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Obama scoffs at Ahmadinejad’s demand for apology

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s criticism of Iran escalated Friday into an unusually personal war of words. To Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s demand he apologize for meddling, Obama shot back that the regime should “think carefully” about answers owed to protesters it has arrested, bludgeoned and killed. “The violence perpetrated against them is outrageous,” Obama said. [...]

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U.S. Warns Banks About North Korea

WASHINGTON (AP) ― The Obama administration warned U.S. banks on Thursday that North Korea might try to skirt financial sanctions by using various “deceptive practices.” The advisory from the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network represents the latest effort by the U.S. to make sure North Korea doesn’t evade U.N. Security Council sanctions intended to prevent [...]

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  News of Jackson’s death first spread online

  NEW YORK – It was a where-were-you moment in a digital age. Michael Jackson’s death was not learned from a fatherly TV news anchor. Instead, the news first spread online. Some of the initial reports from various outlets were confusing: Was Jackson still alive? Was he in a coma? They spread like wildfire across news sites, [...]

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  One Celebrity Gets Out of Here a Winner

  Los Angeles (E! Online) – Glory be, it’s over.It came down to the Young Gun, the lady wrestler and the retired basketball star for all the marbles on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! on Wednesday’s finale. All of the season-two contestants—minus comedy duo Frangela—returned to the Costa Rican jungle to lend their moral support [...]

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  Farrah Fawcett health worsening; family, friends at bedside, say reports

  Cancer-stricken Farrah Fawcett had taken a serious turn for the worse and her loved ones reportedly gathered at her bedside Wednesday night. A priest also was summoned to the Los Angeles hospital where the 62-year-old “Charlie’s Angels” icon – a devout Catholic – is being treated for anal cancer, the television show “Extra” reported.