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WORLD / NEWS Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 10:57am neoform

Sydney Morning Herald -- THE few Japanese fishing boats still present in North Korean waters have been ordered to leave, as prospects grow of a naval blockade to suppress the nuclear ambitions of Kim Jong-il... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 10:36am neoform

Fresno Bee -- After Hurricane Katrina, Zackery Bowen and his girlfriend Adriane Hall appeared in news stories as examples of young people who had pressed on in the battered city despite evacuation orders and a lack of power and water... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 10:28am neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- Had a court in Illinois done what the winner of a case there desired, billions of spam emails could have begun landing in the inboxes of 650 million people all over the world - including the European Parliament, US Army, the White House and Microsoft - ev.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 9:43am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Investors aiming for retirement can earn market-beating returns from preferred stocks. But they're volatile, so weigh the risks carefully... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 8:28am neoform

Economist -- A murder, a grudge, deportations and what they say about Russia's worrying political direction. Is it time to use the f-word?.. Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 8:25am neoform

Discover -- My patient, a pastor, was visiting a prison several months ago when a sudden, severe pain in his left hip pulled him up short. Had he been attacked by an inmate? He glanced around and then down at his hip. Everything looked fine, but the ache was intense... Read More

ENTERTAINMENT / NEWS Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 8:24am neoform

TMZ -- A London newspaper claims a divorce document filed by Heather Mills, Paul McCartney's estranged wife, alleges that the former Beatle attacked her during their marriage. The legal papers also allegedly say McCartney was often drunk or high on drugs during.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 8:22am neoform

Time -- Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize not for giving to the poor, but for helping them to help themselves.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 8:21am neoform

ABC News -- Diane Sawyer spoke briefly with Ambassador Li Gun, deputy director general of the North Korean Ministry for Foreign Affairs... Read More

POLITICS / OPINION Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 1:00am neoform

Boston Herald -- Maybe, just maybe there�s hope for the United Nations. First there was last week�s reassuring vote to impose sanctions on North Korea. Then for two days secret balloting put Guatemala ahead of Venezuela in its quest for a Security Council seat... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 12:59am neoform

CNET -- The Cupertino, Calif., Mac maker on Tuesday said that some of its latest video iPods inadvertently shipped with a Windows virus. Apple apologized for the incident, but blamed it on a Windows computer used on the iPod production line of one of its contract.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 12:26am neoform

Washington Post -- Immigrant workers are sending more money than ever to their families in Latin America, but two new studies show that only a small portion of the billions of dollars directed there has gone to economic development... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 12:25am neoform

CNN -- This week's surge in violence in Sri Lanka comes as the South Asia island nation faces increasing international pressure to return to the negotiating table... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 12:17am neoform

Reuters -- The Department of Homeland Security warned officials on Wednesday in seven U.S. cities about a dirty-bomb threat to National Football League stadiums but does not believe the threat is credible, officials said... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 12:16am neoform

Reuters -- Local authorities in Escondido, California passed a controversial measure on Wednesday to prohibit landlords from renting to illegal immigrants, a law which opponents say is racist... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 12:15am neoform

Reuters -- With congressional elections less than three weeks away, the Republican party's approval ratings are at an all-time low, with approval of the Republican-led Congress at its lowest point in 14 years, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll relea.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 11:44pm neoform

Toronto Star -- Haven't we seen this movie before? Cash-rich company offers more than $1 billion for a Silicon Valley Internet company with no profit started by 20-somethings backed by a blue-chip venture firm... Read More

POLITICS / OPINION Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 11:23pm neoform

Washington Post -- There are a lot of questions -- about a lot of things -- that President Bush can't seem to answer. But Fox News's Bill O'Reilly, of all people, asked Bush one of the most important ones in an interview aired last night... Read More

WORLD / OPINION Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 11:21pm neoform

Billings Gazette -- Sen. Conrad Burns said at a debate Tuesday night that President Bush does have a plan for winning the war in Iraq, but he isn�t about to share it with the world... Read More

HEALTH / NEWS Wed Oct 18, 2006 @ 11:19pm neoform

New Scientist -- The US could be rife with "internet addicts" who are as clinically ill as alcoholics, according to psychiatrists involved in a nationwide study... Read More