Daily News Alert | Friday, August 12, 2005 09:00 PM PDT |
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French Couple Celebrates 81st Anniversary
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:23 am PDT
AP - A French couple who celebrated their 81st wedding anniversary Friday offered this advice on love and longevity: Keep arguments to a minimum, eat well and wash it down with a glass of wine. Full Story | Top |
Giant Waterfall Discovered in Calif. Park
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 04:59 am PDT
 AP - Dick McDermott knows these parts as well as any man can. But McDermott says he's never laid eyes on the nearly 400-foot waterfall that park officials recently discovered in a remote corner of the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, 43,000 acres of wilderness in northern California. Full Story | Top |
FDA Places Restrictions on Accutane
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 04:57 pm PDT
 AP - The thousands of Americans who take the acne drug Accutane — and people who prescribe and dispense it — must enroll in a national registry, part of a major government program to tighten access to the medicine that causes birth defects. Full Story | Top |
Venezuela May Deny Americans Visas
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 03:20 pm PDT
 AFP - American citizens could be denied visas to visit Venezuela in response to a U.S. decision to revoke the visas of three Venezuelan military officers, the vice president said Friday. Full Story | Top |
Polar bear makes huge 74 km one-day Arctic swim
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 06:34 am PDT
Reuters - Scientists have tracked a tagged polar bear swimming at least 74 km in just one day -- and maybe up to 100 km -- providing the first conclusive proof the bears can cover such giant distances in the water. Full Story | Top |
Lutherans Reject Easing Gay Clergy Rules
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 03:51 pm PDT
 AP - A national meeting of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America rejected a proposal Friday that would have allowed gays in committed relationships to serve as clergy under certain conditions. Full Story | Top |
Idaho probes outbreak of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 02:59 pm PDT
 Reuters - Idaho officials said on Friday an initial test has indicated one case of naturally occurring Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and they are investigating five other suspected cases, but said none are believed to be caused by eating infected animals. Full Story | Top |
Sprint, Nextel Complete $35 Billion Merger
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 02:39 pm PDT
 AP - Sprint Corp.'s long awaited takeover of Nextel Communications Corp. was completed Friday, with executives from the wireless leaders now preparing for the unified company's introduction to some 40 million customers. Full Story | Top |
NYC Officials Reveal New Glimpse of 9/11
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 07:53 pm PDT
 AP - In thousands of pages of oral histories released Friday, firefighters describe in vivid, intimate detail how they rushed to save fleeing civilians from churning smoke and fire before the World Trade Center collapsed in a monstrous cloud of debris and choking dust. Full Story | Top |
N.Y. Manure Spill Blamed for Fish Deaths
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:06 am PDT
AP - Three million gallons of liquid manure spilled from a dairy farm and into a nearby river, creating a smelly flow that was blamed for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of fish. Full Story | Top |
Donations to charities soar across the board
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 01:17 pm PDT
Knight Ridder - WASHINGTON - Donations to a broad array of U.S. charities soared in the first quarter of 2005, putting to rest fears that donors would bankroll tsunami relief at the expense of other causes. Full Story | Top |
Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Assassinated
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 07:25 pm PDT
 AP - Sri Lanka's president declared a state of emergency Saturday after her foreign minister was assassinated at his home. The military blamed the Tamil Tiger rebel group, which the slain official worked to ostracize internationally as a terrorist organization. Full Story | Top |
'American Idol' Sticks With Abdul
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 04:54 pm PDT
 AP - "American Idol" host Paula Abdul will remain with the Fox TV series after an investigation found no proof that she an affair with a contestant or helped him on the talent show, the network said Friday. Full Story | Top |
A Loss for a Brother, a Son, a Wife, a Father, a Nation
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 04:55 am PDT
Los Angeles Times - MENTOR, Ohio — Eric Montgomery always pictured himself coming home from war in triumph, arm-in-arm with his big brother, fellow Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Montgomery. Brian was his idol, his boyhood protector and his barracks mate in the desert of western Iraq. Full Story | Top |
State Limits Hybrids in Fast Lanes
Fri, 12 Aug 2005 04:55 am PDT
Los Angeles Times - Owners of hybrid cars in California began applying for $8 decals Thursday that will allow them to drive solo in carpool lanes. But some drivers are going to be disappointed: The state says only three hybrids — the Honda Civic, Honda Insight and Toyota Prius — will be allowed. Full Story | Top |
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