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ENTERTAINMENT
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Maya Angelou Celebrates 80th Birthday
The event in Atlanta will include a red carpet and a guest list full of celebrities with proceeds going to a southwest Atlanta YMCA teen center bearing her name. -
Marvel Turns 'Iron Man' Into Gold With $100M-Plus Debut
The Marvel Comics adaptation, starring Robert Downey Jr. as the guy in the metal suit, hauled in $100.7 million over opening weekend and $104.2 million since debuting Thursday night, the second-best premiere ever for a non-sequel. -
Country Star Gretchen Wilson at Age 34 Goes Back to School
Gretchen Wilson who dropped out in ninth grade, passed her General Educational Development exam in April and will don a cap and gown during a May 15 graduation ceremony. -
FOX 411: Sting's Rainforest: Squeaky Clean
A New York Post story on the foundation was a smear, a hit and run -
Lindsay Lohan to Appear on Season Finale of 'Ugly Betty'
The 21-year-old actress is set to play an old schoolmate of America Ferrera's character Betty Suarez on the show's May 22 season closer, according to the trade paper Variety.
HEALTH
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Gourmet Boutique Recalls 286,000 Pounds of Meat, Poultry
A New York food company is recalling more than 286,000 pounds of meat and poultry because it might be contaminated with the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes.
OPINION
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Susan Estrich: Who Will Win?
Susan Estrich: The superdelegates are a second look to make sure that the first choice of the voters is the best choice for the party
POLITICS
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Bipartisan Coalitions Form Around Gas Tax Holiday Debate
The debate on Capitol Hill is raging over a gas tax holiday, with bipartisan coalitions forming both for and against the idea. -
Bush Delivers Commencement at Kansas High School
President Bush was delivering the commencement address Sunday at Greensburg High School in Greensburg, Kan., on the first anniversary of the town's destruction by a tornado. -
California's Failed Balloon Ban May Be Floated Again
Even as a proposal to ban the sale of the glittery globes ran out of air last week in the state Senate, where it fell five votes short of passing, some proponents continue to work to get legislation reintroduced.
SCITECH
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Egyptian Pharaoh May Have Been Natural Transsexual
Yale physician thinks Akhenaten, predecessor to Tutankhamun, had female breasts and hips but male private parts.
U.S.
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Teen Gives Birth in Shower, Walks to Hospital
A California teen says she secretly gave birth in the shower, then walked four blocks to the hospital with the baby still attached by its umbilical cord on Friday. -
Cops: Naked Man Takes Woman Hostage in Illinois
Police in Rockford, Illinois, have arrested a 32-year-old naked man who allegedly took a woman hostage and threw furniture out an apartment window during a standoff with authorities. -
Man Asks Court to Change His Name to 'In God We Trust'
The school bus driver and amateur artist in the northern Chicago suburb says he has filed a petition to change his name in Lake County Circuit Court -
Cops: 2-Month-Old Left in Car While Parents Watch Derby
Police say two new parents left their baby alone in a car while they went to watch the Kentucky Derby at a Long Island off-track betting parlor. -
Pipe Bomb Damages Federal Courthouse in San Diego
A pipe bomb explosion has damaged a federal courthouse in downtown San Diego, authorities said on Sunday. -
Opponents Criticize Flight 93 Memorial for Using Islamic Sym
Opponents of the proposed United Airlines Flight 93 memorial say they're are outraged by a proposed design they say looks like Islamic symbols to commemorate victims in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11th. -
Cops Trap Suspect in Lie When He Identifies Himself as Felon
The false name man gave to police turned out to be the name of someone who has an active felony warrant for vehicular homicide.
WORLD
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Mainland China Welcomes Olympic Torch
Sweating, cheering Chinese stood on their chairs and waved flags as the Olympic torch relay finally started its mainland leg Sunday on the tropical island of Hainan — the first stop in what is expected to be a peaceful three-month journey to Beijing. -
Sister-in-Law: Austrian 'Horror Father' Was Like a Tyrant
Sister-in-law of an Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years in a dungeon and fathering seven children with her says he treated family like a 'tyrant.' -
8 South Koreans Killed After Being Swept Away by Large Wave
At least eight people killed and 14 others injured after being swept away by a sudden large wave that crashed over a breakwater on South Korea's west coast, the coast guard says. -
Thousands of Volcano Evacuees Fill Shelters in Chile
President Michelle Bachelet tours shelters housing evacuees of Chaiten volcano. -
Wife of Iraqi President OK After Motorcade Is Bombed
The wife of Iraq's president is unharmed after a bomb hit her motorcade in downtown Baghdad. -
Iraqi Official Says Iran Arms Evidence Not Conclusive
A top Iraqi official said Sunday there was no conclusive evidence that Shiite extremists have been directly supplied with some Iranian arms as alleged by the United States. -
2 Unmanned Georgian Spy Plane Shot Down
Two unmanned Georgian spy planes were shot down Sunday over the country's breakaway region of Abkhazia, an Abkhazian official said. -
Chinese President Hopeful About Talks With Dalai Lama Reps
Chinese President Hu Jintao said he hoped for a positive outcome from talks between representatives of the Dalai Lama and officials beginning Sunday, the first meeting between the two sides since violent anti-government protests erupted in Tibet. -
Israel's Olmert Says He Will Meet Palestinian President
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he will meet Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Monday.
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