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Friday, September 16, 2005 09:00 PM PDT

Today's Most Popular News: Power-dressing man leaves trail of destruction Son of Florida Gov. Bush Arrested Ind. Time Zone Fight Creates New Problems Hmong Man Found Guilty in Hunter Deaths Antarctic hole in ozone layer nears record size Grandmother Accused of Looting Released Bowie Makes Surprise Appearance in N.Y. Cheney to Have Surgery Next Weekend British Re-Enact Elaborate Nelson Funeral Zellweger Asks for Privacy During Breakup Vatican's search for gays in seminaries raises alarm Avedon's Exhibit Returns After 20 Years More Iraqis Lured to Al Qaeda Group Well, if you can't even trust a hitman.. Dead man makes for juicy scandal in Brazil China Abortion Cited in U.N. Funds Denial 2 Hikers Attacked by Yellowstone Grizzly Beirut car bomb kills one and wounds 23 Bush Rules Out Tax Hike to Fund Recovery New Zealanders Go to Polls in Election Power-dressing man leaves trail of destruction Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:30 am PDT Reuters - An Australian man built up a 40,000-volt charge of static electricity in his clothes as he walked, leaving a trail of scorched carpet and molten plastic and forcing firefighters to evacuate a building. Full Story Top Son of Florida Gov. Bush Arrested Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:47 pm PDT AP - The youngest son of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was arrested early Friday and charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest, law enforcement officials said. Full Story Top Ind. Time Zone Fight Creates New Problems Fri, 16 Sep 2005 03:29 pm PDT AP - Indiana's decision this year to observe daylight-saving time statewide was supposed to end 30 years of clock-changing confusion. Instead, it sparked a battle that could create a state time zone system as puzzling as a Rubik's Cube. Full Story Top Hmong Man Found Guilty in Hunter Deaths Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:50 pm PDT AP - A jury on Friday convicted an immigrant truck driver of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of six deer hunters during a confrontation over trespassing, rejecting his claims that he fired in self-defense after one hunter used racial slurs and another shot at him. Full Story Top Antarctic hole in ozone layer nears record size Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:28 am PDT Reuters - The hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica has grown to near record size this year, suggesting 20 years of pollution controls have so far had little effect, the United Nations said on Friday. Full Story Top Grandmother Accused of Looting Released Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:53 pm PDT AP - A 73-year-old woman who was jailed for more than two weeks after authorities accused her of looting was released Friday evening. Full Story Top Bowie Makes Surprise Appearance in N.Y. Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:02 am PDT AP - David Bowie made a surprise appearance with the indie rock sensation Arcade Fire during their concert Thursday night. Full Story Top Cheney to Have Surgery Next Weekend Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:19 pm PDT AP - Vice President Dick Cheney will undergo an elective surgery next weekend to treat an aneurysm in an artery behind his right knee. Full Story Top British Re-Enact Elaborate Nelson Funeral Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:07 am PDT AP - A flotilla of 70 boats moved sedately up the River Thames on Friday, re-enacting the elaborate waterborne state funeral of Britain's greatest naval hero, Admiral Horatio Nelson, who led his fleet to victory over the French and Spanish 200 years ago at the Battle of Trafalgar. Full Story Top Zellweger Asks for Privacy During Breakup Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:24 pm PDT AP - Renee Zellweger, who has filed for an annulment from Kenny Chesney after just four months of marriage, says the couple "hope to experience this transition as privately as possible." Full Story Top Vatican's search for gays in seminaries raises alarm Fri, 16 Sep 2005 02:48 pm PDT Reuters - A Vatican investigation of U.S. seminaries for evidence of homosexuality, sparked by a scandal over pedophile priests, infuriated gay rights advocates on Friday. Full Story Top Avedon's Exhibit Returns After 20 Years Fri, 16 Sep 2005 01:58 pm PDT AP - Richard Avedon's large, black-and-white photographs of solemn coal miners, slaughterhouse workers, drifters and even a teenager holding a gutted rattlesnake evoked strong reactions 20 years ago when first displayed in the Amon Carter Museum. Full Story Top More Iraqis Lured to Al Qaeda Group Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:55 am PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON — Al Qaeda's top operative in Iraq is drawing growing numbers of Iraqi nationals to his organization, increasing the reach and threat of an insurgent group that has been behind many of the most devastating attacks in the country, U.S. officials and Iraqi government leaders say. Full Story Top Well, if you can't even trust a hitman.. Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:27 am PDT Reuters - A Japanese woman called in the police after a hitman she paid to kill her lover's wife failed to carry out the job. Full Story Top Dead man makes for juicy scandal in Brazil Fri, 16 Sep 2005 06:40 am PDT Chicago Tribune - The evidence linking Jonas de Pinho to the political corruption scandal riveting Brazil was solid. But then, so was the man's alibi. Full Story Top China Abortion Cited in U.N. Funds Denial Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:14 pm PDT AP - For the fourth consecutive year, the Bush administration has decided to withhold funding from the U.N. Population Fund, saying the agency contributes to China's "coercive abortion" program. Full Story Top 2 Hikers Attacked by Yellowstone Grizzly Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:05 am PDT AP - A grizzly bear attacked two hikers in Yellowstone National Park, but the men escaped serious injury, the National Park Service said Thursday. Full Story Top Beirut car bomb kills one and wounds 23 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:52 pm PDT Reuters - A car bomb exploded in a mainly Christian residential neighborhood of Beirut late on Friday, killing one person and wounding at least 23, Red Cross and security sources said. Full Story Top Bush Rules Out Tax Hike to Fund Recovery Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:13 pm PDT AP - President Bush on Friday ruled out raising taxes to pay the massive costs of Gulf Coast reconstruction, saying other government spending must be cut to pay for a recovery effort expected to swell the national debt by $200 billion or more. Full Story Top New Zealanders Go to Polls in Election Fri, 16 Sep 2005 04:20 pm PDT AP - New Zealanders went to the polls Saturday in an election that could redefine the country's policy on nuclear weapons and its relationship with the United States. Full Story Top

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