UPDATE: According to USA Today, a prison official said that the National Enquirer’s report about O.J. Simpson being attacked is “totally bogus.” Steve Suwe, the public information officer for the Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada, denied the claims in an interview with Game On! .
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CBS News says correspondent Lara Logan “suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault” while covering the resignation of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. .
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A 20-year-old student pulled out a revolver and shot another man in the thumb during an argument on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University, authorities said Monday. The campus of 24,660 about 30 miles southeast of Nashville was on alert for about 45 minutes. .
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Mubarak resigns, Egypt exploded with joy, tears, and relief after pro-democracy protesters brought down President Hosni Mubarak with a momentous march on his palaces and state TV. Mubarak, who until the end seemed unable to grasp the depth of resentment over his three decades of authoritarian rule, finally resigned Friday and handed power to...
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Yesha Callahan, 34, the formerly anonymous single mother whose “women seeking men” Craigslist ad last month inspired married Rep. Chris Lee (R-N.Y.) to tell her he was a divorced lobbyist, send her a topless muscle photo of himself and, on Wednesday, to quit Congress just hours after Gawker.com went public with the story. Yesha...
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Once again, the government has imposed an unreasonable and absurd mandate on business and the American people. “The Federal Communications Commission today took action to help pave the way for the first-ever Presidential alert to be aired across the United States on the Nation’s Emergency Alert System (EAS),” the FCC announced on February 3...
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Former MSNBC talk show host Keith Olbermann announced via Twitter today that he is becoming “Chief News Officer” at Current TV, the low-rated public affairs channel cofounded by former Vice President Al Gore. Olbermann will host what Current calls a “Major New Nightly Primetime News and Commentary Show” on weeknights on Current. The network...
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Large chunks of ice fell 200 feet off the roof of Cowboys Stadium on Friday and at least six people were injured at the Super Bowl. According to the Associated Press, one man was struck in the head and another was hit in the shoulder, said Arlington Fire Department spokesman Pete Arevalo. They were...
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On Wednesday, Israeli archaeologists presented a newly uncovered 1,500-year-old church in the Judean hills. The Byzantine church located southwest of Jerusalem, excavated over the last two months, will be visible only for another week before archaeologists cover it again with soil for its own protection. .
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Remember Alex Brown Foundation, a nonprofit organized after 17-year-old Alexandra Brown rolled her pickup truck and died on her way to school. She was texting and driving. After being alerted that her daughter hadn’t made it to school, Alex’s mother Jeannie drove out to find the wreck of the truck. “Although no other vehicles...
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