-eyed “little mermaid” — a baby girl born with legs fused from her thighs to her ankles. The surgery was the first of three planned to repair her rare birth defect. Thirteen-month-old Milagros Cerron (search) giggled and played …
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NEW YORK – Britney Spears (search) is loving life as a pregnant woman — the cravings, watching sonograms and especially the sex. “I think it’s better than it was before,” Spears tells People magazine in the issue on newsstands Friday. “I think it’s best. Sex is crazy good.” The 23-year-old …
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This is a partial transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume,” June 8, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “Special Report With Brit Hume” weeknights at 6 p.m. ET (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) HOWARD DEAN, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: The Republicans are not very friendly to different kinds of …
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SAN FRANCISCO – Network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. (SUNW) on Tuesday said it agreed to buy SeeBeyond Technology Corp. (SBYN), which makes software that stitches together disparate computer systems, for $387 million in cash. Sun, which is trying to expand beyond the commoditized, workhorse machines it sells to run …
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FORT MYERS, Fla. – A 6-year-old girl darted into traffic to save a turtle and was killed when she was hit by a car, officials said. Emily Kent (search) was riding with her mother Sunday when they spotted the turtle trying to cross busy U.S. 41. Geraldine Kent pulled over …
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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court (search) overturned the conviction of a black death row inmate who said Texas prosecutors unfairly stacked his jury with whites, issuing a harsh rebuke to the state that executes more people than any other. The 6-3 ruling Monday ordered a new trial for Thomas Miller-El …
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“Herbie: Fully Loaded,” (search) the Disney movie starring Lindsay Lohan (search) as a young woman who wants to be a race car driver, comes out Wednesday at a fortuitous time: as 2005 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year Danica Patrick (search) has just made history for being the first woman …
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WASHINGTON – Culminating years of frustration with the performance and behavior of the United Nations (search), the House voted Friday to slash U.S. contributions to the world body if it does not substantially change the way it operates. The 221-184 vote, which came despite a Bush administration warning that such …
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Every six weeks, the Republican Party chairman has traveled to California, a large and solidly Democratic Party stronghold. With Arnold Schwarzenegger (search) as governor and the state’s most conservative areas growing rapidly, Republicans are sensing an opportunity. Democrats have won the last four presidential contests in …
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