Housing Costs Up in Most States

Iran suggests French nuclear consortium

Cingular Rollout of Faster Wireless Web Service Is Running Behind Schedule

Amish seclusion shattered by school slayings

Mexico asks Bush to block border fence bill

Iraqis battle to drive out al-Qaida

Letter Shows Al Qaeda Leaders Were Not Happy With Zarqawi

Korean looks likely as Annan's successor

Private-Sector Anger Builds as Public Pension Costs Rise

AP, networks fight law barring exit polls

Polk sheriff- Suspect who 'executed' deputy was hit by 68 of 110 bullets fired

Palm Beach County housing expenses pummel paychecks

Young Americans waiting longer to get married, often until after 30

Flu vaccine supplies are abundant in South Florida and nationwide

S. Florida low-income homeowners to get free hurricane improvements

Housing costs leave little left over for Broward residents

Florida Democrats' chances are fading, poll finds

Chavez Says Castro Recovering Slowly But Prepared To Die

Chavez Says He Has White House Informant

Chavez- U.S. Informant Says Bush Wants Him Killed

Cuba plans day of debate on U.S. trade embargo

Cuba-China trade surges to 890 mln USD, up 80% year on year

Cuban emigre living the American dream

On menu- Budgets and Cuban coffee

Cuba businesses 'cheat clients'

Mark Cuban- Only a 'Moron' Would Buy YouTube

GOOGLE buys garage where company was launched...

Oil Falls 3%...

PUBLISHER TO OFFER INSIDE ACCOUNT OF AL-QAIDA OPERATIVE...

SEPT. 11 PANEL WAS NOT TOLD ABOUT TENET-RICE MEETING...

In locked-down Baghdad, city life moves online...

Fla. GOP Picks Foley Replacement...

Bush to sign bill to prevent Internet gambling...

Gunman Kills 3 Girls at Amish Schoolhouse

Teen From 'Microchip Family' Killed in Crash

Most Powerful Women in Business Listed

Rice Disputes Woodward Book on CIA Warning

Foley Seeks Rehab as GOP Names Replacement

Two Americans Win Nobel Prize in Medicine

12 Tips for the Small-Talk Slackers

100 Just-Ridiculous Jobs

'Not So Big' Housing Trend

10 Tips to Reclaim Your Lost Sleep

Iranian nuclear power plant to be launched within one year

Scientists discover where ghosts come from

Russia launches test missile in bid to scare USA

USA cuts nuclear weapons and builds extra-strong A-bombs at the same time

Russia tests Topol-M missile to subdue USA's $50-billion air defense

Global arms race takes a new turn

”Secret Russian weapons” still terrify Americans

Murdoch's MySpace Worth $15 Billion-

Hillary Opponent- 'Act Is Getting Old'

Merkel- Don't Bow to Islamic Violence

Dick Morris- The Real Bill Clinton Emerges

Condoleezza Rice- Clinton Left Us No Terror Plan

U.S. Not Prepared for 'Baby Boomer' Elderly

Chavez Low-Cost Oil Recipients Have Second Thoughts

Health Insurance Costs Twice Inflation Rate

Armitage- North Korea to Test Atomic Bomb

U.S., China Cooperating on Military Info. Exchange

U.S. Consumer Confidence Rises Sharply in September

U.S. Drops to 6th in World Competitiveness Ranking

Apple Co-founder Wozniak Tells His Story

Too Much Testosterone Kills Brain Cells

Finger length linked to female sporting potential

Saudis Plan Long Fence for Iraq Border

Woman tried as Tokyo Rose dies

Bush urges better Pakistan-Afghan cooperation

Ahmadinejad- We Won't Give Up 'One Iota' of Nuclear Rights

U.S. keeps full intelligence report secret

Blair's farewell stresses alliance (Jennifer Quinn)

Clinton tells Labor Party to avoid Democrats' fate

Chinese reap opportunity, rancor in Russia's Far East

Bush hits 'political' leak

Tehran denies secret nuke deal

Giuliani Defends Clinton on 9/11 Efforts...

REPUBLICANS PICK 'TWIN CITIES' FOR '08 CONVENTION...

UPDATE- 7-ELEVEN drops CITGO gasoline...

Denies move tied to Chavez jab...

Meds Mix Killed Anna Nicole's Son...

Girl Dies After Dentist Treatment...

Opera featuring Mohammed's head may take place after German leader intervenes...

CLOSE- DOW FLIRTS WITH RECORD...

14-year-old Miami student flees -- to Cuba!

Ahmadinejad- We Won't Forgo Nuke Rights...

APPLE ready to go to war over the name 'pod'...

Zero-gravity surgery 'a success'...

FOX NEWS Chief- Clinton's Response 'An Assault On All Journalists'...

Falling prices boost Bush poll numbers...

Tour De France Chief Says Landis Cheated...

