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The formalities are (finally) over and the official Florida challenge has begun. Jon Ausman, a Florida Democrat, is making Florida’s case; he sits at a small table surrounded by the u-shaped formation at which the Rules and Bylaws Committee is…

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By Arun Kumar, Washington, May 31: Sameer Mishra, 13, who won back the Scripps National Spelling Bee trophy for Indian Americans after three years credited his parents with telling him to stay “calm, cool and collected.”

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are buying a new home in the south of France. The couple has spent a reported 70 million U.S. dollars for a 1,000-acre estate in the European country, which even comes with its own title — Chateau Miraval.

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Editor’s Note: The following Associated Press story reveals spoilers from the “Lost” season finale. If you’d rather not know anything, stop reading now.

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Harvey Korman was always good—if not better than most—for a laugh. The Emmy-winning actor, best known for his rib-tickling antics on The Carol Burnett Show and one of Mel…

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Thursday morning, the following message was posted on the Comcast.net site: “Error. Page cannot be displayed. Please contact service provider for more details.

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BLACKSBURG, VA and SAN FRANCISCO––May 27, 2008––Mailtrust ™, a leading business-email specialist and a division of Rackspace® Hosting, today announced it has selected Cloudmark , the global leader in carrier-grade messaging security, to provide complete spam and phishing protection to Mailtrust’s more than 100,000 business hosting customers.

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A woman who spent nearly 60 years of her life in an iron lung after being diagnosed with polio as a child died Wednesday after a power failure shut down the machine that kept her breathing, her family said.

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The Salina Pestinger Falcons have shown improvement in one form or another each of the past three seasons. But now the Falcons and head coach Ryan Kolzow have given themselves one tough act to follow.

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What’s that sound? Why, it’s the broken hearts of tens of thousands of female fans. Fresh off getting named your new American Idol, David Cook’s first order of getting busy-ness was asking for (on camera, no less!) and efficiently landing a date with TV Guide Network’s Kimberly Caldwell (aka a cohost of Idol Tonight). “She’s great,” Cookie shared with Regis & Kelly Tuesday morning. “So far, I’ve …

Comments (0) Posted by livep6 on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008