Virginia’s governor declared a state of emergency today and North Carolina ordered mandatory evacuations for visitors from several barrier islands as powerful Hurricane Earl bore down on the coastal states with winds topping 125 mph. Coastal residents from the Carolinas as far north as Cape Cod are on high alert for Earl, despite the...
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Shelley Malil, an actor best known for playing an electronics-store clerk in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, calmly walked up to his ex-girlfriend Kendra Beebe in her backyard two years ago, leaned in as if to hug her, then stabbed her repeatedly, Beebe testified Tuesday in Malil’s trial for attempted murder. “I felt a primal, instinctual,...
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Michael Douglas, appearing on “The Late Show With David Letterman” on Tuesday, shocked the audience when he revealed his throat cancer is “a Stage IV.” The actor, in town to promote “Wall Street 2,” appeared upbeat if a bit thin,after just completing a week of radiation and chemotherapy. He joked with Letterman and, implausibly,...
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This evening President Obama will sit down for dinner with Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, marking the start of direct negotiations between the pair with the ambitious aim of agreeing a final settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict within 12 months. King Abdullah of Jordan and Egypt’s president, Hosni...
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The storm has dropped to Category Three but is still generating sustained winds of 201km/h (135mph). One island in North Carolina’s Outer Banks is being evacuated and visitors are being asked to leave another. The narrow islands are served by a single main road and officials worry that waves washing over it will cause...
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The NFL is investigating the explicit video of Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes that was leaked onto the Internet, apparently to determine whether Spikes violated the league’s personal conduct policy. “We are looking into it,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told the Boston Herald. At first we were left with questions whether it was in fact...
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Federal officials say evacuations may be required in the U.S. if Hurricane Earl tracks too close to the East Coast. Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Craig Fugate said Tuesday that people along the eastern seaboard should be prepared in case evacuations are necessary later this week. Officials will be closely monitoring...
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As an intensifying Hurricane Earl barrels north through the Caribbean, forecasters say the Category 4 storm could threaten Labor Day beach getaways anywhere from the Outer Banks to Cape Cod. The hurricane brought strong winds and rain to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Monday, where flights were canceled and cruise ships were diverted....
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Dancing with the Stars announced the cast for its 11th season during Monday night’s Bachelor Pad broadcast.  The DWTS Season 11 cast includes: David Hasselhoff: Listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as “The Most Watched TV Star in the World,” David Hasselhoff is an international superstar of television. Brandy: Is a platinum-selling...
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The State Department included a Justice Department lawsuit against Arizona’s immigration law into a United Nations human rights report to show how U.S. rule of law can be an example to the world, a State Department spokesman said Monday. Spokesman P.J. Crowley said the Arizona immigration law included in an Aug. 20 report to...
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