Matsushita Electric to Make DVD Players, Cameras in Brazil for First Time

Bush referees Karzai-Musharraf dinner

Home prices likely to fall more

Musharraf chides Afghan leader over Taliban

Talks on Forming Palestinian Unity Government Break Down

Negroponte says U.S. terror risk lower since 9/11

Negroponte- Iraq incubating terrorism

Asian Stocks Rise on Fed Banker Comments; Samsung Electronics, Rinker Gain

Negroponte says U.S. terror risk lower since 9/11

Japan's Rise Of The Right

Mother Hearth- Planet Temps Way Up

Taliban kill top Afghan woman

Superdome reopens in New Orleans

Pope calls for dialogue with Muslims

Spying bill revised, impact debated

Japans new leader plays to nationalism

Flu vaccine myths, misconceptions

Iraq's Talabani warns neighbors to stop interfering

Enrollment at Historically Black Colleges Slipping

Jihad car commercial pulled

European Union Chief Wants Halt to Expansion

U.K. Troops Kill Key Al-Qaida Leader

Brown Stakes Claim As Blair's Successor

Existing Home Sales Fall Again

House prices show first annual fall in 11 years

Army extends Iraq tours of duty

Kidnapped French Tourists Freed in Yemen

'Light' cigarette suit certified as class action

Musharraf saw fighting U.S. as suicidal

U.S. upholds visa ban on Muslim scholar

China removes top leader in Shanghai

Retired officers slam Rumsfeld on Iraq

Afghan women's affairs chief dead

Producer accuses Clintons of 'looting'

Clinton defends pre-9/11 actions (Eric Pfeiffer)

McConnell: Democrats AWOL in terror war (Charles Hurt)

Arabs see bias in war benefits (Harry De Quetteville)

Bolton- Just Venezuelan 'Street Theater'

Clinton- Right Ridiculed Me Over Osama

Can Osama 'Disprove' Death Report-

Clinton- Hillary Would Win in 2008

Clinton Global Initiative Raises $7.3 Billion

Louis Farrakhan Reveals Cancer-Related Illness

Navy 'Top Gun' Jet Makes Final Flight

Howard Dean Applauds Clinton Fox Interview

Lebanese Christians Protest Hezbollah

Massive Anti-Hezbollah Rally Held North of Beirut

Oil Falls Below 60 a Barrel After Iran Says It's Open to Nuclear Talks

A battle for hope in Afghanistan

Sudanese President Says U.S. Meddling in Darfur Situation

The High Cost Of Higher Education

Karzai- Osama Not In Afghanistan

Iraq bombing bloodies start of Ramadan

Honda unveils diesel system to rival gasoline cars

Savvy Marketers Using Text Messaging

Democrats Tout Report on Terror Threat

Iraqi Soldiers Hinder U.S. Efforts

Bird Flu Claims Young Indonesian Boy

Bill Clinton Defends bin Laden Handling

Islamic militia seizes Somalia port

Thai Military Rulers Tighten Their Grip

Kids Found Dead In Washer And Dryer

WHouse- newspaper's account of Iraq report incomplete

Iraqi PM calls for peace during Ramadan

Frist wants vote on immigration bill

Saddam lawyers to boycott trial

Swiss Voters Ratify Tougher Asylum and Immigration Laws

Yen May Fall to 20-Year Low as Japanese, Hedge Funds Seek Higher Yields

Rocket launch in New Mexico ushers in cheap space flight

Pope tribute to slain Italian nun

Some Texas residents still cleaning up Hurricane Rita damage 1 year later

Bin Laden may feel lure to disprove his death

Tony Blair Dodges Inquiries About Possible Successor

California Wildfires Lead to Evacuation of 300 Homes

Iraqis open talks on federalism bill

Venezuelan Envoy Alleges Abuse at NY Airport

Guantanamo Security Tightened

Rice seeks payment for victims of attacks

No evidence bin Laden is dead- Saudi Arabia

Spies to probe 'Osama is dead' claim

Pentagon: 'Able Danger' Unit Couldn't Stop 9/11

Nuclear Talks With Iran May Start Without U.S.

David Limbaugh on Why Democrats Hate Bush

Military Spending to Hit All-Time High of $1.4 Trillion

U.S. Soldiers Shown Dragged by Truck in Terror Tape

North Korea Working to Boost Nuclear Capability

California May Subvert Electoral College

Diplomats Skeptical About Damascus Embassy Attack

Man Who Shouted 'Tequila!' in Song Dies

Sean Penn Fumbles, Stumbles, and Stutters

Private Space Habitat Could Launch by 2010

U.S. Seeing More Cases of Drug-resistant T.B.

Chavez the Chump-

Wal-Mart's Generic-Drug Plan Draws Mixed Reactions

Musharraf gets medical test in Texas

A python sits on a road after swallowing a pregnant ewe in the village of Kampung Jabor, about 200 km (124 miles) east of Kuala Lumpur, on September 5, 2006. The six-metre reptile weighing 90 kg (198.5 lbs) was too laden to move, making it easy for firemen to capture it, said a local daily newspaper. Picture taken September 5, 2006.

