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Wednesday, August 17, 2005 09:00 PM PDT

Today's Most Popular News: Home prices 'extremely overvalued' in 53 cities Archaeologists Find Ancient Treasure Poll: Over 40% in Mexico would live in U.S. Median county house price slips for 1st time in year Desperate house buyers increase foreclosure risk Fisherman dies chasing fish that stole his pole J. Crew files for $200 million IPO Cartoon Group Gorillaz to Tour _ Virtually Punk Promoter Esther Wong Dies at 88 Senators Attest to Alaska Climate Change Worm Infection Rates Appear to Be Low Fired general refused to avoid woman, Army says Terror Plot May Have Been Linked to Gang Ohio Gov. Charged Over Unreported Gifts Woman Gets Cable Bill With Derogatory Name Princeton Gives Parents Extra Tenure Time 'Best Of' Albums Not So Great These Days Pierce Brosnan Out As James Bond, 007 Reports: Attempt Made to Save Cypriot Jet Racial Gap Shrinks for Some Medical Care Home prices 'extremely overvalued' in 53 cities Wed, 17 Aug 2005 05:05 am PDT USATODAY.com - Single-family home prices are "extremely overvalued" in 53 cities that make up nearly a third of the overall U.S. housing market, putting them at high risk of price declines, according to a study released today. Full Story Top Archaeologists Find Ancient Treasure Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:58 pm PDT AP - Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed about 15,000 tiny golden pieces that date back to the end of the third millennium B.C. — a find they said Wednesday matches the famous treasure of Troy. Full Story Top Poll: Over 40% in Mexico would live in U.S. Wed, 17 Aug 2005 06:40 am PDT Chicago Tribune - More than 40 percent of Mexicans in a new survey would opt to immigrate to the United States and more than 20 percent of them would enter this country illegally given the opportunity, a study released Tuesday disclosed. Full Story Top Median county house price slips for 1st time in year Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:04 am PDT SiliconValley.com - Is Silicon Valley's record-setting real estate market finally cooling off, or just taking an end-of-summer breather? Full Story Top Desperate house buyers increase foreclosure risk Wed, 17 Aug 2005 05:05 am PDT USATODAY.com - The meteoric rise in home prices has been accompanied by a sharp shrinkage in the size of down payments made by cash-strapped buyers, a trend that could portend a spike in future foreclosures, new research shows. Full Story Top Fisherman dies chasing fish that stole his pole Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:41 am PDT Reuters - A fish caught in an east German lake near the Polish border not only got off the hook but also lured a 46-year-old fisherman to his death, police in the eastern town of Eisenhuettenstadt said Tuesday. Full Story Top J. Crew files for $200 million IPO Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:38 pm PDT Reuters - J. Crew filed for an initial public offering on Wednesday, 2-1/2 years after the clothing retailer hired former Gap Inc. (GPS.N) Chief Executive Millard "Mickey" Drexler to lead its turnaround effort. Full Story Top Cartoon Group Gorillaz to Tour _ Virtually Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:30 pm PDT AP - How does a fictional cartoon group tour? Why virtually, of course. Full Story Top Punk Promoter Esther Wong Dies at 88 Wed, 17 Aug 2005 03:01 pm PDT AP - Esther Wong, who booked a who's who of punk rock and new wave bands at her popular Madame Wong's clubs in the 1970s and '80s, has died. She was 88. Full Story Top Senators Attest to Alaska Climate Change Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:36 pm PDT AP - Anyone doubting the effects of human activity on global climate change should talk to the people it affects in Alaska and the Yukon, U.S. Sen. John McCain said Wednesday. Full Story Top Worm Infection Rates Appear to Be Low Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:51 pm PDT AP - Malicious hackers unleashed new variants of a computer worm that attacks a vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 operating system, but infection rates appeared to be relatively low and damage minor Wednesday. Full Story Top Fired general refused to avoid woman, Army says Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:25 am PDT AFP - The Army's decision last week to dismiss a four-star general accused of adultery while separated from his wife became easier to understand with the emergence of more facts, some military legal scholars say. He disobeyed a direct order to break contact with her. Full Story Top Terror Plot May Have Been Linked to Gang Wed, 17 Aug 2005 03:46 pm PDT AP - Officials are investigating whether an alleged terrorist plot to attack Los Angeles-area targets on Sept. 11 or Jewish holidays was organized by members of a militant Islamic state prison gang, a top law enforcement official said Wednesday. Full Story Top Ohio Gov. Charged Over Unreported Gifts Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:47 pm PDT AP - Gov. Bob Taft was charged with four ethics violations Wednesday for failing to report dozens of gifts that included dinners, golf games and professional hockey tickets, deepening a scandal that has rocked Ohio's Republican Party. Full Story Top Woman Gets Cable Bill With Derogatory Name Wed, 17 Aug 2005 05:30 pm PDT AP - LaChania Govan said she got bounced around by her cable company when she called to complain. She made dozens of calls and was even transferred to a person who spoke Spanish — a language she doesn't understand. Full Story Top Princeton Gives Parents Extra Tenure Time Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:32 pm PDT AP - In a move applauded by professors' groups, Princeton University will automatically grant all faculty members who bear or adopt a child an extra year to pursue tenure. Full Story Top 'Best Of' Albums Not So Great These Days Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:48 pm PDT AP - A greatest-hits album once stood as a watershed — a milestone chronicling a collection of top-rated hits, culturally significant songs or the end of a stellar career. Full Story Top Pierce Brosnan Out As James Bond, 007 Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:07 pm PDT AP - A single, surprising phone call and it was over. That's how Pierce Brosnan says he learned that his services as James Bond would no longer be required. Full Story Top Reports: Attempt Made to Save Cypriot Jet Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:35 pm PDT AP - A crew member or passenger may have made a last, desperate attempt to save a Cypriot passenger jet before it slammed into a mountainside north of Athens, killing all 121 people aboard, Greek defense officials said in state- and private-media reports Wednesday. Full Story Top Racial Gap Shrinks for Some Medical Care Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:57 pm PDT AP - The health care gap between blacks and whites is closing on many simple, cheap medical treatments, but deeper disparities stubbornly persist for more complex and costly procedures, new research suggests. Full Story Top

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