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Tuesday, August 02, 2005 09:00 PM PDT

Today's Most Popular News: All 309 Survive Plane Crash in Toronto Some MySpace Users Skittish Sharing Site 'Why Do Men Have Nipples?' answered in new book Brain-Dead Woman in Va. Gives Birth More Dieters Ditch Carb Counts Canadian host city to 2010 Olympics overun by bears Ivory Bill's Doubters Convinced by Tapes All aboard survive Toronto Airbus crash Analysts Say ATM Systems Highly Vulnerable Pacific Coast Life Concerns Scientists Out of this world: magazine launches name-the-planet initiative Dog Beats Most in Swim From Alcatraz Weather Service Boosts Hurricane Forecast Aniston Resilient in First Interview Eleven holes-in-one in a single round... Maris Trial Against Anheuser-Busch Begins Aniston "Shocked" About Pitt and Jolie Stepfather Charged in 'Precious Doe' Case None dead aboard Flight 358 after fiery crash at Toronto's Pearson airport More television characters are going to pot All 309 Survive Plane Crash in Toronto Tue, 02 Aug 2005 04:20 pm PDT AP - A jetliner carrying 309 people skidded off a runway while landing in a thunderstorm Tuesday, sliding into a ravine and breaking into pieces, but remarkably everyone aboard survived by jumping to safety in the moments before the plane burst into flames. Full Story Top Some MySpace Users Skittish Sharing Site Mon, 01 Aug 2005 09:42 pm PDT AP - There's a Fox in MySpace, and bloggers are squawking. Full Story Top 'Why Do Men Have Nipples?' answered in new book Tue, 02 Aug 2005 08:08 am PDT Reuters - Have you ever wondered why your teeth chatter when you're cold, or if you could really catch a disease from sitting on a toilet seat? Full Story Top Brain-Dead Woman in Va. Gives Birth Tue, 02 Aug 2005 04:23 pm PDT AP - A brain-dead pregnant woman who has been kept on life support to give her fetus more time to develop gave birth to a baby girl Tuesday, the woman's brother-in-law said. Full Story Top More Dieters Ditch Carb Counts Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:34 pm PDT AP - More dieters are ditching carb counts and biting into baguettes with gusto these days. Full Story Top Canadian host city to 2010 Olympics overun by bears Mon, 01 Aug 2005 09:24 am PDT AFP - Dozens of urbanized black bears are making life uncomfortable for residents of the coastal mountain suburbs of Vancouver in Canada's westernmost province British Columbia. Full Story Top Ivory Bill's Doubters Convinced by Tapes Tue, 02 Aug 2005 08:58 am PDT AP - Recordings of the ivory-billed woodpecker's distinctive double-rap sounds have convinced doubting researchers that the large bird once thought extinct is still living in an east Arkansas swamp. Full Story Top All aboard survive Toronto Airbus crash Tue, 02 Aug 2005 04:52 pm PDT Reuters - All 309 passengers and crew survived after an Air France Airbus burst into flames when it overshot the runway and crashed into a gully at Toronto's Pearson International Airport in a lightning storm on Tuesday. Full Story Top Analysts Say ATM Systems Highly Vulnerable Tue, 02 Aug 2005 02:35 pm PDT AP - A report Tuesday from Gartner Inc., a technology analyst firm, estimates that 3 million U.S. consumers were victims of ATM and debit-card fraud in the past year. Full Story Top Pacific Coast Life Concerns Scientists Mon, 01 Aug 2005 05:29 pm PDT AP - Marine biologists are seeing mysterious and disturbing things along the Pacific Coast this year: higher water temperatures, plummeting catches of fish, lots of dead birds on the beaches, and perhaps most worrisome, very little plankton — the tiny organisms that are a vital link in the ocean food chain. Full Story Top Out of this world: magazine launches name-the-planet initiative Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:23 am PDT AFP - Should it be named after a Greek or Roman god? A great scientist or artist? How about calling it after a character in the "Star Wars" film series? Or your best friend? Full Story Top Dog Beats Most in Swim From Alcatraz Mon, 01 Aug 2005 01:38 pm PDT AP - With a stomach full of scrambled eggs, Jake dog-paddled his way into history, leaving most of the serious — and human — swimmers in his wake. Full Story Top Weather Service Boosts Hurricane Forecast Tue, 02 Aug 2005 04:12 pm PDT AP - Note to the millions of people living near the Atlantic and Gulf coasts: Be prepared to batten down the hatches, it'll be a rougher than normal season for tropical storms. Full Story Top Aniston Resilient in First Interview Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:51 am PDT AP - In her first interview since splitting with Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston says she was "shocked" by the breakup and is trying to "pick up the pieces in the midst of this media circus." Full Story Top Eleven holes-in-one in a single round... Tue, 02 Aug 2005 07:59 am PDT Reuters - North Korea's Dear Leader Kim Jong-il never forgets a phone number, a cadre's career or a line of computer code. Full Story Top Maris Trial Against Anheuser-Busch Begins Tue, 02 Aug 2005 04:31 pm PDT AP - Beer giant Anheuser-Busch hatched a secret plan to disseminate lies about and destroy the reputation of a distributing company owned and operated by the family of baseball legend Roger Maris, family attorneys said Tuesday. Full Story Top Aniston "Shocked" About Pitt and Jolie Tue, 02 Aug 2005 03:28 pm PDT E! Online - The former Friend and current tabloid cover girl who is going through an extremely public divorce with Brad Pitt has finally opened about her breakup. Speaking to Vanity Fair, Aniston says that she has been "shocked" over the whole Pitt and Angelina Jolie saga. Full Story Top Stepfather Charged in 'Precious Doe' Case Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:49 pm PDT AP - Harrell Johnson, the stepfather of a girl whose decapitated body was know only as "Precious Doe" for more than four years, has been indicted by a grand jury for first-degree murder, prosecutors said Tuesday. Full Story Top None dead aboard Flight 358 after fiery crash at Toronto's Pearson airport Tue, 02 Aug 2005 04:25 pm PDT Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - More than 300 people escaped with their lives, some stumbling to a nearby highway to flag down passing commuters, after an Air France passenger jet skidded off the runway Tuesday and then burst into flames during a fierce thunderstorm at Pearson International Airport. Full Story Top More television characters are going to pot Mon, 01 Aug 2005 04:01 am PDT USATODAY.com - Is Hollywood going one toke over the line? Marijuana use is cropping up on some critically acclaimed shows, and anti-drug forces fear the glamorization of pot could boost its use among youths. Full Story Top

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