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US Domestic News
 US military deaths in Iraq at 3,969
 12-year-old Illinois girl saves siblings from house fire
 LAPD arrest man in 1981 death
 George Washington's hair sells for $17,000
 Cat heads back home after road trip
 Vacant SoCal house burns
 Psych evaluation ordered for man accused of strangling teen daughter
 NY therapist slaying suspect fit to stand trial
 Man faces charges for real estate fraud
 Pennsylvania man caught twice within hours for DUI
 Woman refuses to get out of fire truck
 Dog “steals” truck in California
 Record collection auctioned off for $3M
 Congressman indicted in Arizona land deal
 California man arrested in elderly scam
 B-2 stealth bomber crashes on Guam
 South Carolina man drives stolen car to police station
 North Dakota deputy accidentally fires handgun
 Millions of dollars mysteriously appear in NY man’s bank account
 Pet owner sues shelter for wrongful euthanasia
 Washington man with training grenades arrested
 5 injured in Texas refinery blast
 Teenager charged for “swatting”
 Humane Society honors boy who died trying to save his pets
 Couple’s truck catches fire
 Undercover police officers pose as flower deliverymen
 California officers ruled justified in shooting
 NIU shooter called girlfriend to say goodbye
 LA airport terminal evacuated after passenger’s suspicious comment
 Michigan libraries stack shelves with video games
 Cruelty charges filed against 2 SoCal men
 Woman dies after falling from UN building
 Suspect in NYC therapist slaying arraigned
 California man arrested for 911 calls
 Texas authorities confiscate man’s toilet
 Penny collection auctioned off for $10.7 million
 Lost kitten found in NY subway after 25 days
 California woman to have departed pet dog cloned
 Brothers charged with bribing a SoCal official
 Man arrested in NY therapist slaying
 8 killed in Maryland street racing accident
 Alaska man uses bear spray on bar patrons
 Driver abandons bus-load of former prisoners
 NY Parks worker arrested for cart rampage
 Inflatable doll proxies for groom
 NY’s Naked Cowboy sues Mars, Inc.
 Miami feline refuses rescue
 Radio station gives out divorce for Valentine’s Day
 5-year-old calls 911 to save mom
 Charges filed in SoCal school shooting
 17 injured in Northern Illinois University shooting
 Metal fragments found in Valentine’s Day lollipops
 Massachusetts man receives postcard after 79 years
 Alabama man charged in staged shooting
 Pennsylvania woman seeks pet goat
 Michigan state police post callers get phone sex message
 Michigan man shocked by $250,000 win
 Man kills NYC psychologist with meat cleaver
 Elderly Colorado woman breaks into own home
 15-year-old dies in California school shooting
 Wisconsin deputy stuck in tunnel for hours
 Wisconsin man’s pickup passes 1-million-mile mark
 Washington woman deposited Meth in ATM
 Semi-mummified body found in Arizona
 Murder charges considered for SoCal woman
 Mistrial declared in Ohio microwaved baby case
 Pet dogs saved family
 Alabama woman uses phone to chase off intruder
 50 chickens found in Philadelphia high school
 Oregon man tried to speed to court
 SoCal woman arrested on suspicion of murder
 Tennessee teen charged in school shooting
 Beard-growing competition launched in Ohio
 Sex offender becomes instant millionaire
 Self-service cash register dispensed $20 bills instead of $1
 Flirty Dallas women victimize well dressed men
 Fifth body found in Georgia refinery blast
 Iraqi-born American citizen acquitted
 Pennsylvania man finds stolen helmet on eBay
 Trial in slaying of 14-year-old still uncertain
 Texas woman sentenced for stabbing ex-husband’s dog
 Southern California Edison to create America’s largest man-made kelp forest
 4 still missing in Georgia refinery blast
 Iowa woman gets stuck in storm drain
 Louisiana student kills two before shooting self
 Man who shot red light camera hands out bears
 Robber with foot fetish gets probation
 California teacher convicted of workers’ compensation fraud
 NJ insurance company ordered to stop doing business in NC
 Oklahoma State University discovers case of Canine parvovirus-2c in US
 Traffic judge apologizes to man with twin
 7 hurt in SoCal hit-and-run accident
 6 missing after Georgia sugar refinery blast
 Iowa junior high school pulls spiked hot chocolate recipe
 Stabbed Ohio teacher had restraining order
 Kentucky man attacks court-appointed lawyer
 Proposed law bans restaurants from serving obese customers
 Ohio boy in washing machine rescued
 Florida grandma hid cocaine in bra
 Measure seeks to muffle Southern California roosters
 Key witness testifies in ex-cop trial
 Ex-cop accused of helping mob pleads guilty in tax case
 Michigan store clerk robbed twice in one night
 California man arrested after disrupting Super Bowl viewers
 Pennsylvania police arrest obedient robber
 Beer gets seatbelt but toddler left unrestrained
 Border Patrol seizes millions in cocaine and marijuana
 No fatalities in Tennessee natural gas plant explosion
 Rhode Island teens won’t be tried as adults
 Colombian drug lord sentenced to 30 years in prison
 Tennessee natural gas fire contained
 At least 31 dead in Southern tornadoes
 Presidential candidates compared to dog breeds
 Man arrested for impersonating trooper
 Arkansas police arrest Jonesboro school shooter again
 Authorities find missing SoCal hiker
 Maryland Scout in killing held without bail
 US Navy test-fires awesome big gun
 Oral care for pets
 Bush to propose $178 billion cuts in Medicare
 Grateful Dead reuniting to support Obama
 Collection agency sends nasty letter
 Connecticut man sells marijuana on Craigslist
 Missouri snatching victims fight back
 Second arrest made in elderly SoCal man’s murder
 Illinois police still in search for clothing store shooting suspect
 209 cats and 3 dogs removed from Texas home
 Tennessee sheriff arrested for extortion
 Oregon's domestic partnership law takes effect
 5 fatally shot at Chicago clothing store
 California zoo giraffe gets tailor-made coat
 California’s “Hobo Bandit” arrested
 Pet scandal prompts mayor’s resignation
 Georgia police officers shoot at each other
 Milwaukee nun gets jail time in sex case
 Sting operation targets NYC taxis
 66-pound pit bull attacks 8-year-old boy
 Good deeds get your car stolen in Minnesota
 NJ man watched porn on nun’s computer
 Man fleeing police dies in chase
 Convict charged with boy’s rape
 Wisconsin motorist aims for 1 million mile mark
 Pennsylvania teacher accused of threatening school
 Wisconsin tornado victims billed for cable damage
 Blind Florida golfer sinks hole-in-one
 Transforming Vick’s dogs from growling combatants to cuddly companions
 Ohio woman gives birth in driveway
 Goodwill store in Oregon sells boy’s parked bike
 Over 200 animals removed from Virginia home
 Owner of Pennsylvania casino charged with perjury
 Suspects in armed SoCal robberies arrested
 Florida woman gets ticket after daughter vomits
 Teen allegedly pimped by NYPD detective
 West Virginia meter thief nabbed for 4th time
 Man burns Texas radio station over playlist
 Woman with crowbar arrested near Tennessee church
 Two men found dead in Oro Grande
 Drunken Colorado woman drove on runway
 Police suspect SF tiger attack investigation
 Crates of chickens fall near exit gate
 Arkansas school shooter convicted on obscure weapons charge
 LA city council committee approves pet sterilization proposal
 Rape suspect shoots New Orleans officer to death
 Former councilman pleads guilty to fund abuse
 Los Angeles couple sentenced in Filipina maid abuse
 Magazine used in place of mayor’s lost ID
 Michigan man drove lawnmower through snowstorm
 1 dead at California’s Imperial Sand Dunes
 Trial for microwaved baby case to begin in Ohio
 Arrest made in 1997 Colorado student murder
 Texas burglar steals crown from bishop
 Vermont lawmaker doubles as professional comedian
 Family pets casualties of subprime mortgage crisis
 Tantric master engulfed in ice for 72 minutes
 Woman posted ad on Craigslist looking for hitman
 Washington woman shoots at children
 3rd victim found in California avalanche
 Georgia doctor sentenced to probation for $650k insurance fraud
 Overdue Wisconsin library book returned after 57 years
 California’s health care system overhaul is in doubt
 Authorities find 5-year-old migrant girl in Arizona
 Southern California avalanches kill 1
 LA helicopter crash kills 1
 Ohio man sentenced to spend a night homeless
 Fight over designer jeans leads to slots jackpot
 California family caught shoplifting
 Small pet turtles infect children with Salmonella
 Search for missing Santa Barbara student continues
 Georgia bank robbery suspect arrested at bus stop
 Connecticut motorist found with half-pound marijuana
