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Today's Most Popular News: 'Dying in sleep' linked to sleep apnea - study Men do have trouble hearing women, scientists find Singer Marc Cohn survives being shot in head All Eyes on Home Market in San Diego Ebony, Jet Publisher John H. Johnson Dies A guy with some explaining to do... Cheerleaders Use Chant to Help Police Spyware Researchers Discover ID Theft Ring Fatty diet may thwart brain's fullness signal Jennings' Death Moving Some To Quit Smoking Teacher caught licking students' wounds Anheuser-Busch Rolls Out Caffeine Drink Pentagon Plans to Send More Troops to Iraq Crime rates tick up across national parks Singer Marc Cohn Shot in Denver Two Jackson Jurors Regret Acquittal Rules for Morning-After Pill May Come Soon Bush Signs Massive Energy Bill Into Law Jennings' Death Ushers in Uncertain Era Dozens hurt in Calif. Hispanic-white prison riot 'Dying in sleep' linked to sleep apnea - study Mon, 08 Aug 2005 09:02 am PDT Reuters - People who die in their sleep may stop breathing because they have lost too many brain cells, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. 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 Singer Marc Cohn survives being shot in head Mon, 08 Aug 2005 05:34 pm PDT AP - Grammy-winning singer Marc Cohn was shot in the head during an attempted carjacking after a concert in Denver but survived with only minor injuries, police said on Monday. 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 Ebony, Jet Publisher John H. Johnson Dies Mon, 08 Aug 2005 04:54 pm PDT AP - Publisher John H. Johnson, whose Ebony and Jet magazines countered stereotypical coverage of blacks after World War II and turned him into one of the most influential black leaders in America, died Monday, his company said. He was 87. Full Story Top A guy with some explaining to do... Mon, 08 Aug 2005 08:03 am PDT Reuters - A Macedonian man left his wife at an Italian service station and only realized he had driven off without her six hours later, news agency Ansa said Monday. Full Story Top Cheerleaders Use Chant to Help Police Mon, 08 Aug 2005 12:38 pm PDT AP - A man who left an accident scene was tracked down with the help of some cheerleaders who witnessed the crash and turned his license plate number into a cheer, police said. Full Story Top Spyware Researchers Discover ID Theft Ring Mon, 08 Aug 2005 07:43 am PDT Ziff Davis - Researchers at Sunbelt Software stumble upon a massive identity theft ring using spyware programs to hijack private data. Full Story Top Fatty diet may thwart brain's fullness signal Mon, 08 Aug 2005 12:36 pm PDT Reuters - Rats that are fed a high-fat diet appear to lose their sensitivity to a hormone that tells the body when it's had enough to eat -- and the same could be true of humans, according to researchers. Full Story Top Jennings' Death Moving Some To Quit Smoking Mon, 08 Aug 2005 04:25 pm PDT WCVB TheBostonChannel.com - Peter Jennings was one of 170,000 Americans diagnosed with lung cancer each year. NewsCenter 5's Liz Brunner reported that it is the most common form of cancer, responsible for 28 percent of all cancer deaths. Treatments are few once lung cancer is diagnosed, but there is one very obvious, but often very difficult, ways to reduce your risk of getting lung cancer. Full Story Top Teacher caught licking students' wounds Mon, 08 Aug 2005 08:00 am PDT Reuters - The Oregon teachers' board reprimanded a high school football coach for licking the bleeding wounds of student athletes, school officials said on Friday. Full Story Top Anheuser-Busch Rolls Out Caffeine Drink Mon, 08 Aug 2005 01:21 pm PDT AP - Young men who spend the work day gulping caffeinated drinks and the night in bars will now have a new product aimed at easing the transition. Full Story Top Pentagon Plans to Send More Troops to Iraq Mon, 08 Aug 2005 12:59 pm PDT AP - Anticipating a new burst of insurgent violence, the Pentagon plans to expand the U.S. force in Iraq to improve security for a planned October referendum and a December election. Full Story Top Crime rates tick up across national parks Mon, 08 Aug 2005 01:00 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The smell of bacon mixed with wood smoke. The sight of a spectacular waterfall or field of wildflowers. The sound of a bugling elk ... or nothing at all in the backcountry wilderness. Full Story Top Singer Marc Cohn Shot in Denver Mon, 08 Aug 2005 07:08 pm PDT E! Online - Singer Marc Cohn, best known for his 1991 hit "Walking in Memphis," was shot Sunday in Denver, according to the Denver Police department. Full Story Top Two Jackson Jurors Regret Acquittal Mon, 08 Aug 2005 03:31 pm PDT AP - Two of the jurors who voted to acquit singer Michael Jackson of child molestation and other charges say they regret their decisions. Full Story Top Rules for Morning-After Pill May Come Soon Mon, 08 Aug 2005 04:50 pm PDT AP - Regardless of how the Food and Drug Administration ends the two-year saga, it isn't likely to settle the issue. States already are moving to expand access to Plan B, the pill that can prevent pregnancy if taken soon after unprotected sex, amid some competing efforts to restrict it. Full Story Top Bush Signs Massive Energy Bill Into Law Mon, 08 Aug 2005 04:57 pm PDT AP - As crude oil prices hit a new high Monday, President Bush signed a bill that will give billions in tax breaks to encourage homegrown energy production but won't quickly reduce high gasoline prices or the nation's dependence on foreign oil. Full Story Top Jennings' Death Ushers in Uncertain Era Mon, 08 Aug 2005 03:48 pm PDT AP - The death of Peter Jennings means an era in television news has ended with stunning swiftness, giving broadcasters the challenge of reimagining the nightly news in an age of instant Internet updates. Full Story Top Dozens hurt in Calif. Hispanic-white prison riot Mon, 08 Aug 2005 03:58 pm PDT Reuters - Hundreds of inmates battled at San Quentin State Prison on Monday, leaving 39 injured in the latest eruption of violence between white and Hispanic inmates. Full Story Top

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