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Saturday, August 06, 2005 09:00 PM PDT

Today's Most Popular News: Chemist Tries to Solve World's Energy Woes Mom Protesting Iraq War Meets Bush Aides Buena Vista Social Club Singer Ferrer Dies New Chapter in the Mystery of Marilyn: Her Own Words? Tapes said to reveal Marilyn Monroe's secrets Internet Scammers Keep Working in Nigeria Eddie Murphy's Wife Files for Divorce Man jailed for molesting sleeping woman on plane Virtual Reality Helps Calm 9/11 Anxiety Trapped Russian Sub Reportedly Surfaces Colorado Ranger's Body Found After 8 Days Men do have trouble hearing women, scientists find Highway Bill Has $100M for Pedestrians At Least 13 Die in Plane Crash Near Sicily Democrats Focus on Latino Partnerships China approves human trials for new SARS vaccine Taiwan Sizes Up Damage After Typhoon Matsa PluggedIn: Wireless networks --easy hacker pickings Strip club owner faces neighbours' wrath over racy sign Prosecutor Takes on the Chicago Mayor Chemist Tries to Solve World's Energy Woes Sat, 06 Aug 2005 04:28 pm PDT AP - A U.S. chemist is trying to determine how the world will produce enough energy to supply 9 billion people by mid-century — and whether that can be done without pumping off-the-charts amounts of carbon dioxide into the air. Full Story Top Mom Protesting Iraq War Meets Bush Aides Sat, 06 Aug 2005 04:56 pm PDT AP - The angry mother of a fallen U.S. soldier staged a protest near President Bush's ranch Saturday, demanding an accounting from Bush of how he has conducted the war in Iraq. Full Story Top Buena Vista Social Club Singer Ferrer Dies Sat, 06 Aug 2005 06:19 pm PDT AP - Ibrahim Ferrer, a leading voice with the hugely popular Buena Vista Social Club of vintage Cuban performers, died Saturday, his representative in Cuba said. He was 78. Full Story Top New Chapter in the Mystery of Marilyn: Her Own Words? Fri, 05 Aug 2005 04:55 am PDT Los Angeles Times - It remains one of Hollywood's most compelling, and unforgettable, mysteries. Full Story Top Tapes said to reveal Marilyn Monroe's secrets Sat, 06 Aug 2005 11:46 am PDT Reuters - Marilyn Monroe fretted over a relationship with then-Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and had a one-night stand with actress Joan Crawford that left her cold. Full Story Top Internet Scammers Keep Working in Nigeria Sat, 06 Aug 2005 02:26 pm PDT AP - In Festac Town, an entire community of scammers overnights on the Internet. By day they flaunt their smart clothes and cars and hang around the Internet cafes, trading stories about successful cons and near misses, and hatching new plots. Full Story Top Eddie Murphy's Wife Files for Divorce Fri, 05 Aug 2005 08:03 pm PDT E! Online - Citing irreconcilable differences, Nicole Murphy filed for divorce from her comic actor husband of 12 years, Extra reported Friday. 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 Virtual Reality Helps Calm 9/11 Anxiety Sat, 06 Aug 2005 01:17 pm PDT AP - For months after Sept. 11, 2001, Fire Chief Stephen King had the same haunting dream: an endless wooden staircase spiraling into the clouds, his friends climbing ever skyward, always beyond his reach. Full Story Top Trapped Russian Sub Reportedly Surfaces Sat, 06 Aug 2005 08:36 pm PDT AP - A Russian mini-submarine that was trapped for nearly three days under the Pacific Ocean surfaced Sunday after a British remote-controlled vehicle cut away the undersea cables that had snarled it, news agencies reported. Full Story Top Colorado Ranger's Body Found After 8 Days Sat, 06 Aug 2005 04:59 pm PDT AP - A hiker found the body of a missing Rocky Mountain National Park ranger Saturday, eight days after the ranger apparently fell during a routine patrol, park officials said. Full Story Top Men do have trouble hearing women, scientists find Sat, 06 Aug 2005 04:29 pm PDT AFP - Men who are accused of never listening by women now have an excuse -- women's voices are more difficult for men to listen to than other men's, a report said. Full Story Top Highway Bill Has $100M for Pedestrians Sat, 06 Aug 2005 10:15 am PDT AP - Four communities will soon share $100 million in federal funds to develop bicycle and pedestrian trails aimed at enticing commuters to give up their cars to get to work, thanks to lawmakers involved in the final negotiations on the recently passed highway bill. Full Story Top At Least 13 Die in Plane Crash Near Sicily Sat, 06 Aug 2005 03:30 pm PDT AP - A Tunisian airliner that reportedly lost engine power Saturday plunged into the choppy Mediterranean while trying to make an emergency landing in Sicily, and at least 13 people were killed, officials said. At least three of the 39 people on board were missing. Full Story Top Democrats Focus on Latino Partnerships Sat, 06 Aug 2005 01:26 pm PDT AP - If Democrats want to keep the Latino vote, they must make it a priority to embrace grass-roots networking and new partnerships with all minority groups, leaders at the party's Hispanic Leadership Summit said Saturday. Full Story Top China approves human trials for new SARS vaccine Sat, 06 Aug 2005 08:01 am PDT AFP - China has approved a new vaccine for the pneumonia-like disease Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) to go through human trials, state media reported. Full Story Top Taiwan Sizes Up Damage After Typhoon Matsa Sat, 06 Aug 2005 07:14 am PDT AP - Taiwan lifted sea alerts around its coast Saturday after Typhoon Matsa churned toward mainland China, but the storm caused considerable damage to agriculture and infrastructure, the government said. Full Story Top PluggedIn: Wireless networks --easy hacker pickings Fri, 05 Aug 2005 11:32 am PDT Reuters - Wireless Internet users may not know that it's easy for outsiders to read their email or scoop up passwords or other sensitive information. Full Story Top Strip club owner faces neighbours' wrath over racy sign Fri, 05 Aug 2005 02:03 pm PDT AFP - A strip club operator in Los Angeles has stirred outrage among his neighbours by unveiling a sign advertising the wares of his establishment in very explicit terms. Full Story Top Prosecutor Takes on the Chicago Mayor Sat, 06 Aug 2005 12:51 pm PDT AP - He sent members of New York's Gambino crime family to the federal pen and he jailed terrorists who planned to strike America with a wave of bombings. Now Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the federal prosecutor who heads Washington's CIA leak investigation, is also taking on City Hall. Full Story Top

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