Time Warner Inc.’s (TWX) chief executive said on Thursday that news of a possible sale of a stake in its America Online (AOL) unit to Google Inc. (GOOG) and Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) was “market rumor.” Richard Parsons, on a visit to Hong Kong, also said there were no plans for …
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NEW YORK – Playwright August Wilson, whose epic 10-play cycle chronicling the black experience in 20th-century America included such landmark dramas as “Fences” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” died Sunday of liver cancer, a family spokeswoman said. He was 60. Wilson died at Swedish Medical Center (search) in Seattle, surrounded …
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ST. LOUIS – For all their familiarity, the Houston Astros (search) and St. Louis Cardinals (search) have hardly developed a fierce rivalry. Even though they’re meeting again for the National League championship, relations between the teams are largely cordial. Check out these fightin’ words: “They’re a good bunch of guys,” …
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NEW YORK – Printer maker Lexmark International Inc. (LXK) Tuesday said third-quarter profit fell by more than half, hurt by slack demand for printers, ink and supplies, driving its shares down 6 percent. Lexmark, which has had to cut prices for its printers amid increased competition from industry leader Hewlett-Packard …
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Nobel Prize (search) week is upon us, but to find out who the front-runners are, the best you can do is ask the bookies. Like the Oscars (search), the choosing of scientists, writers and peacemakers for the world’s most coveted award is a process shrouded in secrecy, …
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WASHINGTON – With Congress poised to finally turn out an energy bill, a group of former officials from both parties and the intelligence community gathered in Washington Thursday to demonstrate how the world is flirting with disaster on energy. The message in the exercise: If consumers don’t like spending $2 …
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See you weeknights in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight … “The O’Reilly Factor” is on… Were they unsupervised and out of control? How did this high school trip turn tragic? Where were the chaperones on the night that missing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway …
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VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI (search) said Thursday the search for unity between the Roman Catholic Church and other Christians was “irreversible,” underlining his desire to improve relations and heal the 1,000-year-old rift with the Orthodox Church. Benedict made the comments in a meeting with the Rev. Samuel Kobia, …
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LOS ANGELES – Want to see Katie Holmes (search) take leave of her new love, Tom Cruise (search )? A Web site is selling items with the logo “Free Katie” for those fans who aren’t happy about the romance between the 26-year-old actress and the 42-year-old actor. The Web site, …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Gunmen attacked a busload of construction workers south of Baghdad (search) on Saturday, killing at least 11 and wounding three others, police said. The attack occurred in Diyara, 30 miles south of Baghdad, at around 10:30 a.m. when gunmen in at least two cars opened fire on …
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