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• Rome’ might not be history, series creator says
LOS ANGELES - The creator of CBS’ red-hot police procedural “The Mentalist” has unfinished business in Italy. Bruno Heller says he wants to produce a theatrical wrap-up to his critically beloved and prematurely canceled HBO drama “Rome ...
• Pardon is back in focus for the Justice nominee
Quinn to lead the legal efforts, which stemmed from Mr. Rich’s indictment in 1983 on charges that he evaded taxes on tens of millions of dollars in revenue. At the time, it was the biggest tax fraud case in American history. He fled to Switzerland ...
• History of terror attacks
The use of heavily armed "fedayeen" or suicide attackers bears the hallmarks of Pakistan-based militant groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba or Jaish-e-Mohammed, blamed for a 2001 attack on India's parliament. Both groups made their name fighting Indian rule ...
• No Mean Joe Greene, but it's new Steel Curtain
With 25½ sacks between them, Harrison and Woodley, a first-year starter, already have the most of any tandem in team history. Polamalu added an interception, giving him one in three consecutive games and a league-high six, and linebacker Lawrence ...
• Ew! Bad teeth reveal what ancients ate
These ancient people also ate peanuts and a local fruit known as pacay, according to the report by Dolores Piperno, a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the National Museum of Natural History, and Tom Dillehay ...