WASHINGTON – Abandoning months of opposition, House Republicans agreed Friday to move an offshore drilling bill that would open new territory in the Gulf Coast to oil rigs but would not ease restrictions on coastal waters elsewhere. The Senate passed the compromise measure, 71-25, in August. Now, with time running …
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NEW YORK – Rapper Foxy Brown was summoned to court unexpectedly Monday after being accused of violating probation stemming from a fight in a nail salon more than two years ago. Brown, appearing in Manhattan Criminal Court, where she was sentenced in October to three years probation, was accused of …
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NEW YORK – Macy’s has pulled from its shelves and its Web site two styles of Sean John hooded jackets, originally advertised as featuring faux fur, after an investigation by the nation’s largest animal protection organization concluded that the garments were actually made from a certain species of dog called …
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – A sport utility vehicle carrying Lane Garrison of TV’s “Prison Break” and three teenagers struck a tree, killing a 17-year-old boy, police said. Two 15-year-old girls inside the vehicle were also injured, one critically, during the late Saturday night accident, police said. Garrison, 26, had minor …
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DETROIT – DaimlerChrysler AG (DCX) has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle allegations that its Mercedes division failed to notify authorities about faulty air pollution controls in vehicles, the U.S.. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday. Click here to visit FOXBusiness.com’s Autos Center. The EPA said …
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LONDON – A defiant Mohammed al Fayed on Thursday rejected a government report that ruled the deaths of his son Dodi and Princess Diana were accidents, clinging to the belief their deaths were the result of a royal conspiracy. “I’m certain 100 percent that a leading member of the royal …
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SYDNEY, Australia – Hundreds of Australian troops will remain in southern Iraq and begin supporting local security forces in stabilizing the country, Defense Minister Brendan Nelson said Tuesday. Canberra has 450 troops near the town of Samawah in southern Iraq protecting a team of 600 Japanese non-combat forces involved in …
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Watch “The Navy’s Fighting Seabees,” Sunday at 8pm / 11pm ET. Visit the websites below for more information on the warrior-builders of the U.S. Navy’s construction battalions. http://www.seabee.navy.mil/ • Official home of the Seabees http://www.seabee.navy.mil/index.cfm/32561 • U.S. Navy’s website on the history of the the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion http://www.petitiononline.com/IwoCB133/petition.html …
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Craig Mitnick joined FOX News Channel (FNC) as a legal contributor in August 2004. He regularly appears on “Dayside,” “FOX News Live,” “Studio B w/Shepard Smith” and “The O’Reilly Factor.” He also has a weekend segment, “Craig’s Court,” on “FOX & Friends Weekend” and is featured on FOX News Radio …
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WASHINGTON – The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere climbed to a record 381 parts per million last year, an increase sure to spark further debate on global warming. The reading was up 2.6 parts per million, according to preliminary calculations, David J. Hofmann of the Office of Atmospheric …
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