 Two men stole then ate pet dog
 Authorities raid SoCal museums
 Colorado House censures lawmaker
 $5M reward for information on 20th 9/11 hijacker paid out
 Democratic voters place more importance on health care than Republicans
 Wisconsin man accused of soiling shared laundry room
 Ohio house fire kills 6
 Florida cat makes it to Texas in a suitcase
 Pleas entered in Ohio armored car company heist
 Sex line listed as Maryland governor’s office phone number
 Minnesota incubator fire burns baby badly
 Lawsuit says hospital sent stillborn to cleaners
 Ohio man accidentally sets house on fire
 Maine police officer escorts criminals
 Jose Padilla gets 17 years in prison
 Portable toilet taken to North Carolina stage
 SoCal bank robbers lead chase
 Deployed Ohio city official to donate pay
 FBI joins search for missing Nevada college student
 Wisconsin robber returns stolen items
 Drug money used to buy winning lottery ticket
 New Michigan policy targets illegal immigrants
 Massachusetts fire spreads through 16 buildings
 Weapons cache found in New York apartment
 94-year-old Tennessee man found fatally beaten
 Dog thrown from Missouri overpass euthanized
 6 arrested in W.Va. for cheap fuel scheme
 Blind harbor seal debuts in LA Zoo
 Killed Border Patrol agent identified
 DNA evidence may free Colorado man
 2 teens dead in California party attacks
 Four men arrested in Indiana killing
 Alaskan family survives trip in poisonous car
 Fleeing vehicle kills Border Patrol agent
 15-year-old dies after NY school stabbing
 Texas congressional candidate alters campaign photo
 Bulldog among America’s 10 most popular dogs again
 Arizona teen attacks burglar with baseball bat
 WSU student arrested twice in one night
 Gunman arrested near US Capitol
 Bank robber on probation can keep lottery winnings
 Bodies found in submerged car
 Hawaii man suspected of throwing baby onto freeway
 More and more US employers offering pet insurance
 Iowa couple found guilty of setting own home on fire
 Palm Beach County makes pet sterilization mandatory
 Texas woman jailed after 76th ticket
 Three bodies in Texas crash found
 Police baffled by fleeing father
 Two arrested in ambush slaying of Georgia officers
 Nebraska twins earn perfect ACT scores
 Connecticut baby sitter charged with murder of toddler
 Illinois man arrested after $469,000 payroll error
 SoCal man charged in fatal stabbing
 Trial of stepfather in Nixzmary Brown case opens
 NY man with snake arrested
 Indiana robber accidentally shoots own groin
 Woman killed by sweeper in airport
 Texas man convicted of raping another man
 Indiana men shoot two young children and their mothers
 Search for missing SoCal hiker called off
 Montana avalanche kills at least 2
 Search for two more in Alabama bridge case resumes
 757 backs into another plane at SFO
 Pennsylvania man apologizes for insulting check
 Family cited after house burns
 Wisconsin couple finds $12,000 in fridge
 Telephone company cuts of FBI international wiretap
 Search party unable to find missing SoCal hiker
 New Jersey man finds pearl in oyster dinner
 1 child in Alabama bridge case found
 Man avenges rape of daughter by sodomizing stepson
 Caller demands ransom for 72-year-old’s missing puppy
 Woman and daughter found dead in SoCal home
 Potential jurors summoned in Vermont sidewalk
 Man charged in deaths of wife and children
 Man in Kentucky hostage taking arrested
 Dog poop leads to arrest
 Macaw scares off Massachusetts burglar
 Sex offender charged with murder
 Woman in DC slayings faces murder charges
 Georgia prep school president kills self
 Pennsylvania man steals car right after theft arraignment
 Man arraigned in toddler rape case
 New York men wheeled corpse to cash check
 Idaho elderly protest funeral home across senior center
 Search for missing SoCal hiker reaches 6th day
 Ohio man becomes Mr. Experience
 West Virginia GOP candidate withdraws from election
 Montana Supreme court rules in favor of an employee
 Cat causes Idaho blackout
 Two bodies found in SoCal desert
 Bodies found in Washington DC home
 Alabama man threw 4 children off bridge
 Michigan man stealing knives accidentally stabs self
 Missouri town may ban swearing in bars
 Ban on Silly Sting proposed in NY town
 Mississippi man to pay damages to cuckolded husband
 Black Labrador saves boy and friends from fire
 Rescuers continue to search for missing SoCal hiker
 Illegal gambler reports stolen winnings
 Illinois woman to move after second car crash
 114-year-old Chicago woman registers to vote
 Virginia man caught smoking pot beside police station
 Miami cop found shot to death
 Suspect leads investigators to missing hiker’s corpse
 Bar fight death leads to SoCal man’s arrest
 Texas man makes a meal out of girlfriend
 12-year-old boy charged in toddler’s fatal beating
 New York’s “Ninja Bandit” strikes again
 Washington man hides by burrowing into ground
 Moondance Diner damaged by Wyoming winter
 Pet food company agrees to $3.1M settlement over contaminated food
 Missing hiker sought in SoCal mountains
 Six killed in Alaska plane crash
 Missing hiker believed to be dead
 Wisconsin man arrested after stealing from piggy bank
 Idaho woman finds videotaped ransom message
 California man arrested for digging holes on bike trail
 Children banned from Disney World restaurant
 Body found in SoCal gutter
 Prison guard thanked by escapees kills self
 Reward offered for capture of man who killed daughters
 GPS blamed in NY train-car collision
 Winning Pennsylvania Lottery ticket was a gift
 Chicago tavern to sell extremely hot chicken wings
 Man sought in missing hiker case
 Broadway actor admits to sexually abusing a 15-year-old
 Wanted man arrested after trying to enter the US
 Stolen dog given as Christmas present
 Montana man crashes into a rental cabin
 Armed customer foils Indiana store robbery
 Two Illinois women trapped in elevator for two days
 ESPN Couch Potato contest lasts 29 hours
 Soldier beat his 3-year-old stepson
 Prisoner for 27 years exonerated by DNA evidence
 Arizona beauty queen accused of kidnapping and torture
 Two PA men charged with killing pet deer
 7th-grader reels in 551-pound bull shark
 Michigan couple wins much more than they thought
 Louisiana man allegedly banned by buffet for eating too much
 Tennessee woman used marker in robbery attempt
 Mobile phones cause traffic congestion
 Maryland prisoner shot dead after escaping from a hospital
 Michigan woman continues driving burning vehicle
 Connecticut fast-food worker finds a check on a sidewalk
 Massachusetts bank robber doesn’t notice cop
 Elderly man gets trampled by pet buffalo
 Infant skeleton found in dead woman’s suitcase
 Suspect jumps off bridge with police dog
 Second victim found in Boston condominium fire
 ESPN launches couch potato contest in NYC
 Border agents stop bird smugglers
 New Mexico men shoot themselves in tattoo attempt
 Maryland couple raffles home
 Florida family spends time together in jail
 Texas man allegedly stole neighbor’s underwear
 Oregon police catch unlucky car thief
 Florida diners find rare pearl in meal
 Couple in Washington holiday massacre charged
 Teen in 2006 Indiana highway sniper shootings sentenced
 Ohio head-on collision leaves 5 dead
 11-year-old New York boy shot at his home
 California trucker drives off San Diego-area pier
 Tennessee police kill Hooters shooting suspect
 Avalanche threat leaves over 2,000 stranded in Colorado
 World’s oldest orangutan dies in Miami
 California man saved one year’s worth of trash
 Pet dogs get $800,000 inheritance
 SoCal motorist hits power pole
  3 dead in Alabama helicopter crash
 Arson suspected in Illinois apartment fire that killed 3
 NY man steals GPS unit
 Officials warn pet birds may be ill
 Child receives porn-loaded MP3 video player for Christmas
 Texas waitress gets inheritance from customer
 Southern California mother and her boyfriend charged in toddler’s death
 Ohio students robbed a bank for tuition money
 4 people killed in New Jersey collision
 Kids blamed in Christmas Eve break-in
 Couple confesses to Christmas Eve family killing
 Chihuahua helps cops catch suspect
 Tiger victim died a hero
 Two women stabbed in Southern California
 Train hits Southern California man
 Iowa man stuck upside down in septic tank
 West Virginia woman wipes nose on cop
 Vermont businessman discovers fur coats in basement
 Pennsylvania man pushed car off mountain
 Court to decide fate of comatose teenager
 SoCal woman attacked by pit bulls
 Idaho fire station catches fire
 Couple arrested in Washington State deaths
 Arrest made in Pasadena shooting
 Los Angeles police arrest Santa in G-string
 Rice University student nearly two weeks missing
 Stashed monkey in flight to New York dies
 Tankleff freed on $1 million bond
