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Thursday, August 04, 2005 09:00 PM PDT

Today's Most Popular News: 'Prehypertension' triples heart attack risk -study CNN Suspends Novak After He Walks Off Set Teacher Reprimanded for Licking Wounds Doggie litter: A vast wasteland of opportunity? Roberts Donated Help to Gay Rights Case Hollywood Producer, Daughter Found Dead Average 401(k) Account Balance Up 10 Pct. Why Do Men Have Nipples? Police group oks shooting suicide bombers in head A judicial think tank - or a plot? 29 Charged in OxyContin Ring at School D.C. Gives Wrongly Imprisoned Man $1.1M Bluesman Little Milton Campbell Dies Laser Treatment Kills Cancer Cells in Lab Two Charged in Pentagon Information Leak Yoga May Help Keep Weight Off at Mid-Life Americans didn't flock to Canada after Bush win NYC Sued Over Police Subway Bag Searches AP: Navy Jet Has Severe Brake Problems Bush: U.S. to Stay in Iraq Despite Deaths 'Prehypertension' triples heart attack risk -study Thu, 04 Aug 2005 02:11 pm PDT Reuters - People whose blood pressure is slightly elevated -- a condition called prehypertension -- have triple the risk of a heart attack compared to those with healthy blood pressure, researchers said on Thursday. Full Story Top CNN Suspends Novak After He Walks Off Set Thu, 04 Aug 2005 04:52 pm PDT AP - CNN suspended commentator Robert Novak indefinitely after he swore and walked off the set Thursday during a debate with Democratic operative James Carville. Full Story Top Teacher Reprimanded for Licking Wounds Thu, 04 Aug 2005 05:08 pm PDT AP - A state board voted to publicly reprimand a Central Linn High School teacher and football coach for licking the bleeding wounds of several student athletes. Full Story Top Doggie litter: A vast wasteland of opportunity? Wed, 03 Aug 2005 05:01 am PDT USATODAY.com - Nestlé Purina PetCare wants to train dog owners to think inside the box when it comes to their pooch's bathroom habits. Today, the company will unleash an e-mail campaign to boost trial use of dog (yes, dog) litter. Full Story Top Roberts Donated Help to Gay Rights Case Thu, 04 Aug 2005 04:55 am PDT AP - WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. worked behind the scenes for gay rights activists, and his legal expertise helped them persuade the Supreme Court to issue a landmark 1996 ruling protecting people from discrimination because of their sexual orientation. Full Story Top Hollywood Producer, Daughter Found Dead Thu, 04 Aug 2005 02:10 pm PDT AP - A one-time Hollywood producer and his 9-year-old daughter were found dead in their car two days after vanishing and Lake County authorities on Thursday were investigating what they called a bizarre case. Full Story Top Average 401(k) Account Balance Up 10 Pct. Thu, 04 Aug 2005 04:23 pm PDT AP - The average 401(k) account balance rose 10 percent in 2004, reaching a five-year high of $61,000, according to preliminary study data provided by Fidelity Investments. Full Story Top Why Do Men Have Nipples? Wed, 03 Aug 2005 08:26 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 Police group oks shooting suicide bombers in head Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:25 pm PDT Reuters - An international organization representing police chiefs has broadened its policy for the use of deadly force by telling officers to shoot suspected suicide bombers in the head, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. Full Story Top A judicial think tank - or a plot? Thu, 04 Aug 2005 01:00 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Suspicion that hidden groups sway the powerful and subvert democracy routinely surfaces in American life, especially at times when the country is deeply divided. In early decades of the Republic, the whispers were about Freemasons. Later, they ranged from bankers and communists to the Trilateral Commission. Full Story Top 29 Charged in OxyContin Ring at School Thu, 04 Aug 2005 03:51 pm PDT AP - School bus drivers, attendants and other co-workers were charged by federal prosecutors Thursday with taking part in an illegal drug ring involving the powerful painkiller OxyContin. Full Story Top D.C. Gives Wrongly Imprisoned Man $1.1M Thu, 04 Aug 2005 02:22 pm PDT AP - The District of Columbia mistakenly put Joseph Heard behind bars for almost two years, but now it has made him a wealthy man. Full Story Top Bluesman Little Milton Campbell Dies Thu, 04 Aug 2005 10:17 am PDT AP - Mississippi bluesman Little Milton Campbell has died in a Memphis hospital from complications of a stroke, his publicist Carrie Newton confirms. Full Story Top Laser Treatment Kills Cancer Cells in Lab Thu, 04 Aug 2005 08:10 am PDT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3 (HealthDay News) -- A nanotech-laser treatment that can destroy cancer cells without damaging healthy tissue has been developed by Stanford University scientists. Full Story Top Two Charged in Pentagon Information Leak Thu, 04 Aug 2005 04:43 pm PDT AP - Two former employees of a pro-Israel lobbying organization were charged Thursday with conspiring to obtain and disclose classified U.S. defense information for five years. Full Story Top Yoga May Help Keep Weight Off at Mid-Life Thu, 04 Aug 2005 11:20 am PDT AP - The slow stretches and meditations of yoga don't burn calories like a run on the treadmill. But a new study suggests it might help people keep weight off in middle age. Full Story Top Americans didn't flock to Canada after Bush win Thu, 04 Aug 2005 11:55 am PDT Reuters - Canadians can put away those extra welcome mats -- it seems Americans unhappy about the result of last November's presidential election have decided to stay at home after all. Full Story Top NYC Sued Over Police Subway Bag Searches Thu, 04 Aug 2005 01:54 pm PDT AFP - Five city subway riders and a civil liberties group sued the city Thursday to stop random police inspections of bags in subways, calling the searches ineffective, unconstitutional and a publicity stunt that does not enhance safety. Full Story Top AP: Navy Jet Has Severe Brake Problems Thu, 04 Aug 2005 07:52 pm PDT AP - The front-line fighter jet of the Navy and Marines has suffered a series of recent accidents blamed on brake failure, exposing a problem that has spurred urgent warnings from commanders, military documents obtained by The Associated Press show. Full Story Top Bush: U.S. to Stay in Iraq Despite Deaths Thu, 04 Aug 2005 04:59 pm PDT AP - President Bush, facing a grim and growing death toll in Iraq, said Thursday that threats of more violence by al-Qaida's second-in-command would not intimidate the United States into retreat. Full Story Top

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