Iraq Facts- News For The Week Of September 18, 2006

Fox news Neil Cavuto's interview with New York Councilman Charles Barron about Hugo Chavez
[Watch video here]

Originally at http://www.msunderestimated.com/

PEGGY NOONAN- Answer Chavez.

EDITORIAL- It's pretty difficult to take Rangel and Pelosi's outrage at face value.

GERARD BAKER- Confronted by the Islamist threat on all sides, Europe pathetically caves in.

MONA CHAREN- How about some real questions for Ahmadinejad-

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER- In today's world, religious sensitivity is a one-way street.

Trash Talk at the U.N.

Editors- Basic Integrity

Al-Qaida-linked group claims video of 2 GIs; bodies dragged behind truck...

Musharraf: US threatened to bomb Pakistan after 9/11

Armitage denies threatening to send Pakistan "back to the Stone Age"

Bush 'Taken Aback' by Musharraf Comment

Nasrallah says no army can disarm Hizbollah

In the Line of Fire A Memoir By Pervez Musharraf

Report- Al Qaeda planning nuke attack for Ramadan

Colorado State professor disputes global warming is human-caused

House passes voter ID bill

Hugo Chavez- Bush May Try to Kill Me

Clinton- 'I Tried and Failed' to Get Osama

Chavez- Bush Should Resign Presidency

Castro's Daughter Doubts His Return

Conservatives Awaken to 'Perils' of Dems

The Real Ahmadinejad

Stem cells made from 'dead' human embryo

Rocket set to launch from N.M. spaceport

Ozone damaged

Saints to make emotional return to Superdome

Remains of earliest child discovered in Ethiopia

Nissan to sell own hybrid car in 2010 - paper

U.S. "very concerned" by Russian steps on Shell

Army to test hydrogen fuel cell vehicle

Early Bird Used Four Wings to Fly

States offer Web sites to help students

Official sues students over MySpace page

Apple's New iPod Nano Cheaper To Make

Microsoft To Ship All Versions Of Vista On One DVD

Cell phone industry aims to reduce pollution

IBM Adds 3,000 More Software, Services Jobs In India

CLINTON ANGER UNLEASHED

Clinton faults Bush for inaction on bin Laden...

China has its worst spell of acid rain...

PAPER- SPY AGENCIES SAY IRAQ WAR WORSENS TERRORISM THREAT...

ISRAELIS PESSIMISTIC ON EVE OF NEW YEAR...

Proposed Ordinance in Idaho Town -- Asks Every House To Have Gun...

Atlantis shuttle's return flight triggers panic in Mexican village...

Astronaut collapses twice during welcome home ceremony...


West Nile cases nearing record...

Cosmetic surgery boom -- among men...

Outrage Over Anti-U.S. Inscriptions On AZ Sept. 11 Monument...

Putin confirms Russian troops for Lebanon -- but not under UN flag...

Hizbollah chief emerges for first time since war...

Hizbollah chief says still has 20,000 rockets

Germany ready for a gay leader- Many say yes...

Thousands Rally Against Pope in Jerusalem...

Pope invites Muslim envoys to meeting on Monday...

'Egypt will pursue nuclear energy'...

More TVs Than People in Average American Home...

Pope invites Muslim envoys to meeting on Monday...

Palestinian PM Won't Recognize Israel...

Army Meets Recruiting Goal; Best Since 1997...

Pentagon probe denies military knew of 9/11 hijackers...

Smokers may have higher risk of HIV...

VIRGIN Branson Pledges Billions Against Global Warming...

Bill Clinton- 'I'm sick of Karl Rove's bulls---'...

GOP Chair Mehlman OP-ED- 'Republicans Will Make History'...

Chavez Helps Boost Chomsky Book Sales

Musharraf Says U.S. Bullied Him After 9/11

Pelosi- Chavez Is 'An Everyday Thug'

Commerce Dept. Loses 1,137 Laptops

Bush- Democrats Will 'Raise Your Taxes'

Ahmadinejad- 'Zionists Are Not Jews'

Iran's Ahmadinejad- We Don't Need a Bomb'

Iran, Venezuela Reportedly Mull Anti-U.S. Missile Bases

Wal-Mart to Sell Generic Drugs for $4 in Florida

CDC Backs HIV Test for All Between 13-64

New Look at 'Old Face' on Mars

After 17 Rate Increases, Is the Fed Done-

Report- Yahoo! to Buy Facebook for $1 Billion

Only Billionaires Occupy Forbes 400 List

Are We Winning in Iraq?

