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FORT SMITH, Ark. – Two young children visiting their mother for Christmas were found dead near her body in a Fort Smith apartment, where authorities arrested the woman’s boyfriend early Tuesday, police said. The three bodies bore no obvious wounds and appeared to have been there for as long as …

LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson is suing his former accountants, claiming they withdrew US$2.5 million a year from his bank accounts but did not properly pay his bills. The suit by Jackson and MJJ Productions Inc. was filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Bernstein, Fox, Whitman, Goldman & …

America loves the comeback kid. So it really should come as no surprise that “The Donald” gave Miss USA Tara Conner “a second chance.” Particularly given that it’s the Holiday forgiving season. As Trump said, it’s fairly easy and common to “get caught up in the whirlwind of New York.” …

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The sole survivor of the Sago Mine disaster visited his home for the first time since the Jan. 2 explosion Tuesday, eating a home-cooked lunch and visiting with his family during a three-hour visit. Afterward, Randal McCloy Jr., 26, returned to the HealthSouth Mountainview Regional Rehabilitation Hospital, …

PARIS – PresidentJacques Chirac said Friday he would press ahead with a contentious labor law making it easier to fire workers, but he offered some concessions in hopes of calming furious protests that led to nationwide strikes. Chirac said he would reduce a trial period during which employees could be …

This week Gail announces 20 winners of a book on improving credit and reducing debt. The remaining winners will be announced in next week’s column. Dear Friends, I am overwhelmed by the hundreds of you who wrote in response to the two columns that appeared early this year and dealt …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris plans to spend $10 million of her inheritance in her race to unseat Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, she announced Wednesday night. She ended speculation that she would quit the race on Fox News’ “Hannity & Colmes” political talk show. Rumors swirled that she …

NEW YORK – Two Internet telephone services debut Monday with unusual business approaches, hoping to stand out in an increasingly crowded market with intense price competition. Lycos, the Internet portal owned by Daum Communications Corp. of South Korea, is launching a Windows-based program that provides free calls to phones when …

The public art committee in Portland, Maine is resisting the gift of a bronze statue because some of its members say the city already has enough statues of white people, according to the Boston Globe. The statue, to be donated by the owner of a local minor league baseball team …

MINNEAPOLIS – Some ground workers at Northwest Airlines rejected a tentative agreement and authorized a strike, the union said on Tuesday. The rejection is likely to send Northwest back to the bargaining table with a union it thought it had secured concessions from. Workers represented by the International Association of …