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Top Stories: The World Meteorological Organisation has said that this year will rank as one of the ten warmest since 1850. Big News Network.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:11:39 -0500At least 127 people have been killed, and over five hundred more have been wounded, many seriously, in a wave of bombings that have swept the Iraqi capital. Big News Network.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:02:21 -0500An Ohio man has become the first person in the US to be executed with a single-drug injection instead of the usual combination of three drugs. Big News Network.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:32:38 -0500US Justice Department figures have shown the overall state and federal prison population stands at a record 2.3 million and is still rising. Big News Network.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:23:04 -0500The Environmental Protection Agency in the US has ruled that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public safety. Big News Network.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:18:13 -0500A Thai airport worker in Cambodia has been sentenced to seven years jail for spying on Thailand's former prime minister in Cambodia. Big News Network.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:47:16 -0500Two men have been jailed in Britain over the kidnapping of a woman and child over an unpaid bill. Big News Network.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:00:42 -0500Hospital authorities in the Nigerian town of Enugu have told a BBC interviewer the hospital's morgue is being flooded with bodies, which have been delivered by the police. Big News Network.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:38:13 -0500Democrats in the US Congress have signalled they will want an explanation from the top US commander in Afghanistan on how he will deploy the extra 30,000 US forces sent to the war zone. Big News Network.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:08:08 -0500Riot police and pro-government militiamen have tried vainly to contain riots attended by tens of thousands of students in city and provincial universities. Big News Network.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:40:01 -0500Six pupils of a Baghdad primary school have been killed in a blast which was apparently caused by the detonation of explosives which had been stored within school grounds. Big News Network.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:57:21 -0500The Florida police officer who responded to an accident outside Tiger Woods' home found two iron golf clubs on the ground. Big News Network.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:19:05 -0500At least 40 people have been killed and over 100 injured in three bomb explosions in Pakistan. Big News Network.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:44:42 -0500Suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba operative, David Coleman Headley, has been charged with further crimes in connection with last year’s deadly attacks in Mumbai. Big News Network.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:56:12 -0500The Washington Post has revealed an an internal Secret Service document which was written in 2003 to train agents in security procedures at the White House. Big News Network.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:35:14 -0500The BBC has reported that a legal attempt to win a posthumous pardon for a man convicted of murder in 1910 has failed. Big News Network.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:30:30 -0500Sean Lengell House Republicans on Tuesday warned President Obama not to commit the United States to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions at this month's climate change conference in Copenhagen, say... Washington Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:20:19 -0500FILE-This Nov. 17, 2006 file photo shows drummer Travis Barker, of the band +44, appearing onstage during MTV's "Total Request Live" at the MTV Times Square Studios, in New York. The Miami Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:09:31 -0500Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's attempt to pretend that he interviewed a notorious terrorist leader in the film Bruno may cost him $110 million in damages - 80 percent of the movie's gross box office ear... Jerusalem Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:08:24 -0500COPENHAGEN - UN climate talks hit turbulence on just their second day on Tuesday, as developing countries, green groups and aid activists attacked an early draft of a compromise deal proposed by Denma... Channel News Asia Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:01:38 -0500SUITLAND - Police say a pregnant homeless woman was held at an apartment in a suburb of Washington, D.C., for five days, then her captor tried to cut the unborn baby from her body. Prince George's Co... New Zealand Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:57:09 -0500WASHINGTON - The US prison population edged up slightly last year, though the number of total inmates dropped in 20 states. The overall state and federal prison population stands at a record 1.6 mill... New Zealand Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:57:08 -0500Police aim their weapons during an operation against drug traffickers in the Pavao-Pavaozinho shantytown in the Copacabana neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. Photo / AP... New Zealand Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:57:07 -0500The Green Party is calling on the Government to press Indonesia to accept responsibility for the murder of Kiwi journalist Gary Cunningham. Wellington cameraman Gary Cunningham and four colleagues - ... New Zealand Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:57:04 -0500About 80 maritime experts and international delegates are in Wellington today for the Antarctic Treaty Meeting of Experts, which will examine issues including tourism in the region. The meeting runs ... New Zealand Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:57:02 -0500FILE-This Nov. 17, 2006 file photo shows drummer Travis Barker, of the band +44, appearing onstage during MTV's "Total Request Live" at the MTV Times Square Studios, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCro... