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Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt expecting first child
NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Love Hewitt and Brian Hallisay, who co-star on Lifetime’s “The Client List,” are expecting their first child. In a statement released Tuesday by Hewitt’s publicist, the couple said: “This is a wonderful time and we are looking forward to starting our family together.” The 34-year-old actress was previously engaged to [...]
Sebelius won’t intervene in girl’s transplant case
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services said she won’t intervene in an “incredibly agonizing” transplant decision about a dying Pennsylvania girl, noting that three other children in the same hospital are just as sick. Kathleen Sebelius told a Congressional panel Tuesday that medical experts should make those decisions. But relatives [...]
Newseum in DC to feature ‘Anchorman: The Exhibit’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Newseum in Washington is poking some fun at TV anchors with a new exhibit about the 2004 comedy “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” starring Will Ferrell. The Newseum announced plans Tuesday for “Anchorman: The Exhibit” to be created with Paramount Pictures. It’s scheduled to open Nov. 14 with props, costumes [...]
GOP aiming to recruit more Chicago candidates
CHICAGO (AP) — The odds are historically against them, but Illinois’ beleaguered Republicans are looking to reverse their fortunes by recruiting help in the heart of enemy territory: Democratic Chicago. Three days after the end of a legislative session where the Democratic-controlled General Assembly failed to address a number of pressing issues, Republicans announced efforts [...]
IMF: World markets upbeat compared to slow economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund chief says upbeat financial markets are out of whack with a sluggish global economy that is showing signs of slowing even further. Christine Lagarde is also criticizing the U.S. for cutting back government spending too much and too fast. She said that’s taking a toll on growth in [...]
Arrested 2 years ago, Bulger about to start trial
BOSTON (AP) — Nearly 16 years on the run and two years after his arrest on charges he played a role in 19 murders, James “Whitey” Bulger is about to face a jury. A judge will hold a final pretrial conference on Monday before jury selection begins Tuesday for the trial of the reputed Boston [...]
UN nuke chief urges Iran cooperate in atom probe
VIENNA (AP) — The chief of the U.N. nuclear agency is urging Iran to cooperate with a probe of his agency, in unusually frank language showing exasperation with the stalled investigation. Yukiya Amano of the International Atomic Energy Agency says negotiations with Iran to restart the probe “have been going around in circles.” He says [...]
Greece’s Alpha Bank avoids nationalization
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Alpha Bank says it has raised enough capital to avoid being nationalized, the first Greek bank to meet that target. The country’s third-largest lender by assets said Monday that foreign investors contributed significantly to its rights issue and private placement, which were held last month. Greece’s banks are being bailed [...]
Bradley Manning trial begins 3 years after arrest
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Army Pfc. Bradley Manning goes on trial Monday more than three years after he was arrested in Iraq and charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. Manning has admitted to sending troves of material to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks and pleaded guilty to charges that would [...]
Defense: Berlusconi not guilty in sex case
MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi’s defense says the former premier was “convinced” that a Moroccan teen at the center of a sex scandal was related to the former Egyptian president. Nicolo Ghedini said Tuesday during closing arguments that Berlusconi neither paid for sex with an under-age teen, nor tried to cover it up, as charged, [...]
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