Author: Raquel Maria Dillon
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Virgin Galactic spaceship makes 1st powered flight
MOJAVE, Calif. — Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo made its first powered flight Monday, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert that moves the company closer to its goal of flying paying passengers on brief hops into space. “It couldn’t have gone more smoothly,” said Sir Richard Branson, who owns the spaceline with…
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California evacuees heading home
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Thousands of evacuees were told they could go home Saturday as a blanket of cool, moist air flowing in from the ocean brought a dramatic change, taming the wind-driven wildfire that had burned 80 homes along the outskirts of town. Cheers erupted at an evacuation center when Santa Barbara County Sheriff…
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Guilty plea in scam to recruit homeless for hospital stays
LOS ANGELES – A former hospital executive pleaded guilty Wednesday to paying recruiters who brought in homeless people for unnecessary medical treatment in a scheme to collect millions of dollars from government health programs. Dante Nicholson, 51, is among at least four people charged in the recruiting scheme at City of Angels Medical Center, where…
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Anna Nicole Smith’s docs face drug charges
LOS ANGELES – Anna Nicole Smith’s lawyer-turned-boyfriend and a doctor surrendered to face charges that they conspired to provide the Playboy Playmate with thousands of prescription pills before her 2007 fatal overdose. A second doctor also is accused. Howard K. Stern and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor were released late Thursday after posting $20,000 bond. Charges include…
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Jamie Lynn sneaks out as paparazzi swarm look-alike
LOS ANGELES • Cameras flashing and film rolling, a crowd of paparazzi surrounded a police escort, trying to get the perfect shot of Britney Spears’ little sister as she left the Los Angeles International Airport. Just one snag: The woman wasn’t Jamie Lynn Spears. In what appears to be a case of the old switcheroo,…