Open letter to Manuel Rosales, future president of Venezuela

Manuel Rosales- "Chavez admits we are tied"

Chávez' rival Manuel Rosales presents social plans

Air Force to Test Coal-Based Jet Fuel

WTC Agency Won't Move Into Freedom Tower

Vital Perspectivehas a full translation of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech to the United Nations General Assembly tonight. Its dissociation from reality is complete; it reminds me a bit of reading Noam Chomsky.

There is a horrifically evil force in the world today,

AHMADINEJAD BLASTS USA

Mysterious Objects Keeps Shuttle Crew in Orbit...

'Multiple unidentified objects'...

NASA TV

Ted Turner says Iraq war among history's 'dumbest moves of all time'...

Lamont Calls Lieberman a 'Turncoat'...

Thailand's PM Ousted in Military Coup...

UPDATE- Chief Judge in Saddam Trial Replaced...

Gen. Says USA May Boost Forces in Iraq...

Dr. Bill Gray- Global warming is happening, but humans ARE NOT the cause...

Bush, Clinton have chance encounter at UN...

Bush Warns Iran Anew Over Nuclear Plans...

YAHOO warning over ads spooks investors; Shares slump 11% for web pioneer...

Female space tourist arrives at ISS

Microsoft Launches YouTube Challenger

Intel Laser Chip Could Transform Future Data Centers

Porn sites exploit new IE flaw

Apple goes back to its core in touting Macs

'Presidential Doodles' book published

HP says gets multi-year contract from Army

AOL gains more new customers after going free

Gonzales Wants ISPs to Save User Data

U.S. Uploads Anti-Drug Videos to YouTube

Bush anti-terror plan edges foward

Iran and Venezuela begin joint drilling

Iran, Venezuela, Syria to Collaborate on Oil Refinery

Mexico considers breaking off relations with Venezuela after Chavez election comments

Chavez defense of Iran nuclear work risks UN seat

Summit provides a look at Raul Castro as Cuba's acting leader

44%- Bush approval rating rebounds in new USATODAYGALLUP poll...

Voters evenly divided between Democratic, Republican candidates for Congress...

NASA Tracks Mystery Object Near Atlantis Shuttle...

LANDING CANCELLED FOR TOMORROW...

THAI MILITARY LAUNCH COUP AGAINST PRIME MINISTER...

Gore says tax pollution, not payrolls...

Texas County considers free gastric bypass to obese county employees...

OPEC- Oil market out of balance as price falls...

Iran's president to skip UN power lunch...

Bush Warns Iran Anew Over Nuclear Plans...

Chirac calls for threat of sanctions to be lifted...

Muslims Want Further Apology From Pope...

Angry Turk workers urge Pope's arrest during visit...

The unholy past of Muslim cleric demanding Pope's execution...

FLUSH- US Treasury Sets New 1-Day Tax Receipt Record Of $85.8 Billion...

New York the safest big U.S. city; one reported crime for every 37 people...

Gorbachev- 'I should have been as tough as Putin'...

Heartburn May Be Linked to Cancer

The Best Time to Buy Everything

See 5 Fastest Growing Careers

How Would the U.S. Attack Iran-

340,000 Laptop Batteries Recalled

THE POPE MUST DIE, SAYS MUSLIM

Vatican tries to calm; militants vow war...

Shark That Walks on Fins Is Discovered

Harmful Chemical Leaks in Space Station

First Female Space Tourist Blasts Off

Bio of Anousheh Ansari

Israel- Few months to avoid nuclear Iran...

American al Qaeda Spotted in Pakistan...

Polls Show GOP Closing Gap, Bush's Approval Rating Higher...

'BUSH ASSASSINATION' FILM WINS AWARD AT TORONTO FEST...

Path to 9-11' Writer Says He Has Received Death Threats...

GERTZ BOOK- China recruited three CIA officers...

GOOGLE ordered to remove news items or pay huge fine...

Hezbollah Leader Plans Celebration Of 'Victory' Over Israel...

Tourism slump worries USA...

Foreclosure trend continues upward nationwide, and in Palm Beach County

Hurricane victims can evacuate in style -- for a price

Tampa summit examines state's affordable housing crisis

Some travelers mail luggage to avoid airport hassles

1926 hurricane battered South Florida, launching it into the Great Depression

Operations begin at state commercial insurance organization

An island emerges in Wilma's wake

Condo slowdown trips up bulk buyers

GOP governors give 1 million to Crist

Office Depot to cut jobs

Patricia Kennedy Lawford, sister of JFK, dies at 82

Bush Finds Iraq War Weakens Threat of Force as UN Tool in Nuclear Disputes

At U.N., Bush to focus on democracy in Middle East

In a Rare Step, Pope Expresses Personal Regret

Bush, Ahmadinejad to wage war of words at U.N.

