LOS ANGELES – Former “Baywatch” idol Pamela Anderson (search) is being sued for breach of contract for allegedly not making herself available for promotional events. United Licensing Group Inc. (search), which is arranging for the manufacture of the star’s perfume, clothing and other merchandise, claims Anderson has not been sufficiently …
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WASHINGTON – Casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) Wednesday said second-quarter earnings met Wall Street expectations as strong growth at its casino in Macau offset weaker results in Las Vegas. Excluding one-time items, Sands reported a second-quarter profit of 27 cents a share, meeting the average analyst estimate, as …
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NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan priest and five other people were charged Friday with murdering a Roman Catholic bishop in a plot to control church funds, according to an Associated Press report. Luigi Locati (search), the Italian-born bishop of the Isiolo Diocese (search), was gunned down July 14 while walking …
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SALEM, Mass. – A dispute between two boys hawking lemonade and a rival vendor who forced police to shut down their unlicensed stand was resolved Wednesday after the mayor orchestrated what he called “a corporate merger.” Mayor Stanley Usovicz (search) said sausage stand owner Kevin Kefalas (search) agreed to allow …
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WASHINGTON – CIA Director Porter Goss (search) personally delivered to Congress the findings of the agency’s inspector general report on the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, opening a debate about how much of the highly classified and critical document should be made public. The report, which congressional officials had yet …
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Victims of identity theft must overcome enormous hurdles to restore their good names. Here are some pointers. IN RETROSPECT, Linda Foley wishes she turned down that job offer. Just four months after taking an advertising-sales position in June 1997, Foley discovered that her new boss had stolen her identity and …
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VIENNA, Austria – Oil prices rose Monday as traders weighed the effects of sabotage that disrupted Iraq’s southern pipeline exports against partially resumed crude production in Ecuador. Analysts cautioned against putting too much emphasis on the Iraqi outages, saying it was too early to say how long the shortfalls in …
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LOS ANGELES – The good ol’ boys of “The Dukes of Hazzard (search)” crashed past another pair of joke-cracking buddies to the top of the weekend box office. The adventure comedy, which stars Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott as the mischievous Duke cousins, rounded up $30.6 million in its …
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WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee John Roberts (search) earned a “well qualified” rating from the American Bar Association (search) on Wednesday, clearing one hurdle in his path to joining the high court. The rating by unanimous vote of an ABA committee was disclosed as the Senate Judiciary Committee announced plans …
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