UNITED NATIONS – Iran’s president proclaimed his country’s “inalienable right” to nuclear energy Saturday and offered other countries a role in its program to prove that Tehran is not producing nuclear arms. Iran’s president proclaimed his country’s “inalienable right” to nuclear energy Saturday and offered foreign countries and companies a …
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OAKLAND, Calif. – Lawyers representing about 116,000 former and current Wal-Mart Stores (search) Inc. employees in California told a jury Monday that the world’s largest retailer systematically and illegally denied workers lunch breaks. The suit in Alameda County (search) Superior Court is among about 40 cases nationwide alleging workplace violations …
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SAN FRANCISCO – EBay Inc. (EBAY) has agreed to buy the fast-growing Internet start-up Skype (search) in a move to add free Web telephone calls to its online auctions and fuel growth, the companies confirmed on Monday. EBay said it plans to pay $1.3 billion in cash and $1.3 billion …
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JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi hurricane survivors looked around Saturday and wondered just how long it would take to get food, clean water and shelter. And they were more than angry at the federal government and the national news media. Richard Gibbs was disgusted by reports of looting in New Orleans …
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NEW YORK – Bernard Ebbers (search), former head of WorldCom Inc. (search), will be allowed to remain free on bail as his attorneys appeal his March conviction on multiple counts of fraud, according to a ruling made on Wednesday in New York. U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Jones’s ruling means …
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METAIRIE, La. – Nearly 4,500 registered sex offenders lived in the 14 parishes hit by Hurricane Katrina. They probably left their home parish, and may have left the state in the storm’s evacuation. The seven with the worst damage and the most people displaced by the hurricane and flooding include …
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Join host Brit Hume and FOX’s Team Washington weekdays at 6 p.m. ET for “Special Report” — Find out what’s happening inside the Beltway and on the world stage. Real journalism: fair and balanced. That’s why we’re No. 1 — FOX News Channel. Monday, September 26: People who fled coastal …
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WASHINGTON – The following is a transcribed excerpt of “FOX News Sunday,” Sept. 25, 2005. CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: So what happened in some of the smaller towns that were right in the path of the hurricane? For answers, we welcome the Jefferson County supervisor, Judge Carl Griffith (search). And, Judge, …
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NEW YORK – An initiative led by former President Clinton (search) to tackle poverty, climate change and other worldwide issues is launching with a gathering of political leaders and activists who are promising to pitch in — and must put those pledges in writing. Participants who fall short can’t come …
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FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. – A hurricane watch was posted Saturday for the Southeast coast as Ophelia strengthened into a hurricane once again and meteorologists said its meandering course could take a sharp turn toward land. A hurricane watch was posted along a 300-mile stretch from the Georgia-South Carolina line to …
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