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LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was a scary moment for Paris Hilton: A knife on a Hawaii-bound jetliner delayed her flight out of Los Angeles. Hilton posted two tweets Tuesday about how she and 203 other passengers aboard a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 were ordered off before takeoff at Los Angeles International Airport. Flight 1197, which also had a crew of eight, was heading for Maui.

An angry former Secretary of State Colin Powell is blasting the Bush White House for attacking Rep. Jack Murtha, who undermined troop morale and encouraged al Qaida last week with his call for an immediate U.S. pullout from Iraq. "To attack him the way he was attacked, accusing him of being a Michael Moore, was disgraceful and was not worthy," a Powell told the New York Post's Deborah Orin, who described him as "livid." "Jack Murtha is great friend of mine," Powell declared. "He's a great patriot. "I don't agree with his position," the former top Bush diplomat said. "But...

Taxpayers will fund a sex-abuse survivor’s massages, but she’ll have to pay for her own bowel cleansing. The north-end Halifax woman, whose identity is protected by law, scored a partial victory with the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal yesterday. In a unanimous decision, the judges ordered the province to pay for the woman’s twice-weekly massages. They refused her claim for colonic therapy, a controversial practice where water is forced into the colon to remove fecal matter. The woman believes the practice is vital to her well-being, saying she hasn’t moved her bowels naturally since 1999. The money will come from...