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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Justin Verlander picked up his 16th win of the season, Adam Everett hit a tiebreaking RBI single during a three-run ninth and the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Friday night.

Justice Secretary reignites row over release of Abdelbaset al Megrahi by admitting that trade and oil were an essential part of the Government's decision to include him in a prisoner transfer deal.

A former soldier has received five consecutive life sentences for his role in the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager and the slaying of three of her family members.

This winning young player of films and TV grew up being told of his resemblance to Tom Hanks whom he adored watching on the sitcom 'Bosom Buddies'. Fittingly, Scott made his big screen debut co-starring with his childhood idol in Hanks' feature directoria

This sturdy, handsome blond performer first gained wide recognition as the manipulative, often sleazy egomaniacal divorce attorney Arnie Becker in the popular NBC TV series 'L.A. Law' (1986-93). The son of producer Harry Bernsen and soap actress Jeanne Co

Deft comedienne who, two years out of college, began her professional career playing sardonic, chubby Brenda Morgenstern, younger sister to Valerie Harper's title character on the long-running TV sitcom 'Rhoda' (1974-78). With her wry, sarcastic delivery,

BAGHDAD -- Iraq has deployed thousands of reinforcements along its border with Syria to prevent insurgents from crossing the desert frontier, as the government said Friday it has provided Syria with evidence linking Iraqis there to bombings.

Hugh Pickens writes 'Sue Shellenbarger has an interesting essay in the WSJ where she talks about the 2,000 incoming text messages her son racks up every month — more than 60 two-way communications via text message every day — and her surprise that 2,000 monthly text messages is about average for today's teenagers. 'I have seen my son suffer no apparent ill effects (except a sore thumb now and then), and he reaps a big benefit, of easy, continuing contact with many friends,' writes Shellenbarger. 'Also, the time he spends texting replaces the hours teens used to spend on the phone; both my kids dislike talking on the phone, and say they really don't need to do so to stay in touch with friends and family.' But does texting make today's kids stupid, as Mark Bauerlein writes in his book ' The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future? 'I don't think so. It may make them annoying, when they try to text and talk to you at the sam

Libya pressured the British government to include convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbeset al Megrahi in a 2007 prisoner release agreement tied to trade deals between the two countries, a son of Libya's leader told CNN on Friday.

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