Bill Hartzer

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will not get directly involved in the case of the 10 Americans detained in Haiti on child abduction charges, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday.

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Google Inc. (GOOG) calls its new social media product "Buzz." If the service goes the way of the search giant's earlier forays into social networks, it may fizzle. On Tuesday, Mountain View, Calif.-based Google unveiled Buzz, which incorporates updates, photos and links into its already popular Gmail service. By adding the features, Google is hoping it can essentially transform Gmail into a social platform with enough clout to challenge leader Facebook Inc.

Read more about: Google Hoping Google Buzz Not Another Social Media Fizzle

Shon R. Hopwood was not a particularly sophisticated bank robber.

Read more about: A Mediocre Criminal, but an Unmatched Jailhouse Lawyer

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co will close its five-diamond property in Las Vegas this May, after the hotel struggled with a slide in demand and revenue.

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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) on Tuesday used the D.C. snowstorm to make a political jab, saying that it provides evidence for global warming skeptics.

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Jennifer Aniston is not keeping her affection secret for Bounty Hunter costar, Gerard Butler, secret. Butler, 40, known in Hollywood as quite the ladies man, joined a large group of Aniston’s friends and inner circle for her birthday bash in Los Cabos, Mexico, this past week. Tabloids have had a hard time not noticing. The pair were joined at the hip for nearly all of January’s Golden Globes. Not that there will be any engagement rings anytime soon. “We just had so much fun [making

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Spud Webb became a giant when the 5-foot-6 mighty mite shocked the basketball world by beating 6-8 Atlanta Hawks teammate Dominique Wilkins to win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest at Reunion Arena in 1986.

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As a neat little exercise, I have compiled a list of videos to show what English sounds like to people around the world. As English speakers, we have a lot of fun imitating what certain languages sound like to us, such as French, Italian, and Chinese.

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Apple recently made headlines here on TC for depriving an individual of 16 .com domain names that contained some of the company’s brand names, including MacBook and iPod.

Read more about: Microsoft Seizes 23 Domain Names In One Swoop

Singer weighed 136 pounds at death, had tattoos near brows, lips

Read more about: Autopsy: Michael Jackson had vitiligo, wore wig