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Cheated Winner Wants Texas Lotto To Pay Him
A man who says he is the rightful owner of a stolen $1 million winning lottery ticket wants the Texas Lottery Commission to pay him.
Troops Already Outnumber Taliban 12-1
There are already more than 100,000 international troops in Afghanistan working with 200,000 Afghan security forces and police. ...
Obama Girls Get H1N1 Shots; Obama Waits
President Barack Obama's daughters, Malia and Sasha, have received their swine flu shots. ...
Report: Afghan President's Brother Gets CIA Pay
Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the president of Afghanistan, gets regular payments from the CIA and has for much of the past eight years, ...
San Francisco Bridge Closes After Cable Snaps
Authorities on Tuesday closed a major bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland after a cable on its upper deck snapped during the evening commute. ...
Jackson Delivers On 'This Is It,' Early Fans Say
"Michael Jackson's This Is It" premiered to high praise from fans who applauded at each number as though they were at a concert and marveled ...
Clinton Say US 'Turning The Page' With Pakistan
On her first visit to Pakistan as secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday sought to chip away at anti-Americanism in this predominantly Muslim ...
Did Schwarzenegger Say 'F-You' Lawmakers?
If you read between the lines of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto of Assembly bill 1176, it spells out a common, but crude, phrase. ...
Microsoft Exits As Sponsor Of 'Family Guy' Special
Fans of "Family Guy" are chortling about Microsoft's belated discovery that a "Family Guy" special might not jibe with the software giant's corporate image. ...
Palin Paid $1.25M For Book By Time She Left Office
Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin reported that she has received at least $1.25 million for her hugely anticipated upcoming memoir "Going Rogue." ...
Home Video Show Says Dogs Funnier Than Cats
More than half of the winning clips on "America's Funniest Home Videos" have been dogs. ...
Video Shows Attack On Homeless Man
Two teenagers have been arrested and two more are sought in connection with the videotaped beating of a homeless man in Florida. ...
Obama To Put $3.4B Toward 'Smart' Power Grid
The Obama administration is giving a jolt to the "smart" electric grid, hoping to more quickly bring the U.S. power transmission system into the digital ...
Farmers Killing Cows Amid Low Milk Prices
Hundreds of farmers have come to one conclusion: The only way to raise prices is to reduce the milk supply, and that means killing cows. ...
Man Gets Pay From Company He Didn't Work For
An Illinois man has admitted banking more than $470,000 in paychecks from a New Jersey company where he never worked. ...
1st US Official Quits To Protest Afghan War
A former Marine who fought in Iraq has become the first U.S. official to resign in protest of the Afghan war, the Washington Post reports. ...
New Safety Worry: Laptops, Devices In The Cockpit
Two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew 150 miles past their destination because they were focused on laptop computers instead of cockpit displays may have opened ...
Church Of Scientology Convicted Of Fraud
A Paris court convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than the equivalent of $900,000. ...
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G McNair
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08 January, 2009 08:00:18
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