NEW YORK – Sean “P. Diddy (search)” Combs and Random House, Inc. (search), have settled a lawsuit in which the publisher alleged that the hip-hop mogul never paid back a $300,000 advance for a memoir he never completed. “The matter has been amicably resolved,” according to a statement issued Tuesday …
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WASHINGTON – A U.S. cash infusion meant to show confidence in Palestinian self-government will come with strings attached, including a requirement that the Palestinians keep it in a separate bank account to make tracking easier, lawmakers and diplomats said Tuesday. President Bush announced the $50 million cash payment to the …
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WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (search) and her French counterpart tried to present a united front Tuesday against any Iranian ambitions for a nuclear weapon, but it was clear that Europeans and the United States still see the problem differently. Meanwhile, Iran’s top nuclear official said he was …
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WASHINGTON – You’ve got mail, members of Congress, about 200 million pieces of it. Nine out of 10 of those missives are e-mail, according to a report that chronicles the rapid shift from postal letters to e-mail as the means of communicating with lawmakers. And a personal message, either online …
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WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (search) was hunting for ways to end the yearlong impasse with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program as she embarked Friday on a trip to four nations in East Asia. China may be the most difficult stop for Rice, given growing disagreements …
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BOISE, Idaho – Convicted sex offender Joseph Edward Duncan III (search) spent months on the Internet documenting his internal struggle over right vs. wrong. Then, four days before two Idaho children he is accused of kidnapping disappeared, he wrote: “The demons have taken over.” It was one of the last …
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NEW YORK – Surprisingly benign inflation data, solid retail sales, tumbling oil prices and strong earnings boosted stocks Thursday, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 index hitting a four-year high. Both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 rallied for the sixth day in a row. The Dow Jones industrial average …
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SEATTLE – Baltimore Orioles (search) slugger Rafael Palmeiro (search) became the 26th player to reach 3,000 career hits on Friday night, curling an RBI double into the left field corner in the fifth inning off Seattle starter Joel Pineiro. Palmeiro also has 566 home runs over his 20-year career, joining …
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Sirens meant to warn thousands of people of any emergency at a nuclear plant complex north of New York City stood useless for nearly six hours Tuesday when power was lost to a signal transmitter and the failure went undiscovered. There was no emergency, and the …
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LONDON – Money can’t buy you love. But a few hundred thousand can get you a piece of Beatles (search) history. A collection of John Lennon (search) memorabilia valued by auctioneers at more than $2 million is being sold in London Thursday. The sale includes youthful paintings and handwritten lyrics, …
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