 Peterson’s neighbors receive notes and photos
 Southern California man fatally shot
 Divers search river for missing Illinois woman
 Loved ones receive Christmas greetings from dead man
 Pigeon poop wins New York man $6.13 million
 Florida woman missing after argument with husband
 19-year-old Texas woman dies after falling from roof
 Philadelphia mayor to receive over $111,000 as he leaves office
International News
 US military deaths in Iraq at 3,969
 46 dead in Venezuela plane crash
 Turkish helicopter shot down by Kurdish rebels
 Canada pledges $555 million to Haiti
 “Pricasso” enters a painting for Australia’s Archibald Prize
 British man urinates on Latvian monument
 German uses fire extinguisher to put out cigarette
 Australia increases maximum mailman weight
 Bus crash in Saudi Arabia kills 25
 Czech police investigate railway bridge theft
 Saudis arrested for flirting
 Singaporean professor stole underwear from dorm
 Turkey attacks Kurdish rebels in Iraq
 Sweden plans to introduce unisex hospital underwear
 Drunken Canadian parks at police station
 Japanese school girl was a 39-year-old man
 Fidel Castro bows out as Cuban president
 NATO seals Kosovo-Serbia border
 Benazir Bhutto’s posthumously published book
 Pakistan’s victorious opposition parties discuss coalescing
 Dodi Fayed’s assistant: Diana feared arranged death by accident
 A doggone hit song
 Mohamed Al Fayed testifies at inquest on Diana’s death
 Mauritania releases 8 suspects in attack on Israeli Embassy
 UK teenager to donate two of her four kidneys
 World divided on Kosovo independence
 Colombian army officer and soldiers convicted of murdering antinarcotics agents
 Greek cabbie blackmails actress
 British Colombia grants Vancouver sex trade group co-op status
 License plate sold for $14 million at Abu Dhabi auction
 Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud financed Benazir Bhutto assassination
 Snowstorm blankets Greece
 Kennel owner fined for refusing lesbian sale
 Fake blind man busted during car check
 Bosnian drunk should have been dead
 Kosovo declares independence from Serbia
 Bush pledges millions of dollars in aid to Tanzania
 Over 80 killed in Afghan picnic site bombing
 Kenya peace negotiation at impasse
 Australia’s Stolen Generations to file compensation lawsuits against government
 Mobs attack suspected kidnappers in Haiti, stoning one to death
 Danish lawmakers cancel trip to Iran over Muhammad cartoon issue
 Online sex auction sparks paternity row
 British gambler sues bookmakers over £2 million loss
 Swedish preschool gives odd dress code
 Top Myanmar rebel leader assassinated in Thailand
 Videos of beheadings with Australian suspects
 Saudis to execute a woman for witchcraft
 No sex for Thai teens on Valentine’s Day
 East Timor to arrest 18 suspects in twin assassination attempts
 South Africa’s Scorpions to be dissolved
 Danish police thwart would-be murderers of Mohammad cartoonist
 State of Emergency declared in East Timor
 Italian anti-Mafia operation leads to 41 arrests
 Funeral horses stampede in London
 British police search for would-be cable thief
 19 die in China bus accident
 Groups hope to ban anti-children sonic devices
 Over 100 cats rescued from Olympics site
 East Timor’s President Jose Ramos-Horta survives attack, rebel leader killed
 Abu Dhabi building world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste, car-free city
 Kenya’s feuding parties ready to discuss power-sharing
 World skeptic towards Myanmar’s referendum and election plans
 Dream sparks bomb alert on North Sea oil platform
 Briton says aliens stole dog
 Heavy snow decimated Chinese forestlands
 Egyptian court allows Christian re-conversion
 Mexico launches Humane Repatriation program
 Half of British men would swap sex for 50-inch TV
 Fire licks London’s famous Camden market
 “Dr. Kidney” to be charged with currency violation in Nepal
 Israel begins gradual cut of electricity to Gaza
 Archbishop of Canterbury prescribes accommodation of sharia
 Scotland Yard: Benazir Bhutto killed by bomb blast, not bullets
 Australian killer kept wife’s body for 23 years
 Body found in British apartment after 8 years
 Drunken man threatened to blow up Brisbane with TV remote
 Viagra may soon make Israel air force more potent
 Two Picasso paintings stolen in Swiss exhibition
 Woman in fatal epidural case unlawfully killed
 British estate agent finds homeowner hanging in closet
 Ice crashes through Canadian’s home
 Romanian engineer killed in train stunt
 Iwakuni mayoral candidate opposes US base expansion
 Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan ceasefire – truce or strategy?
 Israel, Hamas step up fighting
 Italian President dissolves Parliament; cabinet sets date for elections
 German convicted of sending penis photograph
 German med student performs CPR on tiger cub
 Myanmar fishermen rescued after 3 months
 Vatican rewrites Latin prayer to assuage Jews
 German town criticized for honoring Nazi V2 rocket scientist
 France unveils 210 mph-fast train
 Chinese-made dumplings possibly deliberately contaminated – Japanese health minister
 Greater London – UK’s first low emission zone
 Aruban prosecutors seek to reopen Holloway disappearance case
 US to press Europe to augment NATO forces in Afghanistan
 Winston Churchill was not real but Sherlock Holmes was?
 The Manned Cloud: 700-foot environment-friendly, floating hotel
 Kenyan home for street children attacked
 Chad strife delays delay European peacekeeping force deployment
 Joint China-Japan investigation of suspect dumplings
 Egypt-Hamas close border
 Colombian rebels offer to release three more hostages
 Strong earthquakes in Africa leave at least 40 dead
 Female suicide bomber kills 11 in Sri Lanka
 Despite Annan, violence continues in Kenya
 Woolworths pull out beds after bad feedback
 Palestinian tried to smuggle animals into Gaza
 No-drugs policy for off-duty officers implemented in the Netherlands
 Israeli commission criticizes use of cluster bombs
 Honolulu conference takes the sectoral approach to greenhouse gas reduction
 China braces for more bad weather
 French President Sarkozy re-marries
 Russian health spa gives unhealthy enemas
 Over 3,000 cars exempted from road tolls in China
 Holocaust float banned from Rio carnival
 Man charged with staging his own suicide
 Top al-Qaida commander killed in Pakistan
 Australian government to apologize to aborigines
 Egypt commences incremental closure of border
 DNA leads to arrest of salami-loving burglar
 UK government tackles child obesity
 Police break up Indian organ transplant ring
 Haiti’s poor eat mud
 Unprecedented snow falls on Middle East
 Japanese company pioneers “heartache leave”
 Red tape keeps Polish man from returning from the dead
 Swedish bank employee pulls plug on digital theft scam
 Australia to withdraw combat troops from Iraq
 French court sends Zoe’s Ark workers to prison
 Thai PM to revive his TV cookery show
 Gorbachev calls for extensive reforms in Russian electoral system
 Japanese company offers post-break-up leave
 Japan teacher arrested for knife-pointing and stealing
 Brazil’s carnival parade star eyes 42nd cosmetic surgery
 Six workers died helping build venues for the Olympic Games
 World’s first nude flight to take off July 5
 UN-AU peace keeping force partially deployed in Darfur
 Brazil to develop nuclear submarine program with France
 Australian party teen turns professional
 British farmer hides castle behind hay
 Chinese province slammed for ignoring TV sex ban
 Australia’s Rudd unveils homelessness action plan
 Egypt closes shops in El-Arish to stem flow of Gazans
 Second TV documentary on Madeleine McCann in the works
 Former Indonesian president Suharto dies at age 86
 Belarus man tried to smuggle 277 parrots aboard a bicycle
 Spanish motorist sues dead cyclist
 Finnish hospital serves mouse head
 Polish man compares postal delivery speed with snails
 British police puppy has own online diary
 Egypt fails to re-seal Gaza Strip border
 Pakistan test-launches solid fuel missile
 American aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan
 Chavez: US, Colombia – conspirators in attack against Venezuela
 Russian construction workers mistakenly tear down woman’s home
 Chinese worker fired over kissing video posting
 Leashed goth girl kicked off British bus
 Recession, terrorism, climate change discussed in World Economic Forum
 Canada quietly halted transfers of Afghan detainees
 50 march to Beijing over property seizures in Tianjin
 Brazilian woman’s hair stolen by men on a motorcycle
 Zimbabwe police tear-gas opposition supporters
 Rebel groups sign deal to end long-drawn eastern Congo conflict
 Suicide pact among south Wales youth?
 Canada to withdraw from Afghanistan unless . . .
