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Jeff Conaway, the troubled actor of "Taxi" and "Grease" fame whose addiction problems were well chronicled for years by reality TV and the media, has died, reports the Los Angeles Times. He was 60. He was taken off life support Thursday (May 26) and died Friday in Encino, nine days after being put into a medically induced coma. Conaway's manager Phil Brock said the actor was found unconscious May 11 after an apparent overdose of painkillers. Reports said he might have been in that state for 10 hours before being found. Brock said the actor was suffering from pneumonia and...

Actor Jeff Conaway, best known for his role in the hit musical "Grease", is in a coma fighting for his life after an apparent drug overdose. Family members said the 60 year old was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital after being found unconscious at his home in Encino, California. He is reported to have become addicted to pain killers after falling down a flight of stairs in January 2010 breaking a hip, arm and fracturing his neck but has a long history of substance abuse. The troubled actor has battled drink and drug addiction for many years and has...

GOP Could Pick Up 5 House Seats by John Gizzi Posted Oct 22, 2004 With a week to go before Americans vote in all 435 congressional districts, Republicans look poised to expand their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, based largely on favorable redistricting since the 2000 census. In the swing states of Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, Republicans managed to dominate the redistricting process after the census, raising the number of safe Republican seats there. In Texas, a masterful (if controversial and belated) redistricting is now almost certain to yield the bulk of national Republican gains in this election...