Pope's Response Accepted by Some Muslims

Italian Nun Shot Dead by Somali Gunmen

Syrian Border May Be Problem for Lebanon

Report- Big Dig Designers Wanted 4 Bolts

Text Message Leads to Kidnapping Suspect

Half of Freedom Tower to Be Rented Out

Annan Reverses Course on Disclosure Form

Ford's Plan Fails to Wow Wall Street

Bush Campaign to Donate Illegal Donation

In Prison Tapes, Gotti Mourns Manly Mob

Columbine Massacre Still Fascinates

Judge Strikes Down Mo. Voter ID Law

WHO- Bird Flu Pandemic Risk Still High

Race for U.N. Chief an Inexact Procedure

Tokyo Homes May Sit on WWII Mass Grave

Mexico Reevaluates Venezuela Relations

Mexican Left Creates 'Parallel Gov't'

IRS Investigating Liberal Calif. Church

Shoppers Avoid Spinach in E. Coli Scare

AARP Ads to Back Foreign Drug Purchases

Man's Bionic Arm Provides Hope for GIs

U.S. and U.N. bashed at Cuba summit

Nonaligned Movement's Final Declaration

Nonaligned Nations Blast Israel Attacks

World Gets 1st Good Look at Raul Castro

Palestinian President Abbas to Meet Bush

Analysis- Hezbollah, Lebanon at Odds

Abdullah- Terrorists Using U.S. Mistakes

Training Iraqi Troops a Logistical Feat

4 al-Qaida Suspects Arrested in Yemen

Supreme Court to Post Transcripts Online

US, Russia Resolve Plutonium Dispute

Nuclear Renaissance Prompts Uranium Boom

Vietnam-Era Deserter Nabbed Entering US

Is S. Florida approaching a slowdown-

Leonard Pitts Jr. Weird theories of 9/11 only distort history

Reaction to Cuba proposal split

Pope stops short of apology to Muslims

Study- Annual shot of drug helps bones

CIA in middle of election-year battle

California bans holding cell phones when driving

Arctic ice seal found on N.C. beach

Madrid fashion show bans 5 thin models

Body Washes Up Near Set of 'CSI- Miami'

How the Presidency Regained Its Balance

Hezbollah at odds with Lebanese government

Anti-Taliban offensive begins

Al Qaeda to join Algerian insurgent group to attack France

Madonna visits Russian orphans and brings 20 big cakes along

'REGRET' NOT ENOUGH- 'We want a personal apology'...

THE SPEECH THAT STARTED IT ALL...

SECURITY AROUND THE POPE BEEFED UP

Bush rules out meeting with Ahmadinejad at UN...

IRS TARGETS CALIF. CHURCH FOR PRACTICING POLITICS...

SUMMER 2006 TEMPS FAIL TO BREAK RECORD SET IN 1936...

CHAVEZ- Ailing Castro is walking and singing and ready to play baseball...

Polar bears drown, islands appear in Arctic thaw...

HILLARY BLASTS BUSH ASSASSINATION FILM...

FORD to cut $5 bln costs, third of salaried staff...

Anger over Church advertisement which puts Jesus' face on beer glass...

MUSLIM LEADERS DEMAND APOLOGY FOR POPE'S 'MEDIEVAL' REMARKS

Turkish Lawmaker Compares Pope to Hitler...

Vatican- Pontiff 'Meant No Offense'...

WIRE- Benedict fails to master media machine...

New York Times denounces Pope's remarks

Iraq to Dig Trenches Around Baghdad

Analysis- Pope's 'jihad' Remarks a Sign

Suicide Bombers Foiled in Yemen Attack

Yemen foils attacks on oil refinery

Consumer confidence skyrockets as gas prices ease...

Castro meets Annan in hospital room...

NAM summit opens without Fidel Castro

Raul Castro- US Policy Irrational

Anti-US states try to cement accord at Cuba summit

Atlantis crew completes third and final spacewalk

Bush Says GOP Rebels Are Putting Nation at Risk

House Passes Border-Fence Bill

Ford to cut salaried jobs by one-third

China and the West on brink of trade war

Putin- banker's murder reveals problems

Oriana Fallaci, Incisive Italian Journalist, Is Dead at 77

Glaxo's Faustian Pill

Anti-Rollover Tech Required by 2012

First female space tourist, gets ready to blast off

Wal-Mart Ends Layaway Service

Elections Easy to Steal, Say Computer Scientists

Alcohol use helps boost income- study

Air cargo faces tighter screening

Electability tops ideology

Jimmy Carter Says He Hopes Lieberman Loses...

Kerry on Swift Boat Vets in '08- 'I'm prepared to kick their ass from one end of America to the other'...

Controversial New Study- Men are more intelligent than women...

Ex-Israel Army Chief- Olmert Must Resign...

WHIFF OF BANKRUPTCY JOLTS 'AIR AMERICA'...

Kissinger warns of possible 'war of civilizations'...

Pope's quote causes Muslim anger...

Ahmadinejad- 'Iran can better lead world'...

'Social Drinking' helps boost income- study...

China paper suspends cartoonist for drawing Hu crying...

Colin Powell expresses opposition to Bush plan on military tribunals...

