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Today's Most Popular News: Study says flirtatious women get fewer raises, promotions French Muslim-Themed 'Beurger King' Opens Fighting Elephants with Chili Jim Kelly's 8-Year-Old Son Hunter Dies Man jailed for molesting sleeping woman on plane Approval of Bush's Handling of Iraq Drops Yoga May Help Keep Weight Off at Mid-Life Tapes May Link Ga. Killings, Supremacist Florida State to Challenge Ban on Mascots China Search Engine Raises IPO Target Cause of Girl's Death at Disney Sought Mutant Mice Carry Diseases to Help Humans Oxygen Dwindling for Seven in Russian Sub WHO Recommends More Pig Disease Tests Insider Trading Accusation in Reebok Deal Hudson: Couples Have 'Power' for Monogamy Air France Jet Landed Too Far Down Runway Two Okla. Children Die of Rare Infection Full used car lots could lead to deals Written Threat Found on Plane in Houston Study says flirtatious women get fewer raises, promotions Fri, 05 Aug 2005 04:24 am PDT USATODAY.com - Women who send flirtatious e-mail, wear short skirts or massage a man's shoulders at work win fewer pay raises and promotions, according to a Tulane University study to be presented Monday. Full Story Top French Muslim-Themed 'Beurger King' Opens Fri, 05 Aug 2005 05:03 pm PDT AP - Muslims in France are having it their way with "Beurger King" — a new fast-food restaurant that caters to the country's large Islamic population. Full Story Top Fighting Elephants with Chili Fri, 05 Aug 2005 10:22 am PDT SPACE.com / LiveScience.com - A little bit of spicy chili peppers is all African farmers need to keep hungry elephants from stealing crops. Full Story Top Jim Kelly's 8-Year-Old Son Hunter Dies Fri, 05 Aug 2005 02:54 pm PDT AP - Hunter Kelly, whose battle with a fatal nervous system disease inspired his Hall of Fame father Jim Kelly's charitable works, died Friday. He was 8. Full Story Top Man jailed for molesting sleeping woman on plane Fri, 05 Aug 2005 07:38 am PDT Reuters - A business executive was sentenced on Thursday to seven years in prison for sexually assaulting a sleeping woman seated next to him on a Delta Air Lines flight from Dallas to Boston. Full Story Top Approval of Bush's Handling of Iraq Drops Fri, 05 Aug 2005 03:05 am PDT AP - Americans' approval of President Bush's handling of Iraq is at its lowest level yet, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that also found fewer than half now think he's honest. Full Story Top Yoga May Help Keep Weight Off at Mid-Life Thu, 04 Aug 2005 07:00 pm 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 Tapes May Link Ga. Killings, Supremacist Fri, 05 Aug 2005 07:59 pm PDT AP - A white supremacist investigated for a child-killing spree that terrorized Atlanta's black community once praised the crimes in secretly recorded conversations obtained by The Associated Press. Full Story Top Florida State to Challenge Ban on Mascots Fri, 05 Aug 2005 04:39 pm PDT AP - Fed up with what it considers "hostile" and "abusive" American Indian nicknames, the NCAA announced Friday it would shut those words and images out of postseason tournaments, a move that left some school officials angry and threatening legal action. Full Story Top China Search Engine Raises IPO Target Thu, 04 Aug 2005 05:35 pm PDT AP - Baidu.com Inc., an online search engine maker vying to become the Google of China, raised the estimated maximum price for its initial public offering by 19 percent, reflecting the high hopes of a startup with a large audience and puny profits. Full Story Top Cause of Girl's Death at Disney Sought Fri, 05 Aug 2005 04:18 pm PDT AP - Medical examiners tried to determine Friday why a 12-year-old girl died after collapsing at a wave pool in a Walt Disney World water park — the third time in two months a child has died or become critically ill at the resort. Full Story Top Mutant Mice Carry Diseases to Help Humans Fri, 05 Aug 2005 02:18 pm PDT AP - They're being bred now by the millions, the mutants, created to carry the ghastliest of diseases for the benefit of the human race. Since researchers published the mouse's entire genetic makeup in map form three years ago, increasingly exotic rodents are being created with relative ease. Full Story Top Oxygen Dwindling for Seven in Russian Sub Fri, 05 Aug 2005 04:17 pm PDT AP - Russian, U.S. and British forces were scrambling to rescue seven Russian sailors trapped with dwindling oxygen supplies 600 feet under the Pacific on a mini-submarine caught on an underwater antenna. Full Story Top WHO Recommends More Pig Disease Tests Fri, 05 Aug 2005 04:51 pm PDT AP - The World Health Organization urged China on Friday to conduct more tests on a pig-borne disease that has killed 38 people in the country's southwest, the worst outbreak in the region in recent years. Full Story Top Insider Trading Accusation in Reebok Deal Fri, 05 Aug 2005 11:56 am PDT AP - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday it froze the accounts of a Croatian woman who netted $2 million in well-timed trades of Reebok International Ltd. — trades that the SEC believes could have been made on inside information. Full Story Top Hudson: Couples Have 'Power' for Monogamy Fri, 05 Aug 2005 11:55 am PDT AP - Kate Hudson says monogamy isn't "realistic," but believes couples have the power to be faithful. In an interview Thursday on syndicated TV show "Access Hollywood," the 26-year-old actress said, "I don't believe (monogamy) is realistic. But, I believe that we, as people, have the power to make it happen." Full Story Top Air France Jet Landed Too Far Down Runway Fri, 05 Aug 2005 03:37 pm PDT AP - The Air France jet that skidded off the runway and burst into flames earlier this week landed farther down the runway than it should have, but it is too soon to know if that was the reason for the crash, aviation investigators said Friday. Full Story Top Two Okla. Children Die of Rare Infection Fri, 05 Aug 2005 08:17 pm PDT AP - Two children died Friday after being infected with a rare parasite associated with swimming in stagnant water, health officials said. Full Story Top Full used car lots could lead to deals Fri, 05 Aug 2005 04:15 am PDT AP - Soaring new car sales are swamping dealers with trade-ins, leading to a glut of used cars that could deflate prices. "I suspect all dealers will have the used car sale of a lifetime," says Jerry Reynolds of Prestige Ford in Garland, Texas Full Story Top Written Threat Found on Plane in Houston Fri, 05 Aug 2005 03:55 pm PDT AP - A note found in a Southwest Airlines seat pocket claiming a bomb was on the plane prompted a landing and evacuation on an isolated stretch of runway Friday, but bomb-sniffing dogs found no signs of explosives, authorities said. Full Story Top

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