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:56:00 -0500Residents of the River Parishes in Louisiana raise the bonfire structure's corner pole on top of the Mississippi River levee in Gramercy, La. By Tim J. Mueller for USA TODAY... USA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:55:14 -0500Travis Barker, left, and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein were in a plane crash in September 2008 that killed two pilots and two of Barker's friends. Goldstein died of a drug overdose in August. USA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:55:14 -0500BEIJING - China executed Tuesday the former manager of a securities company who embezzled millions of dollars — the first execution of an executive from the communist country's financial sector, sta... MSNBC Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:54:19 -0500Dose of reality Do health care reform headlines leave you saying “huh?” Visit msnbc.com's guide to health reform and send us claims you'd like fact-checked. MSNBC Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:54:18 -0500David Cato says he became a gay-rights activist after he was beaten up four times, arrested twice, fired from his teaching job and outed in the press because he is gay. He is seen here at a restaura... MSNBC Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:54:17 -0500President Barack Obama hailed the settlement of the case, known as Cobell v. Salazar, as an important step to reconcile Indian tribes and the federal government. MSNBC Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:54:15 -0500This year, the scene straight out of the movie "A Christmas Story" unfolded Tuesday morning in Boise with a boy of about 10. Boise firefighters used a glass of warm water to free the unidentified boy ... MSNBC Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:54:14 -0500The Santa Speedo Run now attracts thousands to run through the streets of Boston to raise money for local charities. Similar-themed events have spread to other cities in North America and abroad. MSNBC Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:54:13 -0500Rejection of the amendment means the Senate health bill, if approved with the current abortion language, would differ from more restrictive language in the House version passed last month. CNN Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:46 -0500Damaged lung tissue is seen as light gray and healthy lung tissue is seen as dark gray in this cross-sectional CT scan of a deceased patient with pulmonary bacterial infection caused by the H1N1 virus... CNN Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:45 -0500Washington (CNN) -- Former FBI and CIA Director William Webster will lead an outside investigation of the FBI's "policies, practices and actions" before the November massacre at Fort Hood, t... CNN Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:44 -0500Stamos was allegedly blackmailed for $680,000 by a man and a woman threatening to sell photos to tabloid magazines that, according to Stamos' camp, feature the actor posing with fans. CNN Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:43 -0500Two former Holyrood presiding officers are to investigate opposition claims that First Minister Alex Salmond misled parliament over class sizes.Mr Salmond told parliament in autumn 2007 that a pledge ... BBC Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:48:29 -0500Oil prices have fallen for the fifth day in a row, weighed down by a stronger US dollar and amid concerns over demand.Prices dropped after the US Energy Information Administration lowered its forecast... BBC Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:48:28 -0500COPENHAGEN — It is one of the grim paradoxes of climate change that nations on the front line of global warming are among those with the least political clout at the United Nations conference th... International Herald Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:45:36 -0500A wind farm in the North Sea, west of the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark. As the United Nations climate meetings in Copenhagen get under way, nine European countries have... International Herald Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:45:34 -0500Hamas and other militant groups, are entering a crucial stage through German and Egyptian mediation. While the details of the talks are hidden here behind military censorship, the outlines are widely ... International Herald Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:45:30 -0500WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department will not renew the contract of a security company embroiled in a scandal involving the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, where guards were accused of drunken conduct a... Reuters Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:40:20 -0500Paramedics at Tiger Woods' Home J.R. Stone from CBS affiliate WKMG in Orlando, Fla. reports a woman was rushed to the hospital from Tiger Woods' home. CBS News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:38:02 -0500Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the aspiring reality-television stars whose unauthorized entry into the Obama administration's first state dinner resulted into a congressional inquiry into White House secu... CBS News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:38:01 -0500Johannes Mathaussen could give Indiana Jones whip lessons. When I first saw him he had parked his dogsled off the side of the trail and was containing his restless dog team by snapping 20 feet of stre... CBS News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:37:58 -0500AN Australian scientist has told a Copenhagen audience that humans are not damaging the climate - and the weather seemed hotter to him as a child. The Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:31:01 -0500A DRAFT deal has been hatched at the Copenhagen climate conference which would see Australia green up its actions on global warming. The Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:31:00 -0500THE receiver of ABC Learning says the collapsed firm's remaining childcare centres are set to be sold to a syndicate comprising not-for-profit welfare groups. The Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:30:54 -0500COMPUTERSHARE'S Chris Morris is on a roll, with UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown reversing a previous decision on childcare vouchers. The Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:30:50 -0500NEWS Corp, Time and three other publishers detailed their long-expected plans to develop open standards for a new digital storefront and technology to help prepare their print titles for devices rangi... The Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:30:49 -0500Two days before the New Jersey Senate votes whether to legalize same-sex marriage, area legislators are remaining tight-lipped about their decisions. "When you have a lot of 'not sures,' it real... