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SpongeBob SquarePants Image Painted on Historic Colorado Cabin

MONUMENT, Colo. – The U.S. Forest Service is looking for “SpongeBob fanatics” who painted the cartoon character on the chimney of a historic building. The 10-foot tall painting of Nickelodeon character SpongeBob SquarePants is on a cabin in the Pike National Forest that used to be the Forest Service’s tree …

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Mad at Hillary

An explosion of vitriol from the left Wednesday night at Hillary Clinton over her speech in Boca Raton, Florida. On the Huffington Post, a quote from Steve Benen that her remarks “seem to be part of a deliberate strategy to tear Democrats apart and ensure a defeat in November.” On …

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Denise Richards Denies Role in Sambora, Locklear Divorce

Denise Richards says she was not dating rocker Richie Sambora while he was married to her former pal Heather Locklear. “I did not interfere with their marriage,” she said. Richards, 37, told Ryan Seacrest that she remained friends with Sambora after her friendship with his then-wife Locklear was over. They …

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Bush Requests $70 Billion in War Funding for Iraq, Afghanistan Through 2009

WASHINGTON – President Bush sent lawmakers a $70 billion request Friday to fund U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring, which would give the next president breathing room to make his or her own war policy. Friday’s request fills in the details of the $70 billion placeholder that …

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Big Oil Meets Big Politics

Oil hit $130 per barrel today and gas at the pump seems to be making a brief stop at $4 per gallon before charging ahead, seemingly ever upward. So it’s not the best day for the executives of Big Oil to appear before a Senate committee whose members represent angry …

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'Special Report' Panel on Obama's Link to the Yet Again Controversial Trinity Church and Whether He Should Go to Iraq

This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume” from May 29, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) REV. MICHAEL PFLEGER, SAINT SABINA CHURCH PASTOR: I’m Bill’s wife. I’m white, and this is mine! I just got …

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Huge Texas Sinkhole's Appetite Decreasing, Officials Say

DAISETTA, Texas – Geologists said a 260-foot-deep sinkhole that grew to the length of three football fields over just two days seemed to be slowing down, but that it could take months before it’s clear whether surrounding areas are stable. The 900-foot-long sinkhole, with crumbling dirt around its edges resembling …

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Singer Beyonce Knowles Under Fire for Racy Children's Clothing Line

This is a rush transcript from “America’s Election HQ,” May 16, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GREGG JARRETT, GUEST CO-HOST: A lot of little girls look up to singer Beyonce Knowles and now Beyonce wants some of those girls to look …

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Charlie Sheen, Investor Tie Knot

LOS ANGELES – The star of “Two and a Half Men” has moved on to marriage No. 3. Charlie Sheen tied the knot with fiancée Brooke Mueller Friday night, said publicist Stan Rosenfield, who declined to give more details. The 42-year-old actor and Mueller, a real estate investor, have been …

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Rush-Hour Train Bomb Kills 8, Wounds 70 in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A bomb ripped through part of a packed passenger train during evening rush hour Monday, killing eight people and wounding 70 others near the Sri Lankan capital. Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara blamed Tamil Tiger rebels for the bombing near the railroad station in Dehiwala, about …

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