 New UN sanction resolution against Iran
 Eleven hit men for Sinaloa drug cartel captured
 Australian man gets shot by rescuer
 Freezing Canadian teenagers steal car
 Young Chinese couple to sue metro over video kiss
 Russia tests nuclear-capable missiles
 Trio in Australian stormwater drain tragedy identified
 Iraq national flag to be purged of Hussein legacy
 Colombia’s FARC to remain in EU terror list
 Women-only bus service launches in Mexico City
 Australian robbers sentenced for April Fools Day heist
 Spray-painting trio swept away in stormwater drain, two drown
 Cambodian police prevent Mia Farrow from entering genocide museum
 One of France’s last two World War I veterans dies
 Israel allows emergency shipment of fuels into Gaza
 UK survey shows plagiarism a big problem
 Thousands of mourners pay tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary
 Israeli spy satellite successfully launched by Indian rocket
 Pakistan People’s Party and human rights groups suspect teenager’s confession
 Israeli cabinet ministers call for Nasrallah assassination
 American in Ethiopian jail more than one year
 Sketch of man linked to Madeleine McCann disappearance released
 Chilean man wakes up in coffin
 Canadian foreign ministry removes US, Israel from torture watch list
 France, Spain, Switzerland allowed to resume mediation role in Colombia
 British customs investigate live coral smuggling
 Pakistan’s Musharraf embarks on 4-nation European tour
 Shiite Ashoura festival in Karbala ends peacefully
 Treatment proposed for Discovery Channel’s “Half Man Half Tree"
 Boomerang returns 25 years later
 Canadian attempts to rob store across police station
 Bulgaria, Russia sign gas pipeline deal
 Bobby Fischer dies in Iceland
 Mia Farrow and group to defy Cambodia ban
 UN: Israel should not collectively punish Gaza population
 Britain to crack down on al Qaeda-inspired websites
 Snakes found again in flight to Vietnam
 Chinese woman films killing of lover
 Two anti-whaling activists detained by Japanese whalers released
 British Council suspends operation of two Russian offices
 Washington-based International Republican Institute will not release Kenyan poll results
 Descendants of Harilal, Gandhi's “lost treasure”, to immerse Mahatma’s ashes
 Military accidentally discharges rockets at man’s home
 Burglar calls police after finding corpse
 Pope Benedict XVI cancels visit to Sapienza University
 Southern Ocean standoff halts whaling; activists vow commando-style raids
 UK-Russia ties fray some more
 Fidel Castro too ill to speak in public
 Male tailors in Afghan province barred from measuring women
 Cambodia bars Mia Farrow barred from holding Darfur ceremony
 Peter Pan writer’s London home up for sale
 Spaniards reject proposed lyrics of national anthem
 Body of co-pilot found along Venezuelan coast
 Sex toy mistaken for bomb in Sweden
 Shoplifting suspect documented as dead
 Italian court rules sex tapes are okay
 Taleban warns of more attacks in Kabul
 4 arrested after Kabul hotel bombing
 Sarkozy popularity falls anew
 Kenya’s opposition captures parliament speaker post
 Japan orders release of two whale activists
 Unwitting twins get married in Britain
 Swedish office building to be warmed by body heat
 Prominent politician says new Spanish national anthem stinks
 Fake priest arrested for drugs at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport
 Austrian woman lived with corpse for months
 Two Australians complete record-setting kayak journey to New Zealand
 Voice threat to American warships pinned on radio ham
 Russia, Britain tussle over British Council
 6 die in Afghan luxury hotel bombing
 Exit poll shows Kenyan President Kibaki lost the election
 Chinese man turns apartment into pigsty
 Dogs show off latest trends in Japanese fashion show
 Polish man sees wife in brothel
 Blair’s first SMS is “Who are you?”
 13-year-old boy was actually adult woman running from police
 Flirty Australian almost loses arm
 Lyons replica to rise in Dubai
 Canadian man accidentally hangs self
 Mysterious crowd blocked Benazir Bhutto’s car
 Train runs over drunken Australian
 Liverpool is European Capital of Culture for 2008
 Venezuela’s Chavez offers help in negotiating peace in Colombia
 Taiwan’s opposition Nationalist Party thrashes ruling Democratic Progressive Party
 New Iraq law allows Baath party members back in government
 Zimbabwe to do a Kenya?
 Russia charges Beslan victims group with extremism
 Greenpeace protest ship Esperanza scuttles 6-ship Japanese whaling fleet
 Employee’s death prompts Seoul subways to add toilets
 Workers lose jobs after S&M sex holiday
 Workers fired for not smoking
 Tokyo bans smoking in cabs
 Drunken mob prompts security review in Australia car festival
 Mount Everest conqueror dies at age 88
 Nuremberg zoo commences hand-raising of polar bear cub
 Kenyan opposition to resume anti-government rallies
 Colombian hostage release raise hopes in France
 UK coroner finds Muslim teenager was unlawfully killed
 Retired racehorse found stabbed to death
 British government approves new nuclear power plants
 Kofi Annan taking over mediation efforts in Kenya
 Rice bags make baby proxies in Japan
 Chinese inspectors find mice on a flight from Washington
 Czech squad rescues men stuck in billiard table
 Georgia's Mikheil Saakashvili seals re-election victory
 Controversial 1970s CIA agent dies in Cuba
 Sarkozy proposes companies share a third of profits with employees
 Bush: Serious consequences if Iran attacks US ships
 10-year-old glues hand to bed to avoid school
 Boy Scout saves Maldives president’s life
 French president hints he is ready to marry former-model girlfriend
 Kenyan president’s cabinet appointments trigger more protests
 Bilawal Bhutto Zardari holds his first full press conference
 Drunk dog taken to vet clinic
 102-year-old becomes Britain’s oldest emigrant
 Mechanical failure leaves roller coaster passengers upside down
 Iran expels German diplomat
 Avian flu results in cancellation of 100 cockfights in Puerto Rico
 Kenya’s Odinga calls off nationwide strike
 Italian army enlisted to clear Neapolitan rubbish mountains
 Scotland Yard detectives continue investigation into Bhutto assassination
 French president set to re-marry
 Colombian rebels admit not having boy promised in hostage handover
 Canada anti-street racing law snags 85-year-old motorist
 Japanese firm gives employees monthly allowance for pets
 Videotaped fight causes Honduras official to resign
 Missing Russians rescued after three months
 Sudanese militant group claims responsibility for the murder of USAID official
 US disputes North Korean claim on nuclear inventory
 Libya denies talk with Washington touched on human rights issues
 Commercial twin-engine aircraft plunges into Venezuelan sea
 Hong Kong woman jailed for blackmailing
 North Korea says it submitted nuclear declaration
 Missing Madeleine’s parent back to prime suspect status
 Kenya opposition party wants new presidential polls
 Barrier-free jail cells for elderly Japanese inmates
 Secret aircraft factory to become a tourist resort
 British woman’s underwear saves the day
 Portugal’s anti smoking head flouts ban on day one
 Bhutto elder questions Bilawal succession
 Is Bogota orphan indeed Emmanuel?
