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‘New Moon’ shatters midnight screening records

Staff 11:57 AM November 20, 2009

Rabid fans of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” helped the film shatter the box office record for midnight screenings, earning an estimated $26.27 million at overnight showings, according to figures released Friday.
The midnight-screening take broke the record set by “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” which earned $22.2 million in overnight showings on July 15, [...]


LA pushes to get repaid for $3M Jackson memorial

10:10 AM November 16, 2009

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles city attorney says he’s still seeking reimbursement of the $3 million the city spent for the Michael Jackson memorial - even though a report says there was no law at the time forcing a payback.
The City Council’s Public Safety Committee on Monday will review the report that shows [...]


Lawyer: Colo. balloon boy parents to plead guilty

By P. Solomon Banda 10:43 AM November 12, 2009

Richard Heene will plead guilty in the alleged Oct. 15 hoax to attempting to influence a public servant, a felony, and Mayumi Heene will plead guilty to false reporting to authorities, a misdemeanor.


North, South Korea exchange fire in naval clash near border

By Hyung Jin Kim 11:54 AM November 10, 2009

A badly damaged North Korean patrol ship retreated in flames Tuesday after a skirmish with a South Korean naval vessel along their disputed western coast, South Korean officials said.


Obama to honor fallen Fort Hood victims with memorial speech

By Ben Feller 11:10 AM November 10, 2009

President Barack Obama plans to honor the 13 people slain in a shooting rampage here by remembering what they left behind.


Suspected drunk driver wraps car around tree

By Staff 10:57 AM November 7, 2009

A suspected drunken driver was seriously injured Saturday when his truck drifted off the road and slammed into a tree, police said.
Around 5:15 a.m. today, a homeowner reported to police that a truck collided with a tree on the 500 block of Idaho Avenue, said Escondido police Lt. Chris Wynn.
When police arrived, they did not [...]


La. judge done after flap over interracial wedding

By Melinda Deslatte 10:11 AM November 4, 2009

At least four times in the last 2½ years, Keith Bardwell says he refused to marry interracial couples while serving as a Louisiana justice of the peace.


Buses, subways halted by Philly transit strike

By Patrick Walters 9:25 AM November 3, 2009

The strike by Transport Workers Union Local 234 all but crippled a transit system that averages more than 928,000 trips each weekday.


Gas prices chugging higher as holidays near

By Chris Kahn 2:00 PM October 30, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) - Americans are paying more for gasoline than they did last year as the holidays approached - billions of dollars that could go to books, clothes and Barbie dolls instead being spent at the pump.
Gas averaged nearly $2.70 a gallon Friday, the highest of the year - adding bad news to an [...]


Lawyer: NYer forced wife to violate Muslim beliefs

By Colleen Long 9:20 AM October 30, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) - A devout Muslim woman forced by her husband to eat pork, wear short skirts and drink alcohol slashed his neck with a kitchen knife as he slept, according to a statement she gave to police.
Rabia Sarwar, 37, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and was freed on $25,000 bail. She told [...]

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