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  • Former Philadelphia cop billed as hero now faces charges

    PHILADELPHIA -- A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes. Authorities allege that former officer Richard DeCoatsworth left a party with two females early Thursday and took them to another location, where they allege that he produced a handgun and ...

  • Majority of possible Powerball combinations purchased

    A woman prepares to choose her numbers on a lottery ticket Saturday in the Chinatown district in Oakland, Calif. A record Powerball jackpot has climbed to $600 million, and lottery officials speculated the jackpot would continue to soar in the run-up to Saturday's ...

  • Maryland man has car devoted to Dolly Parton

    In this May 2 photo, Paul T. Woodal Jr. poses for photos next to his Barbie-pink 2008 Volkswagen Beetle adorned with photos and sayings from one of country music's most beloved artists, Dolly ...

  • Kansas City museum raising cash to re-create historic Hughes flight

    This 2012 photo provided by the National Airline History Museum shows its Lockheed Constellation, or Connie, as the propeller-driven aircraft was known, in Kansas City, ...

  • Probe begins after Connecticut commuter trains crash

    FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in a crash that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor. Three patients remained in critical condition Saturday morning, with two of those stable, according to officials at two Bridgeport hospitals. The crash happened Friday ...


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Movie Review

Death at a Funeral

Death at a Funeral

While Hollywood is notorious for remaking foreign films to fit homegrown expectations--usually under the assumption that, no matter how good the film, American audiences dont like reading subtitles and watching characters from other cultures unless theyre being viewed through ... ...

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  • Expect Thompsons memoir to be classy

    Linda Thompson is finally writing a memoir detailing her long romances with Elvis Presley, Bruce Jenner and David Foster. But it's not a dirty tell-all. It's the kind of well-tempered book we would expect from this Oscar-nominated lyricist and mother of Brody and Brandon Jenner. "I got offers right away to write books -- big money offers" after Elvis died, Thompson tells me ...

  • O.J. Simpson asked pals to bring guns to Vegas memorabilia confrontation former lawyer

    O.J. Simpson not only lied about knowing that two of his pals were packing heat during a confrontation with memorabilia dealers - he was the one who asked them to bring the guns, his former lawyer testified yesterday.Miami attorney Yale Galanter’s revelation contradicted much of what The Juice told a Las Vegas court about the 2007 criminal stint that landed him in prison, landing a heavy ...

  • Nevadans help California fuel $600 million Powerball jackpot

    Robert Constantion, of Las Vegas, right, is almost at the ticket counter after a nearly four-hour wait at the Lotto Store just inside the California border at Primm, Friday, May 17, 2013. The Powerball jackpot will be worth more than $600 million by the Saturday evening ...

  • Las Vegas is fine just the way it is

    "Clean up the Strip," come on. Las Vegas is and always will be an adult entertainment town. No one is forcing you to take the "smut" books and fliers. How many times do we see mom and dad taking their kids in casinos, and making the kids stand aside while the parents play? If you want clean, family fun, take them to Disneyland. Leave Vegas as it is, and should be. We like ...

  • Landing gear issue leads to planes belly landing

    NEWARK, N.J -- An airline official says a US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported.US Airways spokesman Davien Anderson tells The Associated Press that a turboprop plane that left Philadelphia shortly before 11 p.m. Friday landed safely at Newark with its landing ...

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