 Financial problems are major cause for abandoned pets
 Snake mistakes golf ball for eggs
 50 Kenyans killed as mob torches church
 White powder sent to US, Israeli, British embassies in Australia
 American diplomat killed in Sudan
 Malaysian health minister resigns over sex video issue
 France and parts of Germany ban smoking in restaurants, bars
 Rebels postpone hostage release in Colombia
 Pakistan parliamentary elections postponed to February
 Post election turmoil in Kenya costs 135 lives
 Japanese prisoners think their pajamas are ugly
 North Korea misses deadline for full inventory of nuclear program
 US confirms missed nuclear disclosure deadline for North Korea
 Rottweiler attack leaves 1-year-old British boy dead
 Guantanamo Bay prisoner dies of cancer
 Nawaz Sharif calls for Pakistani President Musharraf’s resignation
 Bhutto’s husband and 19-year-old son chosen to lead party
 Almost 300 stung by jellyfish in Brazil
 Release of FARC hostages delayed once more
 1st anniversary of Saddam Hussein’s execution
 Taliban denies role in Bhutto assassination
 Bhutto’s assassins caught on camera
 China gives Hong Kong go-ahead to elect leader in 2017
 Bhutto’s party to discuss successor and election
 Riots in Pakistan continue; at least 44 dead
 Chinese student leaves school after lottery win
 Philippine customs seize protest sex dolls
 Australian burglar gets stuck in chimney
 Chad repatriates 6 French Zoe’s Ark workers
 US calls for Pakistan to hold elections as scheduled
 Colombian rebels to release three hostages to Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela
 Russia denies selling S-300 air defense systems to Iran
 North Korea likely to miss nuclear deadline
 Panama plane crash survivor reunited with parents
 Islamic extremists seen as main suspects in Bhutto assassination
 Thailand’s parks and wildlife reserves could host 2,000 wild tigers
 Over 600,000 chickens culled at Russian farm
 Pet dog finds huge drug stash
Technology News
 Samsung laptop battery melts
 Japan’s high-speed internet satellite launched into orbit
 Nintendo wants exercise program
 Mobile phone linked with cancer
 Man made machines at par with man
 Digital TV transition complete by February 17, 2009
 SCO gets a fresh breath of air
 Canadian police puzzled by severed feet
 PS3 sells over a million units within 47 weeks
 Xbox 360 fails by 16%
 Mysterious LG laptop blast
 Temporary BlackBerry breakdown
 Uniformity called for mobile operating system
 Blu-ray preferred to HD DVD
 Windows Mobile Backs Up the Latest Sony Ericsson
 Beginning of the Android Age
 Nintendo’s Wii sees use as physical therapy tool
 Half of British men would swap sex for 50-inch TV
 Caligari management taken over by Microsoft
 Top companies show interest in Google’s Android
 Facebook now speaks Spanish
 Knee brace for power delivery
 Microsoft reduces prices of Xbox 360 HD-DVD player
 AT&T reveals plans to expand its 3G wireless network
 Steven Spielberg’s Wii game unveiled
 Google ties-up with China for online music
 Silverthorne details unveiled
 Kodak increases mega pixels
 Developer platform launched for MySpace
 Rhapsody-Yahoo Music partners
 Windows Vista SP1 arrives
 US Navy test-fires awesome big gun
 Google stock slides after missing expectations
 Vista SP1 reportedly set for release on Monday
 New cobalt/black Nintendo DS Lite confirmed for February 10
 FDA study clears iPods of pacemaker interference concerns
 Microsoft proposes $44 billion takeover of Yahoo
 MySpace Developer Platform to formally launch next week
 Yahoo reports 23% profit drop; to cut 1,000 jobs
 Judge rules to monitor Microsoft for two more years
 Bill would require sex offenders to register e-mails, internet identities
 Major music labels deny backing Qtrax
 Amazon MP3 to launch internationally this year
 Google considering setting up Malaysian base
 Free P2P file-sharing service has backing of major music labels
 Microsoft delays SQL Server 2008 release
 YouTube expands mobile offerings
 WoW reaches 10 million subscriber mark
 Phone with foldable screen slated for mid-2008 release
 HBO to offer TV, movie downloads
 YouTube banned in Turkey again
 Chinese internet users soar past 200 million
 Video game sales hit record-setting $17.94 billion
 PC market shows strong 2007
 Hasbro, Mattel asks Facebook to remove “Scrabulous”
 Steve Jobs confirms iTunes movie rentals; unveils new Apple TV
 Apple unveils new super-slim notebook
 China Mobile calls off iPhone talks with Apple
 Microsoft sells 17.7 million Xbox 360s since launch
 Former OLPC executive starts own low-cost laptop company
 Resistance sequel coming for the PS3
 New York investigating Intel on antitrust
 Verizon says business is good despite slow economy
 Sony discontinues 20GB and 60GB PS3s in Japan
 Sprint’s WiMax on track for April launch
 Napster shifts back to MP3s
 Wikia Search makes its debut
 Skype officially announced; only for the PSP slim
 PS3 sold 1.2 million in the US during the holidays
 Microsoft faces lawsuit over Xbox Live outage
 Intel pulls out from OLPC project
 Xbox 360, PS3 getting Far Cry 2
 Sony PSP getting Skype functionality soon
 LG, Netflix team up to offer direct-to-TV movies
 IBM acquires Israeli storage technology company
 Mobile phones cause traffic congestion
 Downloadable DS games through the Wii coming soon
 Citigroup upgrades Amazon to “buy”
 Axiotron finally ships its ModBook
 RIAA going after personal use
 Americans turn to internet first for information on common issues
 Online and mobile TV picking up in the US
 More than half of US households have digital TVs
 R.I.P. Netscape Navigator
 Russia launches last three satellites for GLONASS
 Seventeen Wiis sold per second on Amazon
Entertainment News
 Jennifer Lopez gives birth to twins
 K-Fed agrees to reinstate Britney’s visitation rights
 Benazir Bhutto’s posthumously published book
 National autism advocacy group condemns “Big Brother” contestant’s slur
 Controversial Dutch singer makes comeback amidst anti-Nazi sentiment
 Heidi Klum wants to help Britney Spears
 Experts question Britney Spears lawyer's moves
 LA commissioner extends Britney Spears’ conservatorship
 Mel Gibson meets probation terms
 Dolly Parton postpones tour because of breasts
 Tolkien estate sues film studio
 Jazz legend John Coltrane’s secret is out
 Pacific Symphony premieres Pacific Crossroads by Stephen Scott
 American Idol soon at Walt Disney World resort in Florida
 Jennifer Lopez expects twins
 Accidental drug overdose killed Heath Ledger
 Rebecca De Mornay to serve 3 years probation
 Pamela Anderson to perform at Paris’ Crazy Horse
 Grateful Dead reuniting to support Obama
 NASA to beam The Beatles' song, "Across the Universe"
 Seeing stars at the Red Dress Collection Fashion Show
 Wesley Snipes cleared of tax fraud; convicted on misdemeanor charges
 George Clooney named UN Messenger of Peace
 Sean Young admits herself to rehab
 Thai PM to revive his TV cookery show
 Gwen Stefani, Gavin Rossdale expecting second child
 Jimmy Page wants world tour
 Marlon Brando’s son, Christian, dies at 49
 ABC fined $1.4 million for 2003 “NYPD Blue” butt episode
 Amy Winehouse enters rehab
 Rapper Lil’ Wayne arrested on drug charges
 Heath Ledger found dead; family says death is accidental
 Vincent Margera gets two years probation
 Kiefer Sutherland released from California jail
 Suzanne Pleshette, “The Bob Newhart Show” co-star, dies at 70
 Witnesses say Diddy assaulted man and his girlfriend
 Mia Farrow and group to defy Cambodia ban
 Lindsey Lohan to work in a morgue
 Universal to distribute Rolling Stones new album
 4 Paparazzi arrested after car chase with Britney Spears
 Ike Turner’s death caused by cocaine OD
 Cambodia bars Mia Farrow barred from holding Darfur ceremony
 Oprah, Discovery partner to launch the Oprah Winfrey Network
 Bjork assaults photographer in New Zealand
 Liverpool is European Capital of Culture for 2008
 Panic! At The Disco drops “!”; reveals plans for tour
 Christina Aguilera and Nicole Richie give birth
 Paula Abdul to perform live during Super Bowl?
 Michelle Rodriguez released from jail early
 “Posh Spice” is 2007’s worst-dressed celebrity
 Nicole Kidman confirms pregnancy
 “Idol” Jessica Sierra sentenced to a year in rehab
 Marlon Wayans to play Ripcord in G.I. Joe movie
 Moondance Diner damaged by Wyoming winter
 Another baby on the way for Jack Black
 Broadway actor admits to sexually abusing a 15-year-old
 Lindsey Lohan caught on video drinking
 Sean Penn to head Cannes Film Festival jury
 Britney’s lawyers quitting custody case
 Ne-Yo suing R. Kelly tour promoter
 Children contest James Brown’s will in court
 Mindy McCready released from jail
 Jennifer Garner is West Virginian of the year
 Rosie O’Donnell named most annoying celebrity
 Sean Penn may soon be single
 Marilyn Manson’s divorce finalized
 Miss France 2008 keeps crown
 Mischa Barton arrested for DUI
 Jessica Alba, Cash Warren get engaged
 Yung Joc considered a fugitive
 Fan gets jail time for R. Kelly photos
Science News
 DNA study supports African origin of man
 10 teams to compete in Google’s Lunar X Prize
 Antarctic expedition yields array of previously unknown marine life
 US research debunks commonly held Internet sex predator stereotype
 Bowling ball-sized Devil Toad probably ate hatchling dinosaurs
 Pentagon satellite intercept no danger to Atlantis and ISS astronauts
 Breast cancer diagnosis from hair sample
 Zoo Atlanta hope to resume mating pandas
 California woman to have departed pet dog cloned
 Madagascar day gecko begs bug for dinner
 Fossil hunters discover new meat-eating dinosaurs
 Columbus science laboratory inaugurated
 New duck-billed dinosaur unearthed in Mexico
 Abu Dhabi building world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste, car-free city
 Atlantis docked, Columbus installation to be delayed one day
 NASA declares smooth sailing for Atlantis
 Knee brace for power delivery
 Atlantis finally blasts off
 See-through zebrafish show how stem cells and tumors grow
 British scientists chase Sahara sand
 Japanese scientists make paper airplanes for space study
 Britons switch off home appliances not in use on E-Day
 Greater London – UK’s first low emission zone
 Svalbard Global Seed Vault to ensure global crop security
 Scientists develop “tear-free” onions
 NASA to beam The Beatles' song, "Across the Universe"
 French wine region seeks to reduce its carbon footprint
 Rare Ganges River Dolphin killed in Bangladesh
 Earth in two-century-old man-made epoch
 Indian whirligig named after Roy Orbison
 US intelligence satellite to fall to Earth February or March
 Brazil steps up Amazon protection
 Asteroid 2007 TU24 to whiz closely past Earth
 Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo to start test flights
 Mayans sacrificed boys not girls
 Hubble servicing mission slated for late 2008
 Mature human embryos cloned from adult skin cells
 Swedish university to study belching cows
 Israeli spy satellite successfully launched by Indian rocket
 Shipping companies address fuel cost, gas emission issues
 Math program grows three-dimensional snowflakes
 Extinct rodent was 8 feet long and weighed a ton
 Bugs caused dinosaur extinction?
