Posts Tagged ‘Entertainment’

Obama wins summit praise (Reuters)

Reuters – U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday won praise for offering a closer partnership with the Americas, even from left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who moved to restore normal ties with Washington.

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Bronx Bummer: Tribe’s 14-run 2nd dooms Yanks 22-4 (AP)

AP – The Cleveland Indians set the bar for Yankee Stadium’s new record book Saturday, scoring 14 runs in the second inning of a 22-4 victory.

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Obama extends hands to Chavez, Ortega at summit (AP)

AP – President Barack Obama offered a spirit of cooperation to America’s hemispheric neighbors at a summit Saturday, listening to complaints about past U.S. meddling and even reaching out to Venezuela’s leftist leader.

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Couple, their 3 kids found dead in Maryland home (AP)

AP – An accountant for a railroad operator killed his wife and their three children before fatally shooting himself in a northwest Maryland home, leaving a gruesome scene that was discovered Saturday by the youngsters’ grandfather, authorities said.

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NATO frees 20 hostages; pirates seize Belgian ship (AP)

AP – NATO forces rescued 20 fishermen from pirates who launched the latest attack in the Gulf of Aden on Saturday, but let the Somali hijackers go because they had no authority to arrest them.

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Day after plunking woman, Bill Murray hacks away (AP)

AP – One day after she was plunked on the head by Bill Murray’s wayward tee shot, Gayle DiMaggio had a request: a signed copy of his movie “Caddyshack.”

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US ‘deeply disappointed’ as Iran convicts reporter (AP)

AP – Iran convicted an American journalist of spying for the United States and sentenced her to eight years in prison, her lawyer said Saturday, complicating the Obama administration’s efforts to break a 30-year-old diplomatic deadlock with Tehran.

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U.S. will boycott U.N. conference on racism (Reuters)

Reuters – The United States will boycott a United Nations conference on racism next week, the U.S. State Department said on Saturday, citing objectionable language in the meeting’s draft declaration.

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