GAS PRICES COULD GO TO $1.15 A GALLON-

JUDGE TO SADDAM- 'YOU WERE NOT A DICTATOR'

Iran open to "new conditions" over nuclear standoff

Lebanon says it will confiscate weapons

Natural gas falls to 2-year low

Astronomers find distant, fluffy planet

Largest known dwarf planet named Eris

Microsoft releases details about Zune

Crafting guns into guitars

Remembering 9-11

Tribute in Light' illuminates the sky over Manhattan, Monday, Sept. 11, 2006 in New York, marking the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)

Study shows 'direct link' between air travel, flu spread...

'BUSH ASSASSINATION' MOVIE COMING TO U.S. THEATERS...

'Dixie Chick' Maines Calls President a 'Dumb F#-%' in Weinstein documentary...

Oliver Stone hints at film tackling 9-11 'conspiracy'...

AT&T Launches Live Broadband TV Service...

Gas Prices Fall To Lowest Levels In Five Months...

Syria foils American embassy attack...

Rice praises Syria's response to attack against US embassy

Ship with N. Korean weapons seized enroute to Syria...

Scientists test hijack-proof plane...

Iraq asks Iran to stop flow of militants

Nonaligned want terrorism redefined

Apple launches online movie service

VA study doubts Gulf War syndrome

BMW to roll out hydrogen-powered 7 Series

Son gets marijuana for doing homework

Comair had outdated chart of Ky. airport

U.S. trade deficit hits all-time high

New multicolored bird found in India

NBC launches venture for online video

Mich. bill would require cancer shots

Beatles album covers made into stamps

Wanted- 20 short actors with hairy feet

WAR ON TERROR IS 'THE CALLING OF OUR GENERATION'

VIRGINIA CONGRESSMAN JEERED FOR GOING POLITICAL DURING MEMORIAL...

CIA- 5,000 Terrorists Captured or Killed...

NEVER BEFORE GROUND ZERO FOOTAGE RELEASED ONLINE...

Film Shows Arab, Iranian Reaction to '01 Attacks...

No talk of 9-11 anniversary at anti-U.S. summit in Cuba...

China's trade surplus hits record high; on track to exceed last year's...

World Reaches 2.5 Billion Cell Connections...

Pope Says Not to Reject God for Science...

BLAIR HECKLED IN LEBANON...

2 Georgia Races May Threaten Democrats' Struggle for Power...

Iran's Ahmadinejad to kick off international tour in Senegal...

Where you live linked to life expectancy

Bush- Set aside differences on terrorism

Dow ends up 5 as oil prices fall

Microsoft to unveil new search engine

AOL adds free insurance coverage

Experiment aims to repair aneurysms

Antibiotic for sinuses is questioned

Madonna's Moscow show draws protests

Five years later, no attacks but focus blurs, unity fades

Bush puts 9-11 suspects in Gitmo, Congress on the spot

Al Qaeda warn- 'We will target Israel and Gulf States next'...

Web Site Airs al-Qaida, Sept. 11 Videos...

PAPER- Bin Laden Trail Is 'Stone Cold'...

Blair- Western leaders see the danger of Islamic extremism, but our public still does not...

Gore Says He Hasn't Ruled Out 3rd Run...

APPLE set to start film download site; Service to be unveiled in Tuesday event...

Fidel Castro to Host Dinner for Leaders...

Sen. Rockefeller- Iraq Would Be Better With Saddam...

China tightens controls on foreign news...

6.0 Gulf Quake Felt From La. to Florida...

Opec concerned over falling oil prices...

Death threats made to Bush assassination film makers...

September 11 remembered...

ABC Airs Edited Miniseries...

2nd Saddam trial resumes after 19-day hiatus

Shuttle makes special delivery

On Flight to Miami Pilot Remembers 9-11

The housing boom is over, but creative investors still make profits

Clinton Lawyers Demand ABC Yank Film
This is a travesty. I never thought I'd see this happen in the U.S.

DROPS 100 LBS.- The Slenderized Governor From Arkansas, With Advice to Share...

FORD's new CEO gets $18.5 million to take job...

ALL 10 FINGERS- US expands visitor fingerprinting to deter attacks...

China Calls for Peaceful Iran Resolution...

Miami Reporters Fired for Taking Gov't Money...

Atlantis Begins Trip to Space Station...

Miami #1 - In Cellphone Usage !

Bush eyes suspected terrorists

Fla. county to vaporize trash

South Florida's best beaches

WTC tower designs

Tribunal bill stalled

Woman in Presumed Vegetative State May Be Aware

12 Arrested for Prostitution Ads on Web

Amazon.com Launches TV, Movie Service

Elusive Osama bin Laden becomes global commercial trademark

Secret of Putin's attraction

UFO- reality or fake-

Non-nuclear ICBMs may target terrorists

Nasrallah comes close to admitting that kidnappings were a mistake

Iran proposes nuclear talks with world powers

Jimmy Carter- Blair Subservient to Bush

Iran Test-Fires Sub-to-Surface Missile

N. Korea considers nuke test

Goodbye Pluto - We Hardly Knew Ye

Science News New Method Makes Stem Cells Sans Embryos

Microsoft Takes IE 7 To RC1, Firefox 2.0 Slips

Google Launches Webmaster Site

Two CPUs Too Slow- Try Four

No, Keith, you can't always smoke where you want...