 Rare “blessed” palm blooms once in 100 years then dies
 MESSENGER reveals Mercury’s previously unseen side
 Scientists developing dog bark translator
 Astronomers detect life-forming amino acids 250 million light years away
 Earth barely supports life
 Largest snake in captivity lives in Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
 Greenpeace protest ship Esperanza scuttles 6-ship Japanese whaling fleet
 Nuremberg zoo commences hand-raising of polar bear cub
 Dark matter pulls hundreds of galaxies together
 Ecuador volcano may erupt
 France was a jungle
 77-million-year-old dinosaur heads to Texas
 Oil leases off Alaska’s northwest coast to be sold beginning February
 American glaciologist to probe vanishing Papua New Guinea glaciers
 Rare albino alligators stolen from Brazilian zoo
 NASA delays Atlantis flight again
 Infant planet discovered
 Deep Impact buzzes Earth on its way to another comet
 Pentagon, Palau consider space-based solar power
 Ancient pyramid found in Mexico City
 Storm brewing over EPA’s rejection of California’s clean car program
 37,000-year-old mammoth carcass arrives in Japan
 Russia launches last three satellites for GLONASS
 Whale research to be launched by Terri Irwin
 Thailand’s parks and wildlife reserves could host 2,000 wild tigers
Health News
 Avastin cleared for breast cancer
 Diets linked with breast and ovarian cancer
 Traffic pollution causes lower IQ in children
 Mobile phone linked with cancer
 Widespread flu activity in 44 states reported
 Food safety attorney: Hallmark/Westland beef pose health risk
 Breast cancer diagnosis from hair sample
 USDA recalls 143 million pounds of frozen beef
 Researchers probe link between allergies and IBS
 Cholesterol lowering agent combats staph infection
 New drug can treat alcoholism
 Twinkle in eye may indicate eye disease
 FDA warns against anti-wrinkle drugs
 Encapsulated fat makes low-calorie food taste better
 Nintendo’s Wii sees use as physical therapy tool
 Tatooing delivers DNA vaccines better than intramuscular injections
 Teenage fathers’ babies likely to be born with health problems
 Appetite and obesity are wired in the brain
 Oklahoma State University discovers case of Canine parvovirus-2c in US
 WHO says tobacco could kill 1 billion people by 2100
 Proposed law bans restaurants from serving obese customers
 See-through zebrafish show how stem cells and tumors grow
 Pregnancy does cause forgetfulness
 FDA warns against fish toxin
 High levels of ‘good’ cholesterol increases risk of cardiovascular disease
 Folic acid reduces preterm birth risk
 Common baby products may contain toxic phthalates
 Oral care for pets
 The British ultimate healthfood scale
 Joint China-Japan investigation of suspect dumplings
 11 states report flu outbreaks
 Drug-resistance detected in flu viruses in Europe, Canada and US
 Seeing stars at the Red Dress Collection Fashion Show
 Why scratching brings relief and is hard to stop
 UK government tackles child obesity
 Skin cells also show sleep-wake patterns
 New needle-free flu vaccine passes test on mice
 Infection with common parasite raises schizophrenia risk
 Marital spats help couples live longer
 Big, healthful breakfasts control middle-age spread
 Small pet turtles infect children with Salmonella
 Bright light therapy benefits bipolar people
 1000 Genomes Project to determine genetic roots of human disease
 Good news, and bad, for women coffee-drinkers
 Virus linked to lethal skin cancer type
 MRSA USA300 is not new gay scourge
 New precaution added to contraceptive skin patch label
 Pre-leukemic cells discovered
 New cancer stem cell destruction strategy developed
 US Centers for Disease Control to investigate mysterious skin ailment
 Organ-building technology creates transplantable hearts
 Overactive nerves responsible for “ringing in the ears”
 Combining moderate drinking with exercise prolongs life
 European Food Safety Authority: cloned food probably safe for humans
 Harvard scientists identify 273 proteins needed by AIDS virus
 Reservatol derivative combats symptoms of aging in humans
 Antidepressants help HIV patients stick with treatment
 Nearly 40% of 8-to-10-year-olds have tasted alcohol
 French customs officials seize 224,000 fake anti-impotence pills
 407 killed by dengue fever in Cambodia last year
 US pediatricians review previous recommendations for preventing allergies in children
 Avian flu results in cancellation of 100 cockfights in Puerto Rico
 Pet food company agrees to $3.1M settlement over contaminated food
 FDA to clear meat and dairy products from cloned animals
 Mutated anthrax an effective cancer killer
 CDC still searching for airline passengers exposed to TB-infected woman
 Testing for cancer by gargling
 Avian virus kills hundred of crows in NY
 Worldwide weight management survey
 Vaccine to cure cocaine addiction undergoing clinical trials
 Hereditary colon cancer dates back to 1630s English immigrant couple
 France and parts of Germany ban smoking in restaurants, bars
 Health officials warn against Louisiana oysters
 FDA warns against Chinese-made supplements
 Officials warn pet birds may be ill
 Health officials searching for passengers who flew with TB-infected woman
 Court to decide fate of comatose teenager
 Bayer issues recall for glucose test strips
 Over 600,000 chickens culled at Russian farm
 Study says health coverage makes people healthier
Sports News
 Sania Mirza may move away from India
 Champ Car, Indy Racing to merge
 Sorry, no Kosovo Olympic team in Beijing
 Pettitte regrets taking HGH
 Beijing Olympics pollution issue another area of competition
 Florida Marlins planning $515 million stadium
 Bibby traded to NBA Hawks
 Monica Seles announces retirement
 Johnson wins Daytona pole
 2 Canadiens players arrested in Florida
 NFL’s Zednik stable after surgery to repair severed carotid artery
 Carlos Quintana wins WBO welterweight title
 Roger Clemens’ wife allegedly used HGH
 Brian McNamee’s lawyers present photo evidence
 Brian McNamee gives sworn deposition
 Roger Clemens spends 5 hours with Congressional lawyers
 Michael Vick allowed to keep $16.25M in bonuses
 Redskins’ Monk, Green enter Hall of Fame
 Chuck Knoblauch meets with Congressional panel
 Senator wants explanation on why NFL “spygate” tapes were destroyed
 Charges against Titans’ Pacman Jones dropped
 Transforming Vick’s dogs from growling combatants to cuddly companions
 Roger Clemens attends Astros’ Elite camp
 Chuck Knoblauch agrees to talk to House committee
 Judge postpones Tim Donaghy’s sentencing to April
 Sean Taylor’s teammates to wear his number in Pro Bowl
 Barry Bonds asks judge to dismiss perjury charges
 House panel reschedules Clemens, others’ depositions
 Roger Clemens considers attending Astros’ pitching camp
 House committee issues subpoena for Chuck Knoblauch
 Norm Chow hired by UCLA as offensive coordinator
 F1: Renault debuts new car; others to follow this week
 Former 49er Dana Stubblefield pleads guilty in BALCO steroids case
 Bobby Fischer dies in Iceland
 Roger Clemens’ deposition scheduled for January 26
 Former Pittsburg Steeler Ernie Holmes dead at 59
 Lance Armstrong plans to run in 2008 Boston Marathon
 Randy Moss served with a restraining order
 Congress wants Miguel Tejada investigated for perjury
 Two Australians complete record-setting kayak journey to New Zealand
 Michael Vick’s deposition sought in brother’s sexual abuse case
 Roger Clemens won’t commit to deposition
 McNamee told feds Roger Clemens had abscess in 1998
 Judge sentences Marion Jones to six months
 Clemens’ appearance in Congress postponed to February
 Blue Jays chiropractor says Roger Clemens is clean
 Michael Vick enters drug treatment program
 Roger Clemens files suit against Brian McNamee
 Marion Jones could face double sentence
 Congress asks Roger Clemens to testify at steroid hearings
 Roger Clemens says injections were B-12 and painkillers
 McNamee lawyer threatens Clemens with lawsuit over “60 Minutes” interview
 Marion Jones asks judge to spare her prison time
 Reigning 100-meter Olympic champion receives four-year drugs ban
 Oklahoma University defensive tackle arrested for shoplifting
 Jose Canseco writing sequel to steroid memoir “Juiced”
 Marion Jones’ agent suspended by USATF
 F1: Ralf Schumacher takes 2008 off; career may be over
 Roger Clemens’ legal team hires private investigators
 Roger Clemens’ attorney to conduct own investigation into steroid allegations
Business News
 DOJ merger decision shadows XM, Sirius
 Citigroup bails out Falcon Hedge Fund
 Hallmark/Westland GM says shutdown is likely
 Intuit profit down 21%
 Barclays profit dips 3% as write-downs rise
 Abercrombie & Fitch Co. report higher earnings
 USDA recalls 143 million pounds of frozen beef
 SCO gets a fresh breath of air
 UBS AG reports Q4 net loss of $11.28 billion
 Vonage lowers Q4 loss
 IndyMac Bancorp reports first annual loss
 Yahoo! turns down Microsoft offer
 Weyerhaeuser Co. reports 4th quarter loss
 McDonalds sees increase in sales
 Macy’s to cut Jobs
 AutoNation reports 31% fall in Q4 earnings
 US, Chinese firms charged over melamine-tainted pet food
 Google ties-up with China for online music
 Time Warner to separate AOL
 Coke acquires Honest Tea
 Wrigley focuses on overseas sales
 Google stock slides after missing expectations
 Disney’s CEO to stay at helm for five more years
 Microsoft proposes $44 billion takeover of Yahoo
 Audible to be acquired by Amazon
 Yahoo reports 23% profit drop; to cut 1,000 jobs
 Judge rules to monitor Microsoft for two more years
 BofA takeover of Countrywide to push through
 Countrywide chief executive foregoes $37.5 million severance package
 Google considering setting up Malaysian base
 Harley-Davidson Q4 profit down 26.7%
 Microsoft reports $4.71 billion Q2 profit
 GM tied with Toyota for world's top automaker
 Yahoo to layoff 5% of its workforce
 Getty Images Inc. on auction block
 Bausch & Lomb to acquire Eyeonics Inc.
