January, 2026

• 8 January

  Firm Settles With Government For $6.2 Million

  

  WASHINGTON – A real estate settlement firm will pay $6.2 million in fines and revamp its corporate practices to settle government allegations that it falsified loan documents, federal housing and banking officials said Monday. Government investigators accused Chicago Title Insurance Co. (search) of failing to accurately list closing costs and …

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• 8 January

  Will EWU Invite Ward Churchill to Speak After All?

  

  This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” Feb. 17, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: Now, as far as we know, after all the controversy, two …

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• 8 January

  Jennifer Lopez Cancels European Trip

  

  LONDON – Days after performing a duet with husband Marc Anthony at the Grammy Awards show, Jennifer Lopez (search) canceled a European trip, due to illness. Lopez had been scheduled to attend the British charity premiere of her movie “Shall We Dance?” with co-star Richard Gere on Wednesday. She called …

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• 8 January

  Judge Extends Stay in Schiavo Case

  

  TAMPA, Fla. – A judge gave Terri Schiavo’s (search) husband permission to remove the brain-damaged woman’s feeding tube (search) in three weeks, handing him a victory in his effort to carry out what he says were his wife’s wishes not to be kept alive artificially. The ruling by Pinellas Circuit …

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• 8 January

  Anti-Syrian Opposition Protests in Lebanon

  

  BEIRUT, Lebanon – Tens of thousands marched Monday in the biggest anti-Syrian protest in Lebanese history amid signals that Syria (search) will soon withdraw its troops from parts of the country. President Bush renewed demands for Syrian forces to leave Lebanon immediately. The protest marked one week since the Feb. …

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• 8 January

  Sheffield: Family Can't Help Gooden

  

  TAMPA, Florida – Former baseball star Dwight Gooden (search) allegedly fled police after being stopped for drunken driving — and his nephew, New York Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield, says there is nothing his family can do to help anymore. “I’ve done pretty much everything you could possibly do,” Sheffield said …

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• 8 January

  Forecast: Tropical Storm Irene Won't Hit Land

  

  MIAMI – Tropical Storm Irene (search) was moving on a course that could take it away from the East Coast on Sunday, forecasters said. At 11 a.m. EDT, Irene was centered about 340 miles east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., or about 310 miles west-northwest of Bermuda, the National Hurricane Center …

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• 8 January

  A Long Way From Home

  

  Someone’s been putting sharks into a lake in central Texas. Before anyone gets alarmed, the fish in question are three-foot-long Atlantic sharpnose sharks (search), which pose little threat to humans. They are, however, seriously out of their element. On the night of Aug. 20, amateur fisherman Jet Smith dropped 10 …

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• 8 January

  HBO Series Offers Roman History Via Ordinary Men

  

  LOS ANGELES – Back in 52 B.C., Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo were bit players in Julius Caesar’s sweeping account of the Gallic Wars. Now these two soldiers assigned to the conquerer’s 13th Legion have leading roles in HBO’s lavish new series “Rome,” (search) about historic events as seen through …

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• 8 January

  Report: Attack Plots in Philippines

  

  MANILA, Philippines – Islamic militants linked to Al Qaeda have plotted attacks on U.S. and British consulates, hotels, a mall and other targets across the country, according to a confidential Philippines government report reviewed Thursday by The Associated Press. The report, which was prepared in March, contains sketchy details of …

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