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(AP) Aladdin musical A stage musical of the animated film "Aladdin" is riding a magic carpet to Broadway and the president of Disney Theatrical Productions promises it will be "a full-length, big song musical with big dance numbers." Thomas Schumacher said ...
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(AP) Authorities say a Massachusetts nanny in the country illegally could be charged with murder after the 1-year-old child she was watching suffered fatal injuries in her care.Aisling (ASH'-ling) McCarthy Brady is being held on $500,000 bail after pleading not guilty ...
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(AP) A judge in Guatemala has begun pre-trial hearings in a genocide case against former dictator Efrain Rios Montt.Rios Montt is accused of overseeing hundreds of killings when he ruled Guatemala from 1982 to 1983, at the height of the country's ...
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(AP) Police have arrested a Bolivian provincial lawmaker who was caught by security cameras having what appears to be nonconsensual sex in a legislative chamber with an extremely inebriated and possibly unconscious woman.The lawmaker had fled after the video was broadcast ...
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(AP) President Barack Obama is getting one last chance to celebrate his re-election before settling in for his second term.A day after his public swearing-in, Obama is celebrating at a staff ball Tuesday night intended to thank campaign, White House and ...
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(AP) The Costa Rican government says illegal fishing could be the cause of 280 sea turtles showing up dead in the Golfo Dulce off the Pacific coast.Environment ministry official Jackelyn Rivera says her agency has launched an investigation and ordered the ...
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(AP) The nation's oldest sitting U.S. senator is not revealing his own political plans but is taking digs at the fellow Democrat who has stated he wants the seat.Sen. Frank Lautenberg says Newark Mayor Cory Booker is entitled to run next ...
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(AP) COAL CONCERNS: CSX railroad says coal revenue fell 18 percent in the fourth-quarter, but growth in intermodal and merchandise shipments nearly offset that. CSX says net income declined 3 percent to $443 million, or 43 cents per share.BEATING THE STREET: ...
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(AP) Based on his record alone, there could be cause for alarm the way Tiger Woods started his season.Woods never finished out of the top 10 in his season opener until his 13th season, when he was coming off reconstructive surgery ...
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(AP) The Colorado sheriff whose county includes the movie theater where 12 people were shot and killed last year says law-enforcement officers have no right to ignore gun-control laws unless the courts rule them unconstitutional.Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson issued a ...
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(AP) One of the world's largest outdoor gear trade shows will remain in Salt Lake City through at least 2016.Outdoor Retailer, which kicks off its winter expo Wednesday, draws more than 25,000 people to each bi-annual show and pours an estimated ...
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(AP) Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne says there is an ongoing criminal investigation into a polygamous sect along the Utah-Arizona border.The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' leader, Warren Jeffs, is jailed in Texas for life after being ...
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(AP) Honolulu police say a Coast Guardsman has returned to his home after being missing for more than three months.Honolulu police said Tuesday Russell Matthews returned home Sunday night. Police say he was incoherent and taken to a hospital for observation.His ...
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(AP) Ever since a 40-year-old Supreme Court decision found that abortions are legal in some circumstances, state legislatures across the country have been pushing measures aimed at scaling them back.It has been rare for states to expand access to abortions since ...
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(AP) WASHINGTON — A Pentagon investigation has cleared Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, of professional misconduct in exchanging emails with a civilian woman linked to the sex scandal that led retired Gen. David Petraeus to resign as ...
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(AP) Home-improvement retailer Lowe's Cos. said Tuesday that it plans to hire 45,000 seasonal workers ahead of its busy spring season, a sign that the nascent housing recovery is creating jobs.Lowe's, based in Mooresville, N.C., also plans to add 9,000 part-time ...
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(AP) A look at health care giant Johnson & Johnson's fourth-quarter revenue by division and for selected products and categories:?CONSUMER HEALTH PRODUCTS 4Q 2012 4Q 2011 Change?U.S. Total $1.2 B $1.25 B down 3.6 percent?International Total $2.45 B $2.42 B up ...
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(AP) Mississippi River shipping was halted Tuesday north of St. Louis after a barge got caught up on an auxiliary lock's gate at one of the waterway's busiest points, causing a swelling barge jam that could persist into the week, the ...
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(AP) Prosecutors aren't asking for the maximum prison sentence for an American who played a central role in the 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, that left more than 160 people dead.In federal court documents filed Tuesday in Chicago, prosecutors asked ...
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(AP) A new trial will begin March 11 for a former New Orleans police lieutenant accused of covering up a police killing after Hurricane Katrina. The ex-officer accused of killing the man will be tried a week later.U.S. District Judge Lance ...
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(AP) The lawyer for a Montana family accused of cramming $70 million in bogus charges on phone bills nationwide says his clients followed industry standards.The Federal Trade Commission accuses Steven Sann, his wife, son and accountant of running companies that added ...
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(AP) Authorities say the shooting at a Texas community college was the result of an altercation between two people, and at least one was a student.Harris County Sheriff's Maj. Armando Tello says a college maintenance man was injured in the crossfire.Tello ...
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(AP) A team of experts from the U.N. on Tuesday began evaluating a proposed nickel mine expansion in the Dominican Republic that has been halted by a court over environmental concerns.The team from the U.N. Development Program will analyze the project ...
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(AP) Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera says that a life-size bronze statue of Azerbaijan's former president will be removed from the capital's main avenue.Mancera says the Stalinesque statue of the late Geidar Aliyev will be moved to different location that ...
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(AP) The red-carpet glamor of haute couture _ with its dripping paillettes, glistening silks and exorbitant price tag _ makes it a natural bedfellow for A-list actresses the world over.The spring-summer season 2013 is certainly no exception, with Tuesday, the second ...
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(AP) As 21st century technology strains to become ever faster, cleaner and cheaper, an invention from more than 200 years ago keeps holding it back. It's why electric cars aren't clogging the roads and why Boeing's new ultra-efficient 787 Dreamliners aren't ...
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(AP) A prominent genetics expert from Harvard Medical School says he is not looking for a woman to bear a Neanderthal baby. Not even an adventurous one.Some press reports in the past few days suggest Harvard's George Church is supporting the ...
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(AP) A southern Utah woman is badly injured but grateful to be alive after a boulder the size of a small car broke free from a cliff above her house, crashed through her bedroom wall, and hit her like a "giant ...
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(AP) The U.S. Embassy in Moscow says some Russian children caught in limbo by a ban on adoptions by Americans have left for the United States with their new parents.The confirmation early Wednesday from press attaché Joseph Kruzich was the first ...
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(AP) Norfolk Southern Corp.'s fourth-quarter profit fell 14 percent because coal shipment revenues dropped 23 percent. But the railroad's results still beat Wall Street expectations.The Norfolk, Va., based railroad said Tuesday that its quarterly profit declined to $413 million, or $1.30 ...
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