Fox mum about Idol changes

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BEVERLY HILLS, California – Fox executives are remaining quiet about possible changes on American Idol amid reports that television’s favourite show was about to welcome Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler as new judges.Fox net...

Gore cleared of allegations

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PORTLAND, Oregon – The case of the Nobel Peace Prize winner and the massage therapist has been closed.Former vice-president Al Gore was cleared Friday of allegations he groped and assaulted a masseuse in a luxury Portland h...

Child killer suing prison

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LONDON – One of Britain’s most notorious murderers is suing prison authorities for failing to protect him after his throat was slashed by another inmate.Ian Huntley is serving life for killing ten-year-old Holly Wells and J...

Floods kill 430 in Pakistan

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Boats and helicopters struggled to reach hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by floods in northwest Pakistan yesterday as the government said 430 people had been killed in the deadliest such disa...

Man freed after 27 years

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HOUSTON, Texas – Imprisoned for 27 years for a rape he didn’t commit, Michael Anthony Green walked out of jail a free man yesterday and in the process was able to leave behind some of the anger that had fuelled his survival...

Priest charged with baby’s accidental drowning

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RASCANI, Moldova – A priest has been accused of drowning a baby as he baptised the tiny tot.The holy man is being quizzed after the baby’s parents claimed he accidentally drowned their son at the ceremony.Witnesses claim Fa...

Five-foot snake found in washing machine

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DEVON, England – A woman unloading her laundry from the washing machine was given a huge scare after finding a five-foot snake curled up in her clothes.Wendy Foley, 51, spotted the huge corn snake which had crawled into the...

Woman dies after being left in recliner a month

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BOSTON – A woman hospitalised in critical condition after sitting for a month with deep bedsores in a recliner soaked with her waste, died yesterday on her 81st birthday, prosecutors said.Five family members who lived with ...