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NEW ORLEANS – Someone stabbed a 45-year-old plastic surgeon to death, then set fire to his French Quarter home early Saturday. Firefighters found the body on the second floor after breaking into the “the heavily secured structure” about 3 a.m. because neighbors said the occupant might be inside, said Edwin …

A new mother died from H1N1 days after giving birth to her first child. Susan Ford, 31, of Leigh in Greater Manchester, England, was 35 weeks pregnant when she was admitted to hospital with severe flu symptoms. Her condition deteriorated rapidly and her baby was delivered safely the next day …

There is something unique about the men of AMC’s “Mad Men;” they have an old-school approach to business and social situations that isn’t clouded by over-thinking, emotion or the possible consequences of their actions. Why should they care? They are kings of the industry and men who are paid unbelievable …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A rare second execution attempt has brought plans for lawsuits and a request to Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland to stop next week’s execution of a man whose lethal injection failed on Tuesday. Cleveland attorney Tim Sweeney said Thursday that he expects lawsuits to be filed no later …

ROME – Thirty women. Eighteen parties. Guests willing to supply sex “if the need arises.” Two Italian newspapers published what they described Wednesday as excerpts from prosecutors’ interrogation of a businessman who said he paid dozens of women to attend parties at Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s Sardinia villa and his Rome …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Tea Time The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is launching a non-profit group linked to the Tea Party movement. The Los Angeles Times reports Virginia Thomas created Liberty Central Incorporated in January. She plans to issue congressional scorecards and become …

With national health care now a reality, the next major controversy for the Obama administration is what to do with the 12 million illegal aliens currently residing in the USA. It is clear that the American people have had enough. Seventy percent of Arizona residents support that state’s tough new …

Forty-five years after the British invasion of the Beatles, get ready for “the beast.” And let’s just say this invasion won’t leave you singing, though it likely will leave you swooning. More like fainting, actually. That’s because this latest “Fab Four” is more like a “Fab 50.” Not four guys …

Washington, D.C. – Scrooge came early on Christmas Eve this year and he looks strangely like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Instead of “bah humbug,” he delivered the U.S. Senate’s version of health care reform — the most expensive legislation ever passed by the Congress of the United States and …

DEA agents are currently searching a Las Vegas pharmacy believed to be the source of the deadly propofol that was allegedly administered by Michael Jackson’s personal physician Conrad Murray just hours before the June 25 death of the King of Pop. Applied Pharmacy Services was issued a search warrant and …