Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says Castro not dying

Venezuelan leader says Castro not dying

President Hugo Chavez said Friday that Fidel Castro is not dying of cancer, saying he had spoken with the ailing Cuban leader by phone and he is eating cautiously and well enough to joke.

“Fidel doesn’t have cancer. I’m very well-informed … he’s instructed (Cuban officials) to inform me of all the details of what is happening,” Chavez said during a speech in Caracas. Read more

Publisher behind O.J. Simpson book gets fired

O.J. Simpson’s would-be publisher, Judith Regan, was fired Friday, her sensational, scandalous tenure at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. ending with the tersest of announcements.

“Judith Regan’s employment with HarperCollins has been terminated effective immediately,” HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman said in a statement. “The REGAN publishing program and staff will continue as part of the HarperCollins General Books Group.” Read more

Miss USA might loose her crown due to behavior

Miss USA 2006 is in danger of losing her crown due to bad behavior, organizers of the annual beauty pageant said on Thursday.

Property magnate and TV “reality” series star Donald Trump, who owns the Miss USA and Miss Universe contests, will decide next week whether or not Tara Conner would keep the title, they said. Read more

Man in Europe stops Brazil robbery via Internet

Man in Germany stops Brazil robbery via Internet

A Brazilian businessman traveling in Germany watched by live video as a burglar robbed his house on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean in Brazil.

He alerted the police, who rushed to the house and arrested the robber as he was trying on his clothes. Read more

Storm leaves 1 million in the dark,in Eastern US

By GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 37 minutes ago

The worst windstorm in more than a decade tore through the Pacific Northwest, leaving more than a million people without power Friday and killing at least six.

Winds gusted to a record 69 mph about 1 a.m. at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, breaking the old mark of 65 mph set in 1993. Winds were clocked at 90 mph near Westport on the coast. Read more

Florida and Califoria suspend executions for now

By RON WORD, Associated Press Writer 55 minutes ago
Gov. Jeb Bush suspended all executions in Florida after a medical examiner said Friday that prison officials botched the insertion of the needles when a convicted killer was put to death earlier this week.

Separately, a federal judge in California extended a moratorium on executions in the nation’s most populous state, declaring that the state’s method of lethal injection violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Read more

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