MADRID, Spain – Al Qaeda’s suspected leader in Spain denied Monday that he founded a radical Muslim cell accused of helping plot the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States. Imad Yarkas (search), a 42-year-old Syrian, said he had never heard of a group called Soldiers of Allah (search) …
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WASHINGTON – With provisions set to expire at the end of 2006 and in an atmosphere vastly different from the first two months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, some senators are focusing a much more critical eye on the Patriot Act (search) and considering whether to scrap some …
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CAIRO, Egypt – An American tourist died Friday from wounds sustained in a bomb blast that rocked a Cairo (search) bazaar popular with foreigners, a U.S. Embassy spokeswoman said, taking the death toll in the Egyptian capital’s first such attack in seven years to three. Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm (search) said another …
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LONDON – A sea of feathers graced the heads of the rich and famous at the royal wedding Saturday, and the first among the spring creations adorned the new Duchess of Cornwall (search) — a coronet of gilded plumes tipped with crystals. Her 26-year-old daughter wore a towering creation of …
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BARTOW, Fla. – A former Department of Homeland Security press aide accused of having sexually explicit conversations with someone he thought was a teenage girl posted bail Thursday and was released from jail. Brian J. Doyle, 55, faces 23 felony charges, including 16 counts of sending pornographic movie clips to …
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OSLO, Norway – A small Norwegian town has grown so tired of its barking dogs that it plans to pass a curfew forbidding noisy animals from leaving their homes late at night, an official said Friday. Erik Schult, the head of forestry for the municipality of Fjell in western Norway, …
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NEW YORK – Two men were killed — one by a pair of bicycle-riding gunmen — and four others were wounded during several shootings in Brooklyn, police said Saturday. On a balmy Friday evening, youths in Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood were out in the streets when a 19-year-old was shot at …
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NEW YORK – When Maggie Gyllenhaal caused a stir with comments about the U.S. role in the Sept. 11 attacks, she was particularly concerned about the opinions of two people — Port Authority Officer William J. Jimeno and his wife, Allison. The 28-year-old actress says she was ready to drop …
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HOUSTON – A verdict has been reached in the Houston trial of former Enron chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. The Company — Was once the nation’s seventh-largest company — Considered an innovative new-economy maverick and admired as a top stock performer The Scandal — Collapse cost thousands of jobs …
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ST. LOUIS – Anheuser-Busch Cos. (BUD), which brews Budweiser and Bud Light, said Friday it bought the Rolling Rock beer brand from InBev USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Belgian-Brazilian brewer InBev SA, for $82 million. Under the agreement announced by the two companies, Anheuser-Busch will use the brand to expand …
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