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ROME: The estranged wife of Premier Silvio Berlusconi says in a book published Wednesday that it was her husband’s alleged lies that pushed her to file for divorce at the outset of the sex scandal involving the Italian conservative leader.
In the book, Veronica Lario recalls how in April she made the decision after her husband [...]

BOSTON: World leaders Wednesday lionized US Senator Edward Kennedy as a towering figure in American politics, praising his dedication to causes ranging from health care reform to peace in Northern Ireland.
The last surviving brother in a political dynasty, and one of the most influential senators in US history died Tuesday night at his home on [...]

Her scream. A frantic sprint on a mountain bike by her stepfather up the twisted mountain road as he tried to catch up to the Ford Granada and the unknown man and woman who had just ripped his family’s lives to shreds before his eyes.
A world renown tourist destination, South Lake Tahoe on the Nevada-California [...]

WASHINGTON: Unlike most states, a successor to fill Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s seat in the Senate will be chosen through a special election, not by the governor.
Massachusetts law requires a special election for the seat no sooner than 145 days and no later than 160 days after a vacancy occurs. The law bans an interim [...]

MONTAUK, New York: Those who see Bernard Madoff as the personification of greed and excess might be disappointed by his beach house: It’s not that palatial.
At 3,014 square feet, (280 sq. meters), the home is cottage-size by superrich standards. Its furnishings are look as old as Madoff’s decades-long fraud. There’s no garage. Not even a [...]