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Friday, August 19, 2005 09:00 PM PDT

Today's Most Popular News: Churches seeking marketing-savvy breed of pastor Ariz. Ranch Turned Over to Border Crossers Vioxx Jury Ends First Day of Deliberations Woman Gets Cable Bill With Derogatory Name U.S. Retains Controversial Trucker Rule Frist Backs 'Intelligent Design' Teaching American Indians Launch Suicide Hot Line A new Taliban has re-emerged in Afghanistan Dublin honours Thin Lizzy star with statue Video games linked to aggression in boys Illegals dying at record rate in Arizona desert Northwest, fliers brace for possible strike Tornado tears through Ontario community, demolishing homes and trees Roberts Scoffed at Promotion for O'Connor Scientists Mess with the Speed of Light Ecuador Security Forces Retake Oil Wells Cuba Confiscates Land Where Dissidents Met Lucky Kitty Survives Jolt, Fire, Fall Love Admits Using Drugs; Sent to Rehab Coretta Scott King Is Mostly Paralyzed Churches seeking marketing-savvy breed of pastor Fri, 19 Aug 2005 01:00 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A year ago, the Rev. Scott Schlotfelt was weighing job offers from three churches smitten by what he had to offer. Full Story Top Ariz. Ranch Turned Over to Border Crossers Fri, 19 Aug 2005 04:19 pm PDT AP - An Arizona ranch once owned by a member of an armed group accused of terrorizing illegal immigrants has been turned over to two of the very people the owner had tried keep out of the country. Full Story Top Vioxx Jury Ends First Day of Deliberations Fri, 19 Aug 2005 02:23 am PDT AP - Jurors in the nation's first Vioxx-related civil trial ended their first day of deliberation after seven hours Thursday and were to resume Friday. 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 U.S. Retains Controversial Trucker Rule Fri, 19 Aug 2005 03:38 pm PDT AP - Truckers can still spend six days on the road during the week and drive for 11 hours at a time, thanks to a rule the Bush administration decided to leave intact even though truckers and safety advocates say it's unsafe. Full Story Top Frist Backs 'Intelligent Design' Teaching Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:51 am PDT AP - Echoing similar comments from President Bush, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said "intelligent design" should be taught in public schools alongside evolution. Full Story Top American Indians Launch Suicide Hot Line Fri, 19 Aug 2005 05:27 am PDT AP - Monica Yellow Bird was 17 when her cousin hanged himself. The boy, also 17, was ambitious and had plans for the future but drank alcohol, Yellow Bird said. One day, her family returned to her grandmother's home where they found him hanging by a sheet. Full Story Top A new Taliban has re-emerged in Afghanistan Thu, 18 Aug 2005 03:06 pm PDT AFP - KABUL, Afghanistan - Nearly four years after a U.S.-led military intervention toppled them from power, the Taliban has re-emerged as a potent threat to stability in Afghanistan. Full Story Top Dublin honours Thin Lizzy star with statue Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:15 am PDT AFP - Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott was being honoured as one of the fathers of Irish rock music with a statue in the heart of Dublin. Full Story Top Video games linked to aggression in boys Fri, 19 Aug 2005 04:12 pm PDT Reuters - Most studies done on violence and video games support the conclusion that violent video games can increase aggressive behavior in children and adolescents, especially boys, researchers said on Friday. Full Story Top Illegals dying at record rate in Arizona desert Fri, 19 Aug 2005 04:18 am PDT USATODAY.com - John Doe No. 130. That's the name and number given to another body found by authorities this year in Arizona. The state has set new records for deaths among undocumented immigrants along the its 389-mile border with Mexico. Full Story Top Northwest, fliers brace for possible strike Fri, 19 Aug 2005 04:24 am PDT USATODAY.com - Northwest Airlines, its 4,500-member mechanics union and thousands of weekend air travelers are bracing for a potentially disruptive strike early Saturday morning. Full Story Top Tornado tears through Ontario community, demolishing homes and trees Fri, 19 Aug 2005 04:27 pm PDT Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - At least one tornado ripped apart homes, chewed limbs from trees and overturned trucks Friday after much of southwestern Ontario was lashed by punishing winds and heavy rain. Full Story Top Roberts Scoffed at Promotion for O'Connor Fri, 19 Aug 2005 03:35 pm PDT AP - As a lawyer in the Reagan White House, John Roberts scoffed at the notion of elevating Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to chief justice as a way to close a political gender gap, calling it a "crass political consideration." Full Story Top Scientists Mess with the Speed of Light Fri, 19 Aug 2005 01:00 pm PDT SPACE.com / LiveScience.com - Researchers in Switzerland have succeeded in breaking the cosmic speed limit by getting light to go faster than, well, light. Full Story Top Ecuador Security Forces Retake Oil Wells Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:39 am PDT AP - Soldiers regained control of a number of oil wells in the northeastern Amazon on Friday, allowing state-run oil company Petroecuador to recover some of its output after protesters demanding a greater share of oil wealth ground production to a halt, officials said. Full Story Top Cuba Confiscates Land Where Dissidents Met Fri, 19 Aug 2005 02:12 pm PDT AP - The Cuban government has confiscated the land where an unprecedented gathering of Cuban dissidents took place earlier this year, an activist said Friday. Full Story Top Lucky Kitty Survives Jolt, Fire, Fall Fri, 19 Aug 2005 01:06 pm PDT AP - A stalking foray atop a power pole left a lucky feline jolted, frizzled and dazed but otherwise OK after he fell off the 40-foot pole and sparked a fire outside a fire house. Full Story Top Love Admits Using Drugs; Sent to Rehab Fri, 19 Aug 2005 02:38 pm PDT AP - Courtney Love tearfully admitted using drugs in violation of her probation terms Friday. The rocker-actress was ordered into a 28-day drug treatment program by a judge who said he had wanted to put her in jail. Full Story Top Coretta Scott King Is Mostly Paralyzed Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:55 am PDT AP - Coretta Scott King is mostly paralyzed on the right side of her body and faces a long, difficult recovery from a stroke, but she managed to say a few words Friday, her doctor said. Full Story Top

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