 Sears to undergo major restructuring
 GE reports 4% rise in Q4 profit
 Novartis reports 42% drop in Q4 profits
 Sun Microsystems acquiring MySQL for $1 billion
 TicketsNow to be acquired by Ticketmaster
 Bain Capital affiliate to acquire Bright Horizons
 Gulf Air orders up to $6B worth of Boeing planes
 Tiffany lowers profit forecasts
 Disney CEO Robert Iger took home $27.7M in 2007
 Bank of America to buy Countrywide Financial
 New York investigating Intel on antitrust
 Verizon says business is good despite slow economy
 GE unit invests in $350 million Texas wind power project
 Avon to close plants; cut 6% of workforce
 EDS wins contract to upgrade Indiana’s Medicaid program
 Motorola to acquire online music retailer Soundbuzz
 Systemax to buy selected CompUSA assets and stores
 Ford plans more fuel-efficient engine in 2009
 Motorola takes $90 million charge for 1,600 layoffs
 Hasbro announces plans to acquire Cranium
 IBM acquires Israeli storage technology company
 Citigroup upgrades Amazon to “buy”
 Broadcom wins injunction against Qualcomm 3G chips
 Motorola, Metrologic reach settlement on patent disputes
 Baidu CFO dies while vacationing in China
 General Motors’ China joint venture recalls 7,000 Buicks
 Warren Buffett enters the bond-insurance business
 Macy’s closing down 9 stores
 Bayer issues recall for glucose test strips
 Gap “Warmest Jacket” for boys recalled
 125,000 trucks being recalled by Volvo
 Berkshire Hathaway buys majority stake in Marmon Holdings
Economic News
 Surge in gas prices could be short-lived
 One in 10 home loans is under water
 Asia mildly affected by US consumer confidence
 Industrial output continues to be weak
 Arnold Schwarzenegger signs budget cuts
 Rates on 30-year mortgages rise
 Retail sales strong in January
 US budget deficit at faster pace
 President Bush acknowledges economic uncertainty
 Poll says many believe US already in recession
 Consumer confidence continues to decline
 Jobless claims fall by 22,000
 Productivity grows in fourth quarter
 ISM shows negative service sector growth
 Factory orders increase in December
 Budget deficit to reach $400 billion
 Non-farm payrolls fall by 17,000 in January
 US consumer spending increased at slowest pace since June
 GDP growth slows to 0.6%
 January consumer confidence drops to 87.9
 Treasury Secretary urges Senate to approve stimulus package “very quickly”
 IMF director-general expects “serious slowdown” of US economy
 Bush urges Senate to act quickly on stimulus package
 Agreement reached on $145 billion economic stimulus package
 US budget deficit to widen to at least $219 billion
 Bush optimistic about economic stimulus package approval
 Consumer confidence rebounds despite fears of recession
 Bush calls for growth package to boost struggling economy
 US initial jobless claims falls to three-month low
 US consumer prices rose at slower pace in December
 US retail sales fell in December
 Pulp Fiction co-writer charged with vehicular manslaughter
 Industry retail group predicts slow retail sales growth
 US trade deficit at record level in November
 Goldman Sachs predicts US recession in 2008
 Pending home sales declined in November
 Bush calls for tax cuts in time of economic uncertainty
 Oil hits $100 per barrel on a single trade
 Weak job growth; unemployment rate soars to two-year high
 US job growth slowed in December
 Crude oil prices hit record $100 a barrel
 California’s minimum-wage workers get a raise
 Dollar’s share in world currency reserves fall
 New home sales fall sharply
 US home prices post record decline
Insurance News
 Arson charges sought against Indiana men
 Iowa woman pleads guilty to fraud
 Cut-off breast cancer patient awarded $9M
 Anti-fraud operation nets suspects in Florida
 Maryland officer pleads guilty to insurance fraud
 Connecticut man faces fraud charges
 Health insurance tax break passes house
 Mississippi group calls for rally
 Michigan insurance agent accused of fraud
 NY WCB removes doctor from authorized list
 Utah man indicted in insurance fraud case
 West Virginia man pleads guilty to fraud
 California man charged with auto insurance fraud
 Massachusetts couple convicted in cash wage scheme
 NY junk yard operator arrested for fraud
 3 convicted in $75M insurance fraud
 SoCal lab employee guilty of insurance fraud
 New Jersey doctor admits insurance fraud
 South Florida tax preparer sentenced in fraud case
 California man pleads guilty to fraud
 PMI reduced new insurance for risky loans
 Oklahoma man charged with fraud
 Former city worker accused of fraud
 Massachusetts man sentenced in insurance fraud case
 California teacher convicted of workers’ compensation fraud
 NJ insurance company ordered to stop doing business in NC
 New York construction contractor arrested again
 Florida legislators schedule more hearings on property insurance rates
 16 former NY city workers indicted
 Hungarian man suspected of fraud
 Woman gets compensation for only one damaged breast
 West Virginians indicted in insurance fraud charges
 Co Meath couple charged with insurance fraud
 Oriska president indicted on workers’ compensation fraud charges
 Bush to propose $178 billion cuts in Medicare
 Family of Cross Sound ferry victim receives settlement
 Man charged with staging his own suicide
 Connecticut AG reports faults in $80M deal
 Former Army soldier faked wife’s death
 Schwarzenegger vows to fight for universal health care
 Ohio bill allows access to health insurance through tax credits
 47 arrested in Florida insurance fraud search
 California health care bill rejected
 Temporary disability analysis in California shows improvement
 Georgia doctor sentenced to probation for $650k insurance fraud
 Workers’ compensation can cover psychological effects of witnessing violence
 California’s health care system overhaul is in doubt
 Ohio restaurants ordered to pay into workers’ compensation fund
 Co-payments keep women from getting mammography
 New Jersey couple indicted on fraud charges
 Albuquerque insurance agent indicted on multiple fraud charges
 Kentucky woman faces six counts of insurance fraud
 W.Va. man reports being fired after filing for workers’ compensation
 More and more US employers offering pet insurance
 Iowa couple found guilty of setting own home on fire
 Allstate suspended from selling new insurance policies
 Illegal immigrant wins $30,000 settlement
 Most Americans support mandatory health coverage
 Florida Medicaid reform plan challenged in court
 Massachusetts businessman indicted in fraud case
 Ohio BWC identifies 100 delinquent employers
 Consumer group says insurers overcharge customers
 NY man sentenced for insurance fraud
 60-year-old New Hampshire resident convicted of insurance fraud
 Montana Supreme court rules in favor of an employee
 Ohio BWC employee forced to retire
 Iowa commission calls for expansion of children’s health care
 New York employers benefit from workers’ compensation reforms
 Drug plan drives up US health care spending
 EDS wins contract to upgrade Indiana’s Medicaid program
 Additional charges in Salinas workers’ compensation case
 New Hampshire man indicted on insurance fraud charges
 Nitro City mayor wants to hike employees’ contributions to insurance
 Florida workers’ compensation rates among the lowest
 Ohio BWC solves 2,977 workers’ compensation fraud cases
 Colorado’s small-business owners concerned about health care
 Health insurance penalties in Mass. could rise above $900
 Washington workers’ compensation premiums increase
 New representative appointed in Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board
 Bush extends children’s health care program
 New York woman arrested on multiple fraud charges
 San Francisco appeals health care decision
 Illegal immigrants entitled to workers’ compensation
 Pennsylvania man pushed car off mountain
 Judge strikes down part of S.F. health care plan
 California city pays $145,000 in workers’ compensation settlement
 A-bomb worker finally receives compensation
 Study says health coverage makes people healthier
Gamer News
 New cobalt/black Nintendo DS Lite confirmed for February 10
 WoW reaches 10 million subscriber mark
 Microsoft sells 17.7 million Xbox 360s since launch
 Resistance sequel coming for the PS3
 Sony discontinues 20GB and 60GB PS3s in Japan
 Skype officially announced; only for the PSP slim
 PS3 sold 1.2 million in the US during the holidays
