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Skittles joins food brands at center of tragedy
NEW YORK (AP) — It could've been Starbursts, Twizzlers or Sour Patch Kids. But when Trayvon Martin was fatally shot, he happened to be carrying a bag of Skittles. The 17-year-old's death at the hands of a neighborhood watchman in February ignited...Tags: PepsiCo Inc., George Zimmerman, Marshawn Lynch, University of Notre Dame, Companies and Corporations
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Man accused in Mich. killing competent for trial
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — A Minnesota man who police say fatally shot his 20-year-old stepdaughter in Michigan has been deemed competent to stand trial. Forty-six-year-old Rahim Alfetlawi made an appearance Thursday in a Warren courtroom. He is...Tags: Prosecution, Trials, Prosecution
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GOP hopefuls challenge Obama on Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential hopefuls are focusing on Iran as a weak spot in President Barack Obama's foreign policy record, and they're reviving many of the arguments that neoconservative proponents of armed intervention against Tehran...Tags: Tehran (Iran), Manufacturing and Engineering, International Atomic Energy Agency, George W. Bush, NATO
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Mich. man convicted of ties to Iraq faces sentence
DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors are recommending about four years in prison for a Detroit-area man who was accused of acting as an unregistered agent of Iraq and illegally obtaining 2 million barrels of oil. Muthanna Al-Hanooti is due Friday in federal...Tags: Iraq, Foreign Aid, Economic Sanctions, Politics
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Sacha Baron Cohen to play Saddam Hussein
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As if his portrayals of Borat and Bruno weren't outrageous enough, Sacha Baron Cohen's next role will be playing Saddam Hussein. The British comic will star in and co-write "The Dictator," which is scheduled for release in May...Tags: Paramount Pictures, Sacha Baron Cohen, Bruno (movie), Human Interest
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Editorial cartoonist has tongue as sharp as his pen
tkleffman@amnews.comJoel Pett is well known for his pointed pen, earning a Pulitzer Prize and international acclaim puncturing ripe targets with decidedly inelegant strokes. But who knew the Lexington Herald-Leader’s editorial cartoonist is also something of a stand-...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, John Calipari, Journalism
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7/20/2012-Too Close To Home
Of course I take the side of the rebels, the people Bashar Assad has called terrorists. Now that people in Assad's inner circle have strapped bombs to their chest, can the war last much longer before he's vaporized? Assad has a weird head and neck. His...
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Omar Suleiman dies at 76; former head of Egyptian intelligence
CAIRO — Omar Suleiman, Egypt's former spymaster and a confidant of deposed leader Hosni Mubarak, died Thursday in a U.S. hospital, months after his unsuccessful presidential bid to restore the old guard to power after a national revolution, state...
Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, Egypt, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Heart Attack
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A sequel to a nightmare for Iraqi refugees living in Syria
World NowFor some Iraqi refugees living in Syria, it feels like a sequel to a nightmare. Tens of thousands of Iraqis fled to Syria during the brutal sectarian war that followed the U.S.-led ouster of Saddam Hussein. Syria beckoned as a haven of religious... -
Crow delivers perfect folksy bluegrass
Nine-time Grammy winner Sheryl Crow performed at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa Wednesday evening, treating a near-sold out crowd to 80 minutes in folk-rock heaven. Opening act Honey Honey — a cross between KT Tunstall, the Civil Wars,...
Tags: Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Folk (genre), Sheryl Crow, Music
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Sources: Obama Authorized Secret Support for Syrian Rebels
CNNWASHINGTON, DC -- President Barack Obama has signed a covert directive authorizing U.S. support for Syrian rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces, U.S. officials told CNN on Wednesday. The secret order, referred to as an intelligence...Tags: Muammar Gaddafi, United Kingdom, Syria, Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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Theater review: '9 Parts of Desire'
Orlando Sentinel theater criticIs it that daunting to be a woman? As a man, maybe I can't fully grasp the tangled emotions of guilt, courage, exhilaration, cynicism and terror of the nine women of "9 Parts of Desire." But the actresses depicting women who have all been affected by...Tags: Iraq, Metal and Mineral, Building Material, Celebrities
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