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Sunday, August 07, 2005 09:00 PM PDT

Today's Most Popular News: Men do have trouble hearing women, scientists find Rich Liberals Vow to Fund Think Tanks All Eyes on Home Market in San Diego Cossacks: Guardians or oppressors? Avian Flu Vaccine Set for U.S. Production Louisville Set to Vote on Smoking Ban Venezuela Leader Accuses DEA of Espionage Army Whistleblower Draws Fire Man jailed for molesting sleeping woman on plane Daylight-Saving Switch May Cause Tech Woes Netanyahu Quits Over Israeli Gaza Pullout Mom of Slain GI Holds Vigil in Crawford Marino and Young Enter Football Hall Woman Eats 35 Bratwursts in 10 Minutes Fight Over Alaska Oil Drilling Continues Rice: Insurgency Losing Political Steam Sailors Recount Ordeal Aboard Russian Sub Militant Accused of U.S. Terror Camp Plot Angry Outsiders Boosting al-Qaida's Ranks New Chapter in the Mystery of Marilyn: Her Own Words? 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 Rich Liberals Vow to Fund Think Tanks Sat, 06 Aug 2005 10:00 pm PDT washingtonpost.com - At least 80 wealthy liberals have pledged to contribute $1 million or more apiece to fund a network of think tanks and advocacy groups to compete with the potent conservative infrastructure built up over the past three decades. Full Story Top All Eyes on Home Market in San Diego Sun, 07 Aug 2005 04:55 am PDT Los Angeles Times - SAN DIEGO — When the housing market here was red-hot 18 months ago, Alex Flores could buy a downtown condominium with as little as $5,000 down and sell it six months later for a tidy profit of $200,000. Full Story Top Cossacks: Guardians or oppressors? Sun, 07 Aug 2005 06:40 am PDT Chicago Tribune - Ivan Bezugly hoisted an oversize bottle of 160-proof Kazachya vodka across his desk. "Have a drink!" Behind him a hodgepodge of Cossack kitsch suggested a room that was more shrine than office. Full Story Top Avian Flu Vaccine Set for U.S. Production Sun, 07 Aug 2005 01:54 pm PDT AP - Mass production of a new vaccine that scientists believe can protect against an avian flu outbreak could begin as early as mid-September, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said Sunday. Full Story Top Louisville Set to Vote on Smoking Ban Sun, 07 Aug 2005 03:36 pm PDT AP - The largest city in a tobacco-growing state that has the highest adult smoking rate in the nation plans this week to consider a ban on lighting up in restaurants and day care centers. Full Story Top Venezuela Leader Accuses DEA of Espionage Sun, 07 Aug 2005 02:30 pm PDT AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday accused the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration of using its agents for espionage, and said Venezuela was suspending cooperation with the U.S. agency. Full Story Top Army Whistleblower Draws Fire Sun, 07 Aug 2005 09:17 am PDT AP - In the world as Bunnatine Greenhouse sees it, people do the right thing. They stand up for the greater good and they speak up when things go wrong. She believes God has a purpose for each life and she prays every day for that purpose to be made evident. These days she is praying her heart out, because she is in a great deal of trouble. 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 Daylight-Saving Switch May Cause Tech Woes Sun, 07 Aug 2005 03:45 pm PDT AP - When daylight-saving time starts earlier than usual in the United States come 2007, your VCR or DVD recorder could start recording shows an hour late. Full Story Top Netanyahu Quits Over Israeli Gaza Pullout Sun, 07 Aug 2005 04:56 pm PDT AP - Benjamin Netanyahu stepped down as Israel's finance minister Sunday in a last-minute protest against next week's Gaza pullout, but his stunned Cabinet colleagues pushed ahead and approved the first stage of the withdrawal plan just moments later. Full Story Top Mom of Slain GI Holds Vigil in Crawford Sun, 07 Aug 2005 01:40 pm PDT AP - The mother of a fallen U.S. soldier who is holding a roadside peace vigil near President Bush's ranch shares the same grief as relatives mourning the deaths of Ohio Marines, yet their views about the war differ. Full Story Top Marino and Young Enter Football Hall Sun, 07 Aug 2005 04:56 pm PDT AP - The eyes that stared down defenses betrayed Dan Marino on Sunday. They were wet with tears as he took his place among the legends of football. Full Story Top Woman Eats 35 Bratwursts in 10 Minutes Sun, 07 Aug 2005 03:20 pm PDT AP - Sonya Thomas, at 99 pounds, gobbled her way to another speed-eating title over the weekend by attacking a Wisconsin staple — the bratwurst. Full Story Top Fight Over Alaska Oil Drilling Continues Sun, 07 Aug 2005 02:57 pm PDT AP - Conspicuous by its absence in the sweeping energy bill that President Bush has championed and will sign Monday is his top energy priority: opening an Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling. Full Story Top Rice: Insurgency Losing Political Steam Sun, 07 Aug 2005 12:19 pm PDT AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the insurgency in Iraq is losing steam as a political force, even as Democratic congressmen warned Sunday that violence jeopardizes plans for withdrawing some troops. Full Story Top Sailors Recount Ordeal Aboard Russian Sub Sun, 07 Aug 2005 03:25 pm PDT AP - The seven men endured darkness and frigid temperatures for three days until their Russian mini-submarine was freed Sunday from the Pacific floor by a British remote-controlled vehicle as oxygen supplies dwindled. Full Story Top Militant Accused of U.S. Terror Camp Plot Sun, 07 Aug 2005 06:28 pm PDT AP - A suspected Islamic militant deported to Britain was arrested Sunday on a U.S. warrant accusing him of conspiring to organize a training camp in Oregon to prepare jihad fighters in Afghanistan, police said. Full Story Top Angry Outsiders Boosting al-Qaida's Ranks Sun, 07 Aug 2005 03:40 pm PDT AP - They had roots in Pakistan, Ethiopia, Somalia and Jamaica: the suspected al-Qaida foot soldiers in Britain were immigrants or were children of immigrants — a new breed of recruits that underscores the changes in the organization since the Sept. 11 attacks, say experts studying the London bombings. 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

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