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Today's Most Popular News: Homeopathy no better than dummy drugs, says study Grand Canyon to Get Glass-Bottomed Walk Greenspan: Investments Won't Soar Forever Glass Gave Venetian Paintings Their Glow Hoax Leaves Ill. Student Paper Embarrassed Dead Student's Parents Sue Sorority New exhibit at London Zoo - humans Humans Are Ones on Display at London Zoo Nader Wants Feds to Issue Ford Advisory Winfrey 'Furious' at Snubbing Allegations Jesse Jackson to visit Venezuela, meet Chavez Aide: Pope Was Aware of Crowd While Dying Sean Astin on "24" Duty Pain relief improves fibromyalgia sufferers' lives Iraqi forces may need years of preparation Redford and Newman may pair up again on screen Army Worker Suspect in Possible DNA Deceit Study: Newer Malaria Drug Saves More Lives Drivers Worldwide Feel Sting of Gas Prices Katrina Threatens Fla. With Encore Visit Homeopathy no better than dummy drugs, says study Fri, 26 Aug 2005 06:54 am PDT AFP - Homeopathic treatment is no more effective than a placebo, the dummy substance used in medical trials, according to a new study. Full Story Top Grand Canyon to Get Glass-Bottomed Walk Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:23 pm PDT AP - Great views — and plenty of goosebumps for those afraid of heights. Full Story Top Greenspan: Investments Won't Soar Forever Fri, 26 Aug 2005 02:10 pm PDT AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Friday cautioned Americans against thinking the value of their homes and other investments will only go higher, saying "history has not dealt kindly" with that kind of optimism. Full Story Top Glass Gave Venetian Paintings Their Glow Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:30 am PDT AP - How did paintings by Tintoretto and other Venetian Renaissance artists get their special glow? Using an electron microscope, Barbara Berrie, senior conservation scientist at the National Gallery of Art, discovered one of their secrets: tiny bits of glass the artists mixed with their pigments. Full Story Top Hoax Leaves Ill. Student Paper Embarrassed Fri, 26 Aug 2005 03:05 pm PDT AP - Kodee Kennings' story was pure gold. For nearly two years, the motherless 8-year-old spoke and wrote movingly of her struggle to deal with her soldier father being shipped off to fight in Iraq, and Southern Illinois University's student newspaper chronicled her thoughts in its pages. Full Story Top Dead Student's Parents Sue Sorority Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:28 am PDT AP - The parents of a Plymouth State University student killed in an alleged hazing-related traffic crash are expanding a lawsuit to charge some of her sorority sisters with conspiracy. Full Story Top New exhibit at London Zoo - humans Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:20 am PDT AFP - London Zoo unveiled a new exhibition -- eight humans prowling around wearing little more than fig leaves to cover their modesty. Full Story Top Humans Are Ones on Display at London Zoo Fri, 26 Aug 2005 04:41 pm PDT AP - At London Zoo, you can talk to the animals — and now some of them talk back. Full Story Top Nader Wants Feds to Issue Ford Advisory Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:28 pm PDT AP - Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader on Friday urged the government to warn consumers about Ford Motor Co. pickups and sport utility trucks being investigated for a potential defect that may have caused engine fires. Full Story Top Winfrey 'Furious' at Snubbing Allegations Fri, 26 Aug 2005 02:40 pm PDT AP - Oprah Winfrey said she is "furious" at allegations that her absence at the recent funeral for Ebony and Jet magazines founder John H. Johnson was a snub of the pioneering black publisher. Full Story Top Jesse Jackson to visit Venezuela, meet Chavez Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:40 pm PDT AFP - US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson will reportedly begin a three-day visit to Venezuela on Saturday, to meet President Hugo Chavez, politicians and community leaders. Full Story Top Aide: Pope Was Aware of Crowd While Dying Fri, 26 Aug 2005 04:55 pm PDT AP - As he lay dying, Pope John Paul II was aware of the presence of the crowd in St. Peter's Square below his apartment window and calmly viewed death as a "passage from one room to another," his longtime secretary said in an interview broadcast Friday night. Full Story Top Sean Astin on "24" Duty Fri, 26 Aug 2005 02:07 pm PDT E! Online - Sean Astin is making the move from the Shire to CTU. Full Story Top Pain relief improves fibromyalgia sufferers' lives Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:14 pm PDT Reuters - New research indicates that moderate-to-severe fibromyalgia pain can dramatically impair health-related quality of life for people with the condition. The good news is that effective pain relief can greatly improve the situation. Full Story Top Iraqi forces may need years of preparation Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:43 pm PDT Knight Ridder - HIT, Iraq - American Sgt. LaDaunte Strickland, sweat pouring down his face, stared at the four Iraqi soldiers sitting in the shade of a truck. Full Story Top Redford and Newman may pair up again on screen Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:43 am PDT Reuters - Robert Redford may soon be reunited on screen with Paul Newman but don't expect a sequel to "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" or "The Sting," which paired one of Hollywood's most popular double acts three decades ago. Full Story Top Army Worker Suspect in Possible DNA Deceit Fri, 26 Aug 2005 04:59 pm PDT AP - The Army is investigating allegations that a civilian forensic examiner at the Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory at Fort Gillem, Ga., falsified DNA test results. Full Story Top Study: Newer Malaria Drug Saves More Lives Fri, 26 Aug 2005 06:24 am PDT AP - Treating adults with severe cases of malaria with the drug artesunate — rather than quinine — could save tens of thousands of lives in the developing world, new research suggests. Full Story Top Drivers Worldwide Feel Sting of Gas Prices Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:11 pm PDT AP - While U.S. motorists complain at having to pay $2.60 a gallon, the relentless surge of oil prices is leading to even more colossal gas pains for Europeans who were paying much more than Americans even before crude began climbing. Full Story Top Katrina Threatens Fla. With Encore Visit Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:08 pm PDT AP - Utility crews scrambled to restore power to more than 1 million customers Friday as Hurricane Katrina, blamed for six deaths and miles of flooded streets in South Florida, threatened the state with an encore visit. Full Story Top

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