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Sunday, August 14, 2005 09:00 PM PDT

Today's Most Popular News: Lifestyle May Be Key to Slowing Brain's Aging Experimental Hybrid Cars Get Up to 250 Mpg Panama to display letters from failed Scots colony Greece crash plane may already have been flying tomb Man Outed on Radio Show to Receive $270K Spelling row highlights German resistance to change Angered farmer fires shots near Iraq war protest at Bush ranch Gov't Cuts Back Pacific Salmon Habitat Dollar rebound delivers costly shock to investors Koreans Try to Save Cathode-Ray Tube Thousands Fill Church for 'Justice Sunday' Masked rebel leader has a new cause in Mexico Old Stone Mill in Ala. Loses Final Fight Greece Plane Crash Kills 121, 48 Children Nationwide Gas Prices Set Another Record Early piano practice gets brain on course for flourishing career First Woman White House Head Chef Hired TVs, cars, homes: Russians learn to buy on credit Israel Begins Historic Gaza Withdrawal Turkmenistan Celebrates Melon Day Lifestyle May Be Key to Slowing Brain's Aging Sat, 13 Aug 2005 10:00 pm PDT washingtonpost.com - Like many Americans sliding into middle age, Kimberly McClain started worrying that her memory was beginning to slip. Full Story Top Experimental Hybrid Cars Get Up to 250 Mpg Sun, 14 Aug 2005 01:22 am PDT AP - Politicians and automakers say a car that can both reduce greenhouse gases and free America from its reliance on foreign oil is years or even decades away. Ron Gremban says such a car is parked in his garage. Full Story Top Panama to display letters from failed Scots colony Sun, 14 Aug 2005 10:55 am PDT Reuters - Three letters sent by a Scotsman who joined an ill-fated 17th century colony in Panama's remote jungle go on display this week in a reminder of a bizarre adventure that bankrupted Scotland and paved the way for its creation. Full Story Top Greece crash plane may already have been flying tomb Sun, 14 Aug 2005 03:38 pm PDT Reuters - A Cypriot airliner that crashed in Greece may already have been a flying tomb when it plunged to earth with some of the 121 people aboard already either dead or unconscious, early indications suggest. Full Story Top Man Outed on Radio Show to Receive $270K Sun, 14 Aug 2005 12:35 pm PDT AP - A San Francisco man who says he was devastated after he was identified as gay on a national Spanish-language radio show will be paid $270,000 by Univision Radio, an arbitrator has ruled. Full Story Top Spelling row highlights German resistance to change Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:22 am PDT Reuters - Germans cannot agree on how to spell simple words. What then are the chances they will successfully tackle complex economic and social problems? Full Story Top Angered farmer fires shots near Iraq war protest at Bush ranch Sun, 14 Aug 2005 03:07 pm PDT AFP - A frustrated local farmer fired shots into the air near hundreds of protestors who began their second week of demonstrations against the Iraq war outside President George W. Bush's ranch. Full Story Top Gov't Cuts Back Pacific Salmon Habitat Sat, 13 Aug 2005 06:53 pm PDT AP - The federal government has cut back the critical habitat for 19 species of threatened and endangered Pacific salmon, arguing that an earlier designation demanded by environmentalists was poorly executed and that voluntary habitat improvements will work better. Full Story Top Dollar rebound delivers costly shock to investors Sun, 14 Aug 2005 12:45 pm PDT AFP - Pension funds, trend-following hedge funds and private investors are all believed to have been hit this year because of the US dollar's unexpected strength. Full Story Top Koreans Try to Save Cathode-Ray Tube Sun, 14 Aug 2005 12:24 pm PDT AP - Samsung Electronics Co. has an odd sales pitch for one of its new televisions. A slide show for dealers features a drawing of a TV on a tombstone that reads, "The news of my demise is greatly exaggerated!" Full Story Top Thousands Fill Church for 'Justice Sunday' Sun, 14 Aug 2005 04:57 pm PDT AP - Thousands of people filled a church Sunday night for "Justice Sunday II," an event organizers said wasn't necessarily about pushing for the confirmation of John Roberts for the U.S. Supreme Court, but more about supporting justices who don't have radical agendas. Full Story Top Masked rebel leader has a new cause in Mexico Sun, 14 Aug 2005 06:40 am PDT Reuters - The pipe-smoking, ski-mask wearing Zapatista rebel leader Subcommander Marcos once again is firing his rhetorical cannon shots from his hideout in the jungle. Full Story Top Old Stone Mill in Ala. Loses Final Fight Sun, 14 Aug 2005 11:25 am PDT AP - The old stone mill along the Tallapoosa River once made fabric for both slave clothes and Confederate uniforms. It survived the Civil War and the economic struggles of the next century, employing entire generations of families. Full Story Top Greece Plane Crash Kills 121, 48 Children Sun, 14 Aug 2005 04:28 pm PDT AP - A Cypriot plane full of vacationers slammed into a mountainside north of Athens on Sunday after at least one pilot lost consciousness from lack of oxygen, killing all 121 people aboard, more than a third of them children. Full Story Top Nationwide Gas Prices Set Another Record Sun, 14 Aug 2005 03:34 pm PDT AP - Retail gas prices hit another record high over the past three weeks, mirroring a rapid increase in the cost of crude oil, according to a nationwide survey released Sunday. Full Story Top Early piano practice gets brain on course for flourishing career Tue, 09 Aug 2005 03:27 am PDT AFP - Practicing the piano as a young child gives the human brain a musical capacity that is difficult to acquire later in life, Swedish scientists found in a study quoted in the media. Full Story Top First Woman White House Head Chef Hired Sun, 14 Aug 2005 04:00 pm PDT AP - Kitchen duties may have traditionally been viewed as women's work, but not at the White House. Until now: Cristeta Comerford has been named executive chef. Full Story Top TVs, cars, homes: Russians learn to buy on credit Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:22 am PDT Reuters - It's Sunday lunchtime and shoppers in the IKEA furniture superstore in Khimki, a Moscow suburb, are lining up at the cafeteria after a hard morning at the mall. Full Story Top Israel Begins Historic Gaza Withdrawal Sun, 14 Aug 2005 08:17 pm PDT AP - Israel lowered a road barrier sealing the Gaza Strip to Israeli civilians at midnight Sunday — signaling the start of a historic withdrawal that will end its 38-year occupation, redraw borders and reshape prospects for Mideast peace. Full Story Top Turkmenistan Celebrates Melon Day Sun, 14 Aug 2005 08:53 am PDT AP - Turkmenistan's authoritarian leader on Sunday congratulated citizens of the ex-Soviet republic on the Turkmen Melon Day he established to honor the favorite fruit of the sun-drenched Central Asian nation. Full Story Top

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