KUWAIT CITY – Kuwait’s highest court has ruled that women lawmakers are not obliged by the law to wear the headscarf, in a ruling that is a blow to Muslim fundamentalists in this small oil-rich state. The Constitutional Court dismissed on Wednesday a case raised by a voter who claimed …
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WASHINGTON – U.S. immigration authorities say 223 gang members and associates were arrested in Florida in the last fiscal year. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says Operation Community Shield led to 1,785 arrests in 89 cities nationwide. The arrests were made between Oct. 1, 2008, and Sept. 30. The 223 …
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A former Mobile jail inmate testified Wednesday that then-Circuit Judge Herman Thomas spanked his bare bottom severely three times, rubbed it once and, on another occasion, grabbed his crotch while clothed. Under questioning by Thomas’ attorneys, the former inmate also said the judge found him a job, …
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LONDON – The U.K. government says Prime Minister Gordon Brown is taking a personal interest in the case of a British man who has been sentenced to death on drug trafficking charges in China. Britain’s Foreign Office says the prime minister has repeatedly raised the case of 53-year-old Akmal Shaikh …
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STOCKHOLM – Three scientists who created the technology behind digital photography and helped link the world through fiber-optic networks shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday. Charles K. Kao was cited for his breakthrough involving the transmission of light in fiber optics while Willard S. Boyle and George E. …
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WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. – A man who thought there was an intruder in his house shot and killed his fiancee the day before they were to be married, police said Friday. “Right now everything points to a tragic accident,” Police Chief Kevin Brunelle told The Associated Press, adding investigators were …
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Michael Jackson’s first wife, Lisa Marie Presley, says her ex-husband often thought about death, even comparing himself to her ill-fated father. Presley wrote Friday on her MySpace blog that Jackson once said during an emotional conversation, “I am afraid that I am going to end up like [Elvis Presley], the …
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This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” June 1 to 2, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Tonight, former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter, Liz, go “On the Record” for their very …
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MINNEAPOLIS – The recording industry began its second attempt at proving that a Minnesota woman engaged in illegal sharing of copyrighted music on the Internet and should be held accountable. Attorney Tim Reynolds told a jury Monday that the record companies would prove that Jammie Thomas-Rasset, 32, of Brainerd, illegally …
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CATSKILL, N.Y. – Police say a New York man running to the aid of another motorist fell to his death from a bridge, apparently because he didn’t know there was a large gap between lanes. State police say 44-year-old Kevin Ryan, of Mount Kisco, was traveling on Route 23 in …
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