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:29:06 -0500NOTE: You still need to confirm your registration before you can fully access our site features.Please go to the email we sent you at ' + userEmail + ' and click on the confirm link. '); }... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:29:04 -0500The number of people living on the streets in Center City dropped in the fall, reflecting progress by the Nutter administration in placing homeless people with special needs into permanent housing, De... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:29:03 -0500HARRISBURG - House Democratic leaders today delayed a scheduled vote to legalize table games while they tried to round up support for the bill. "It became clear that members on both sides of the... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:29:01 -0500A 2-year-old Delran boy was killed Monday night when a television set fell on him in a bedroom at his home, police said today. The toddler, whose name was not released by Delran police, apparently wa... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:28:59 -0500WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama called for a major new burst of federal spending Tuesday, aiming to jolt the wobbly economy into a stronger recovery and reduce painfully persistent double-digit un... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:28:57 -0500The number of bicyclists using Pine and Spruce Streets in Center City has nearly doubled since temporary bike lanes were added in September, according to the Bicycle Coalition of Philadelphia. Volunt... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:28:55 -0500BETTER OFF TED. 9:30 tonight, Channel 6. IN THE FUTURE, there will be no TV schedules, no good or bad time slots, no "appointment viewing" or "must-see" anything. Or so they keep... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:28:51 -0500A hearing on funding the city's ethnic parades, scheduled for tomorrow, has been canceled as Mayor Nutter and City Council work on a way to ease the financial burden on the nonprofits behind the event... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:28:48 -0500BAGHDAD (AP) -- A suicide car bomb flattened a court building and an explosives-rigged ambulance blew down walls like dominos near the Finance Ministry during a wave of coordinated attacks Tuesday tha... New York Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:07:29 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- Questioned by skeptical lawmakers, the U.S. general running the war in Afghanistan said Tuesday he did not get as many troops as he wanted and must work under a schedule he did not ... New York Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:07:28 -0500TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university students protesting for a second day Tuesday, as Iran threatened a tougher crac... New York Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:07:22 -0500Much of the Upper Midwest was covered in deep snow, and strong winds Tuesday night were expected to create blizzard conditions. The storm had already blanketed much of the mountain west and drenched S... New York Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:07:20 -0500LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio executed a killer Tuesday by performing the nation's first lethal injection using a single drug, a supposedly less painful method than previous executions that required t... New York Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:07:19 -0500PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) -- Authorities said a Mississippi Gulf Coast man apparently thought he was at his girlfriend's place when he wandered into another couple's home and fell asleep on their couch. ... New York Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:07:13 -0500By Lee Keath and Nasser Karimi ASSOCIATED PRESS TEHRAN -- Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university students protesting for a second day Tues... Washington Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:31:46 -0500By ASSOCIATED PRESS WOODBRIDGE, Va. -- Police in Northern Virginia have arrested a man after being called for reports of an armed student on a community college campus. Prince William County polic... Washington Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:31:46 -0500The Palestinians are now insisting on Israeli concessions which they had essentially given up during the government of former prime minister Ehud Olmert, Channel 10 reported Tuesday evening. Jerusalem Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:19:53 -0500BUCHAREST : The losing candidate's party in Romania's presidential run-off election asked the country's Constitutional Court on Tuesday to throw out the result after claiming fraud and irregularities.... Channel News Asia Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:13:03 -0500Many breast cancer doctors have been cautious about recommending soy products – such as soy milk, tofu, edamame or miso soup – because they contain plant estrogens. Most breast cancers are... USA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:05:56 -0500Bin Laden remains at large more than eight years after the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington that triggered the Afghan war, and is widely believed to be hiding along the rugged bo... CNN Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:03:13 -0500This recent photo provided by NASA and the European Space Agency, and captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the