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NEW YORK – U.S. consumer sentiment improved in September, a report showed Friday, although consumers’ view of their current conditions fell. The University of Michigan‘s preliminary September consumer sentiment index reading was 84.4, up from from August’s final 82, said sources who saw the subscription-only report. Click here to visit …

The following is posted on the Final Call’s Web site regarding the health of Minister Louis Farrakhan. The text reads: The Following letter by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan dated September 11, 2006, is addressed to All Laborers and Believers of the Nation of Islam and Supporters. Minister Louis Farrakhan …

MINNEAPOLIS – A leading Islamic advocacy group called for an investigation after six imams were removed from a US Airways flight and detained, due to what the group suspected was persistent “fear and prejudice” against Muslims. The imams were among the passengers who boarded Phoenix-bound Flight 300 in Minneapolis, and …

WASHINGTON – Republican and Democratic candidates spent the waning hours of Campaign 2006 hammering away at a message now familiar to millions of voters poised to go to the polls Tuesday: We can do a better job than them. “The Democrat philosophy is this: If it breathes, tax it, and …

BAGHDAD – Ten Iraqi insurgent groups have agreed to escalate attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces to derail the proposed U.S.-Iraqi security agreement, an Internet monitoring service said Tuesday. The declaration against “the agreement of disgrace” was announced Nov. 4 in an audio speech by Sheik Abu Wael, a top …

A grieving daughter threw a fake wake in an elaborate sting on “serial mourners” who were crashing funerals across the United Kingdom, the London Telegraph reported. Following the death of British journalist Alan Coren, his daughter Victoria placed an ad in the papers announcing his memorial service. But an anonymous …

Has Guy Ritchie moved on from ex-wife Madonna to a new lady? It appears to be quite possible, as the director and ex-Mr. Madge, 40, was spied partying with millionaire heiress Jemima Khan earlier this month. The two reportedly showed up to a London dinner party together this month, according …

Recently I had a startling revelation: When it comes to being single, we’re a generation of experts. Is this good? Kind of. I guess it means we’re independent and self-sufficient, and that we have no problem solo-dining or going to the movies alone. But it also means that when it …

HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Convicted killer Leon David Dorsey IV quietly went to his death. The twice-convicted murderer with a history of violence that included 95 disciplinary infractions since he arrived on death row eight years ago offered no resistance as Texas corrections officers led him to the death chamber Tuesday …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Selective Reporting? We told you about Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick getting out of jail Friday. Thursday, when the Associated Press reported that he had been imprisoned for violating terms of his bond in his perjury case, the AP failed to mention his …