Georgia drivers who cause wreck while yakking on cellphone will face fine of up to $500...

Teacher Burns American Flags To Motivate Students...

Firms Who Hire Illegal Immigrants Sued...

Professor Says Liberals Face A 'Fertility Gap'; Not Having 'Enough Children'...

McCain Faults Administration on Iraq...

Osama's Daily Intelligence Briefing...

Sent by Sr. Cohiba

Officials- U.S. blocked Iranian missiles to Hezbollah...

NSA surveillance struck down...

Win for ACLU...

Raul Castro Makes 1st Public Comments...

Iraqi group uses Michael Moore film to mock Bush...

China denies cover-up as typhoon toll rises...

IN-FLIGHT HELL- Passengers describe hours of bizarre behavior...

MYSPACE users hit by hacker virus...

Jimmy Carter and Ned Lamont Judges

Updated: 5:52 PM 08/17/06

Terrorist-Friendly Court Ruling on NSA Program

Updated: 2:17 PM 08/17/06

Did Israel Lose?

Updated: 1:08 PM 08/17/06

Jimmy Carter Has No Shame

Jay Leno: "I guess you heard by now, the airlines are saying no more hair gels, shampoos, makeup or hair spray allowed in carry-on bags. Who's attacking us, drag queens?"

News articles I read today...

In-flight Web surfing takes a step back

Readiness review clears Atlantis pending final issues

Pluto dodges a bullet

Scientists Identify Gene Difference Between Humans and Chimps

North Korea may be preparing nuclear bomb test- report

Judge orders halt to Bush wiretapping plan

NASA Provides Further Update On Apollo 11 Tapes

Lieberman's primary loss does not necessarily mean defeat

ABCNEWS- N Korea Appears to Be Preparing for Nuke Test...

Hawaii UFO looked like a wayward missile...

NASA Is Borrowing Ideas From Apollo

By JAY REEVES
Associated Press Writer

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--Jim Snoddy and other NASA engineers didn't just go to the drawing board or a warehouse when they needed ideas -- and parts -- for America's next lunar rocket. They went to space museums.

Read full article [link]

Bacardi to re-launch Havana Club rum label

After a long legal battle, fans will get another taste of Havana Club rum. Bacardi is relaunching the product this week.

BY ELAINE WALKER
ewalker@MiamiHerald.com

Havana Club, the rum that evokes memories of toasts at glittery hot spots in pre-Castro Cuba, is coming this week to Florida bars, liquor stores and hotels.

Coming on the heels of a favorable ruling in a decade-long legal battle with French liquor giant Pernod Ricard and the Cuban government, Miami-based Bacardi U.S.A. is relaunching the Havana Club brand as a super-premium rum selling for $19.99 a bottle.

Thursday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office deemed the Havana Club trademark held by Cubaexport ``cancelled/expired.''

Bringing Havana Club back to the United States is particularly gratifying for Ramon Arechabala. His family created the rum in 1935, and exported it to the United States and other countries until Jan. 1, 1960, when Fidel Castro's government seized the family's plant and trademark.

Arechabala, former sales manager of the family company, said Monday he vividly remembers the day the bodyguard of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto ''Che'' Guevara placed a gun to his head and took over the Havana Club distillery in Cardenas.

In recent years, Havana Club has been marketed by a joint venture involving Cubaexport, a Cuban government company, and Pernod Ricard. Because of the embargo on Cuba, it was not available in the United States.

`NOT DRINKABLE'

Although that Havana Club is popular in both Cuba and Europe, Arechabala declared it ``not drinkable.''

''Fidel lacks the formula of the right Havana Club,'' said Arechabala, 70, who has lived in Miami for 38 years. ``That's the only thing Fidel couldn't take from me.''

In the mid 1990s, Bacardi cut a deal with the Arechabalas for the rights to the family's recipe and the name Havana Club. The brand was introduced in the United States, but pulled from the shelves when the rum war ignited.

At least for now, however, here will be two versions of Havana Club for sale, one from Bacardi and the other from the Cuban/French joint venture.

Bacardi's new Havana Club will be bottled at the company's rum facilities in Puerto Rico. For now it will be available only in Florida because of limited supply.

LIMITED SUPPLY

But Bacardi executives said Monday that based on response, it will likely be rolled out to other key U.S. markets.

The timing of the Havana Club launch has nothing to do with any recent Cuba interest sparked by Castro's health issues, company executives said. And the U.S. Patent Office ruling was just coincidental with their plans to introduce the brand, they said.