deepest image of the universe ever taken in near-infrared light. (AP/NASA)... C News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:23 -0500Elizabeth Smart, right, walks out of the federal courthouse with her mother Lois Smart after testifying at a competency hearing for her alleged kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell, Oct. 1 2009, in Salt La... C News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:02:22 -0500The New York Post reports. Dog walkers have been warned to keep their animals on a leash and visitors to the park told not to touch or feed wild animals, including stray cats and dogs, and to stay aw... Sky News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:58:41 -0500PARIS — Britain’s plans to build a third runway at chronically congested Heathrow Airport in London won conditional endorsement from the government’s chief climate adviser on Tuesday... International Herald Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:56:18 -0500Sides Can Drop Off Recalled Cribs (AP) Two infant deaths have led to the recall of about 24,000 Amby Baby Motion Beds - hammock-like beds marketed to parents of fussy babies with colic or reflux. T... CBS News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:47:53 -0500David Cato, a Ugandan gay rights activist, poses at a restaurant in Kampala, Uganda, Dec. 8, 2009. Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family, friends ... CBS News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:47:52 -0500Chicago Man Linked to Mumbai Federal prosecutors say that David Coleman Headley, while living in Chicago, helped organize last year's Mumbai terror attacks. Bob Orr reports from Washington. CBS News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:47:51 -0500NEW reports emerged today of protests and violence in North Korea after the country's authoritarian regime over the past week seized most of its citizens' money and savings via a new-currenc... The Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:40:20 -0500COOLER weather overnight has brought some relief to firefighters battling a blaze near Bathurst, with crews trying to establish containment lines before conditions worsen later today. The Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:40:17 -0500The party will "be doing many things, but not mimicking the Labor Party", he said, referring to the coalition's policies, which are yet to be considered and costed."I think there'll be ... The Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:40:16 -0500VOLKSWAGEN is poised to buy a large stake in Suzuki, the Japanese carmaker whose mini-cars dominate several emerging economies and comprise more than half the vehicles on the road in India. The Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:40:15 -0500OIL sank to nearly a two-month low today in New York as a strengthening US dollar and looming oil inventory report battered the market. The Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:40:12 -0500GOLD closed lower today in New York in reaction to strength in the US dollar that was encouraged by soft European data and ratings concerns. The Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:40:10 -0500FITCH Ratings has cut Greece's credit rating to BBB plus with a negative outlook from A minus, prompting the Greek government to reassure financial markets that it will do whatever is needed to m... The Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:40:09 -0500OCOEE, Fla. - Tiger Woods' mother-in-law was rushed to a hospital early Tuesday, touching off the second media frenzy in two weeks surrounding the pro golfer's carefully guarded private life.Barbro Ho... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:38:32 -0500Mayor Nutter today lauded President Obama's new job creation proposal, saying it would put help put residents back to work in Philadelphia and elsewhere. Three specific areas outlined by Obama would ... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:38:31 -0500A Delaware County woman was arrested for allegedly bilking her employer out of more than $100,000 in profits from the sale of salt, the district attorney's office announced today. Michelle A. Cubler,... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:38:28 -0500The Phillies newest ballgirl, chosen by online ballot, has a lot on the ball. Fans had videos to watch for each of five finalists, and after 66,000 votes were cast, Wayne's Kami Mattioli, 20, was cho... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:38:27 -0500Pitchers, in short, who sound suspiciously like Brett Myers. Except that they'd rather sell their 2008 World Series trophy for scrap than even consider the thought. They haven't just closed the door... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:38:23 -0500HE SIGNED autographs. He knelt at center court and kissed the 76ers logo. Sixers general manager Ed Stefanski had filled a legal pad of requirements for Philly's prodigal son, but it's hard to believe... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:38:19 -0500BAGHDAD (AP) -- A series of coordinated attacks struck Baghdad Tuesday, including two suicide car bombers and another vehicle that blew up near government sites. At least 127 were killed and hundreds ... New York Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:15:34 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- The general in charge of the war in Afghanistan said Tuesday he expects to know by this time next year whether the new troop buildup is reversing Taliban momentum and he believes he... New York Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:15:33 -0500NEW YORK (AP) -- Bryant Gumbel shocked a television audience with the news that he's recovering from cancer surgery and treatment. The former "Today" show anchor, 61, said a malignant tumor and part o... New York Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:15:29 -0500INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The Yankees, Tigers and Diamondbacks neared agreement Tuesday on a three-team trade that would send All-Star center fielder Curtis Granderson from Detroit to New York, a person fa... New York Post Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:15:28 -0500 |
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