Chaz Bono is asking a judge to formally change his name and gender.
The 41-year-old writer, activist and reality-TV star, was born a girl to Sonny Bono and Cher. He filed a petition to change his name and gender last week.
Bono's doctor filed a declaration with the court indicating he …
GREENWOOD, Ind. -- U.S. Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) said he chosehis words poorly when he compared a Baghdad market to one in Indianaafter returning from a two-day trip to Iraq with a delegation offederal lawmakers.
On Monday at a Greenwood Rotary Club meeting, he said he wasreferring to the atmosphere, not the safety of a Baghdad market hevisited when he told the Washington Post it was like a "normaloutdoor market in Indiana in the summertime."
"I actually described the physical setting as …
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — NASA is returning to the moon four decades after landing men there.
A set of robotic twins will measure lunar gravity while chasing one another in circles around the moon. The two spacecraft are each about the size of a washing machine and will be launched together.
They're due to blast off Thursday aboard an unmanned rocket and will separate an …
Arkor, André d', Belgian tenor; b. Tilleur, near Liège, Feb. 23, 1901; d. Brussels, Dec. 19, 1971. He studied with Malherbe and Seguin at the Liège Cons. He made his operatic debut in 1925 as Gérard in Lakmé at the Liège Théâtre Royal; then sang in Ghent …
KEEPING our community safe is an around-theclock job for Dyfed-Powys Police.
One of the key areas the force deals with is the protection ofadults and children under the umbrella of its MAPPA scheme (Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements).
Journal chief reporter IAN LEWIS spoke to Detective InspectorGary Mills about his unit's work and the introduction of a newpublic referral unit for the force at its headquarters inLlangunnor.
THE work of the force's public protection agency brings togetherthe police, probation and prison services, and nationally MAPPAdraws together each of the 42 areas in England and Wales.
DI Mills explained: "We …
As of Saturday, June 16, 2007, at least 3,522 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,885 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
The AP count is nine higher than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.
The British military has reported 150 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 20; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three; Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, …
Brazilian stocks are falling for the second day in a row because of increased fears from investors on the impact of swine flu for the delicate global economy.
Sao Paulo's Ibovespa index was down 1.1 percent to 45,319 during the first 30 minutes of trading _ after slumping 2 percent during the previous session.
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