Instead, executive said, it's all about capitalizing on strong consumer demand for super-premium liquor brands and the return of classic cocktails such as the daiquiri and mojito. The rum category, where Bacardi is already the top-selling brand in the world, has also been growing.

''We've been planning this for many years,'' said John Gomez, vice president and group marketing director for Bacardi U.S.A. ``We always owned the brand. There was no issue in our minds. It was only a question of when it was commercially appropriate for the relaunch.''

Cubaexport has claimed it obtained the rights to the Havana Club name in 1976 after José Arechabala S.A. allowed the trademark to lapse with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Cubaexport registered the trademark in 1976, but no compensation was ever provided to the Arechabala family.

U.S. courts have consistently ruled that Havana Club Holdings, the name of the French/Cuban joint venture, has no right to the trademark in the United States.

But the issue of who held the trademark remained unresolved until last week's decision.

Executives from Pernod Ricard were unavailable late Monday afternoon.

Unlike most countries, the United States typically gives priority to the first entity to utilize a brand, not the first to register it, said Miami attorney Jim Gale, whose firm Feldman Gale specializes in trademark and patent law.

But a trademark in one country has no impact on operations in another country, Gale said.

BUILDING NEW BUZZ

Bacardi plans to market Havana Club as a super-premium brand, along the lines of Grey Goose vodka, which the company also owns.

It will introduce the brand with trendsetters in South Florida and hopes the buzz will spread.

The product will start appearing locally this week.

Most other premium rums made by Bacardi or other companies are dark rums meant to be sipped, but Havana Club is a clear liquid that mixes well in cocktails.

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The Fed meets again....

Monday August 7, 5:53 PM EDT
By Ros Krasny

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymakers sit down on Tuesday for what might be one of their most difficult interest rate decisions in years.

Financial markets are confident that the Federal Open Market Committee will opt to keep the benchmark federal funds rate at 5.25 percent, pausing a string of 17 increases stretching back to June 2004.

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5-step emergency plan for dealing with deep debt...

By Sheyna Steiner • Bankrate.com

Intense panic accompanied by stifled screams and helpless flailing is a monthly ritual for people drowning in debt.

As a cliché, it is, unfortunately, all too familiar. The Federal Reserve announced that as of June 2006, Americans are carrying more than $810 billion in revolving debt. That does not include mortgages and loans for such things as autos, mobile homes, education, boats, trailers or vacations.

But it's never too late to turn things around. First and foremost, be committed, says Howard Dvorkin, founder of Consolidated Credit Counseling Services Inc. and author of "Credit Hell: How to Dig Out of Debt."

5-step emergency plan

1.	Establish your bearings.
2.	Chart your path.
3.	Put the plan into action -- the dreaded "B" word.
4.	Pay your bills.
5.	Add stability to your credit file.

"People have to want to get out of debt. They aren't going to get out of debt just to get out of debt, they have to want it."

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AOL Breaches Subscriber's Privacy...

AOL released the Internet search terms that more than 650,000 of its subscribers entered over a three-month period and admitted Monday that what it originally intended as a gesture to researchers amounted to a privacy breach and a mistake.

Although AOL had substituted numeric IDs for the subscribers' real user names, the company acknowledged the search queries themselves may contain personally identifiable data.

The company apologized for the disclosure.

"This was a screw up, and we're angry and upset about it," AOL spokesman Andrew Weinstein said. "It was an innocent enough attempt to reach out to the academic community with new research tools, but it was obviously not appropriately vetted, and if it had been, it would have been stopped in an instant."

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Gingrich says it's World War III

Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich says America is in World War III and President Bush should say so. In an interview in Bellevue this morning Gingrich said Bush should call a joint session of Congress the first week of September and talk about global military conflicts in much starker terms than have been heard from the president.

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Unidentified floating object near International Space Station

Origninally @ Khaleejtimes.com

MOSCOW - An unknown floating object close to the International Space Station ISS has concerned ground control, according to reports from the US Space Agency NASA on Tuesday.


The object is approximately 2.8 kilometres away from the International Space Station, said the Russian flight control centre in Moscow, citing a NASA source.

The situation is quite serious, but does not yet require a dodge manoeuvre, said Russian flight trajectory expert Alexander Kireyev.

“The object has no number in the list of space debris,” Kireyev said, according to reports from the Russian Itar-Tass agency.

“It is however probably an old piece of space exploration equipment.”

If the object gets any closer to the ISS, astronauts Jeff Williams and Pavel Vinogradov would have to take the precaution of moving to the rescue space shuttle Soyuz TM.

A dodge manoeuvre could cause difficulties for the docking of the US space ship “Discovery”, due to be launched on July 1.

GORBACHEV: 'AMERICA INTOXICATED BY ITS POSITION AS WORLD'S ONLY SUPERPOWER...

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