 Xbox 360, PS3 getting Far Cry 2
 Downloadable DS games through the Wii coming soon
Weird News
 George Washington's hair sells for $17,000
 “Pricasso” enters a painting for Australia’s Archibald Prize
 German uses fire extinguisher to put out cigarette
 Czech police investigate railway bridge theft
 Singaporean professor stole underwear from dorm
 Pennsylvania man caught twice within hours for DUI
 Dog “steals” truck in California
 South Carolina man drives stolen car to police station
 Drunken Canadian parks at police station
 Millions of dollars mysteriously appear in NY man’s bank account
 SoCal man robbed of tacos at gunpoint
 Undercover police officers pose as flower deliverymen
 Michigan libraries stack shelves with video games
 Fake blind man busted during car check
 Bosnian drunk should have been dead
 Lost kitten found in NY subway after 25 days
 Alaska man uses bear spray on bar patrons
 Driver abandons bus-load of former prisoners
 Inflatable doll proxies for groom
 Miami feline refuses rescue
 Radio station gives out divorce for Valentine’s Day
 Swedish preschool gives odd dress code
 Massachusetts man receives postcard after 79 years
 Pennsylvania woman seeks pet goat
 Michigan state police post callers get phone sex message
 Michigan man shocked by $250,000 win
 Elderly Colorado woman breaks into own home
 Wisconsin deputy stuck in tunnel for hours
 Wisconsin man’s pickup passes 1-million-mile mark
 Washington woman deposited Meth in ATM
 Funeral horses stampede in London
 Alabama woman uses phone to chase off intruder
 50 chickens found in Philadelphia high school
 Oregon man tried to speed to court
 Beard-growing competition launched in Ohio
 Briton says aliens stole dog
 Self-service cash register dispensed $20 bills instead of $1
 Pennsylvania man finds stolen helmet on eBay
 Man who shot red light camera hands out bears
 Robber with foot fetish gets probation
 Drunken man threatened to blow up Brisbane with TV remote
 Viagra may soon make Israel air force more potent
 Ice crashes through Canadian’s home
 Iowa junior high school pulls spiked hot chocolate recipe
 Kentucky man attacks court-appointed lawyer
 Michigan store clerk robbed twice in one night
 German convicted of sending penis photograph
 California man arrested after disrupting Super Bowl viewers
 Pennsylvania police arrest obedient robber
 Beer gets seatbelt but toddler left unrestrained
 Collection agency sends nasty letter
 Palestinian tried to smuggle animals into Gaza
 Connecticut man sells marijuana on Craigslist
 California zoo giraffe gets tailor-made coat
 Russian health spa gives unhealthy enemas
 NJ man watched porn on nun’s computer
 Wisconsin motorist aims for 1 million mile mark
 Blind Florida golfer sinks hole-in-one
 Ohio woman gives birth in driveway
 Goodwill store in Oregon sells boy’s parked bike
 Red tape keeps Polish man from returning from the dead
 Florida woman gets ticket after daughter vomits
 Man burns Texas radio station over playlist
 Magazine used in place of mayor’s lost ID
 Michigan man drove lawnmower through snowstorm
 World’s first nude flight to take off July 5
 British farmer hides castle behind hay
 Texas burglar steals crown from bishop
 Spanish motorist sues dead cyclist
 Overdue Wisconsin library book returned after 57 years
 Polish man compares postal delivery speed with snails
 Georgia bank robbery suspect arrested at bus stop
 Brazilian woman’s hair stolen by men on a motorcycle
 Wisconsin man accused of soiling shared laundry room
 Australian man gets shot by rescuer
 Florida cat makes it to Texas in a suitcase
 Sex line listed as Maryland governor’s office phone number
 Maine police officer escorts criminals
 Portable toilet taken to North Carolina stage
 Wisconsin robber returns stolen items
 Australian robbers sentenced for April Fools Day heist
 Chilean man wakes up in coffin
 Treatment proposed for Discovery Channel’s “Half Man Half Tree"
 Canadian attempts to rob store across police station
 Arizona teen attacks burglar with baseball bat
 Snakes found again in flight to Vietnam
 WSU student arrested twice in one night
 Bank robber on probation can keep lottery winnings
 Burglar calls police after finding corpse
 Texas woman jailed after 76th ticket
 Sex toy mistaken for bomb in Sweden
 Shoplifting suspect documented as dead
 Indiana robber accidentally shoots own groin
 Prominent politician says new Spanish national anthem stinks
 Fake priest arrested for drugs at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport
 Chinese man turns apartment into pigsty
 Polish man sees wife in brothel
 Blair’s first SMS is “Who are you?”
 Wisconsin couple finds $12,000 in fridge
 Telephone company cuts of FBI international wiretap
 New Jersey man finds pearl in oyster dinner
 Potential jurors summoned in Vermont sidewalk
 Workers lose jobs after S&M sex holiday
 Dog poop leads to arrest
 Macaw scares off Massachusetts burglar
 Pennsylvania man steals car right after theft arraignment
 Rice bags make baby proxies in Japan
 Ohio man becomes Mr. Experience
 Cat causes Idaho blackout
 Missouri town may ban swearing in bars
 Ban on Silly Sting proposed in NY town
 10-year-old glues hand to bed to avoid school
 Illegal gambler reports stolen winnings
 Illinois woman to move after second car crash
 114-year-old Chicago woman registers to vote
 Virginia man caught smoking pot beside police station
 Drunk dog taken to vet clinic
 Washington man hides by burrowing into ground
 Canada anti-street racing law snags 85-year-old motorist
 British woman’s underwear saves the day
 Tennessee woman used marker in robbery attempt
 Massachusetts bank robber doesn’t notice cop
 Snake mistakes golf ball for eggs
 New Mexico men shoot themselves in tattoo attempt
 Texas man allegedly stole neighbor’s underwear
 Oregon police catch unlucky car thief
 Florida diners find rare pearl in meal
 Iowa man stuck upside down in septic tank
 West Virginia woman wipes nose on cop
 Vermont businessman discovers fur coats in basement
 Australian burglar gets stuck in chimney
 Idaho fire station catches fire
 Los Angeles police arrest Santa in G-string
 Loved ones receive Christmas greetings from dead man
Local News
 California man arrested in elderly scam
 SoCal man robbed of tacos at gunpoint
 Cruelty charges filed against 2 SoCal men
 Crates of chickens fall near exit gate
 1 dead at California’s Imperial Sand Dunes
 3rd victim found in California avalanche
 Authorities raid SoCal museums
 SoCal bank robbers lead chase
 Killed Border Patrol agent identified
 Fleeing vehicle kills Border Patrol agent
 Two women stabbed in Southern California
Greater San Diego Area
 Highschool water polo players’ pictures found on gay porn sites
 Suspect jumps off bridge with police dog
California's Inland Empire
 Vacant SoCal house burns
 Man faces charges for real estate fraud
 California officers ruled justified in shooting
 Brothers charged with bribing a SoCal official
 Charges filed in SoCal school shooting
 SoCal lab employee guilty of insurance fraud
 Murder charges considered for SoCal woman
 SoCal woman arrested on suspicion of murder
 Trial in slaying of 14-year-old still uncertain
 Carlos Quintana wins WBO welterweight title
 7 hurt in SoCal hit-and-run accident
 Measure seeks to muffle Southern California roosters
 Border Patrol seizes millions in cocaine and marijuana
 Authorities find missing SoCal hiker
 Second arrest made in elderly SoCal man’s murder
 66-pound pit bull attacks 8-year-old boy
 Man fleeing police dies in chase
 Suspects in armed SoCal robberies arrested
 Two men found dead in Oro Grande
 Highschool water polo players’ pictures found on gay porn sites
 SoCal man charged in fatal stabbing
 Woman killed by sweeper in airport
 Search for missing SoCal hiker called off
 Search party unable to find missing SoCal hiker
 Woman and daughter found dead in SoCal home
 Two bodies found in SoCal desert
 Rescuers continue to search for missing SoCal hiker
 Bar fight death leads to SoCal man’s arrest
 Missing hiker sought in SoCal mountains
 Body found in SoCal gutter
 Wanted man arrested after trying to enter the US
 SoCal motorist hits power pole
 Southern California mother and her boyfriend charged in toddler’s death
 Train hits Southern California man
 SoCal woman attacked by pit bulls
 Southern California man fatally shot

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