Snoop Dogg Arrested at SoCal Airport Snoop Dogg was arrested on suspicion of illegal drug and gun possession, police said. more Shares in ICBC Soar in Hong Kong Debut  © The Associated Press Calif. Fire Forces Hundreds to Evacuate  © The Associated Press Eckstein the Hero; Cardinals Take Game 4  © The Associated Press Rumsfeld Tells War Critics to 'Back Off'  © The Associated Press
Cemex to Offer About $11.7B for Rinker Mexican cement manufacturer Cemex SAB de CV said Friday it will offer about $11.7 billion in cash for Australian heavy building materials maker Rinker Group Ltd. more Shares in China's ICBC Take Off in IPO  © The Associated Press Alltel 3Q Profit Jumps 11 Percent Wireless carrier Alltel Corp. Friday said its third-quarter profit jumped due to strong customer additions. more Avon Products 3Q Profit Plummets 47 Pct. Avon Products Inc., a direct seller of cosmetics and beauty-related items, said Friday its third-quarter profit declined 47 percent, depressed by higher ad spending, costs for restructuring its inventory and a charge related to a tax dispute resolution in Britain. more Sony Laptop Battery Injures User A Sony-made battery in a Fujitsu laptop overheated and gave off sparks, injuring the user, as a Fujitsu worker was visiting to retrieve the laptop as part of the company's recall of Sony batteries, a Fujitsu spokesman said Friday. more
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Judge Postpones Madonna Adoption Hearing  © The Associated Press Snoop Dogg Arrested at SoCal Airport Snoop Dogg was arrested on suspicion of illegal drug and gun possession, police said. more Berlin Opera to Bring Back Mozart Opera A German opera company said Friday it would bring back a Mozart opera canceled because of security fears over a scene featuring the severed head of the Prophet Muhammad. more Ex Files 2nd Lawsuit Against Smith An attorney for the former boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith has filed a second lawsuit against the reality TV star, this time alleging fraud and conspiracy, his lawyer said Thursday. more 'Owen Marshall' Actor Arthur Hill Dies  © The Associated Press
16 Get Food Poisoning at China School At least 16 children, most between 2 and 5, were hospitalized with food poisoning after eating at a kindergarten in northwest China, state media reported on Friday. more Nicaraguan Congress OKs Abortion Ban  © The Associated Press Wild Pigs Eyed in Tainted Spinach Probe After a month without any reports of illness from tainted spinach, health officials say the deadly outbreak of bacteria that killed three people and sickened more than 200 others nationally appears to be over. more Guidelines Coming for Physical Exercise  © The Associated Press New Zealand Study: Ban Smoking in Cars New Zealand medical researchers said Friday that laws are needed to ban smoking in vehicles where children are passengers, finding evidence that second-hand smoke causes respiratory illnesses in children. more
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Diebold Quietly Repaired Voting Machines Diebold Election Systems quietly replaced flawed components in several thousand Maryland voting machines in 2005 to fix a "screen-freeze" problem the company had discovered three years earlier, according to published reports Thursday. more Sony Battery Emits Sparks During Recall A Sony-made battery used in a Fujitsu laptop computer overheated and emitted sparks, Fujitsu said Friday, amid a massive global recall involving Sony batteries. more Records of Freed Slaves to Go Online Records the Freedmen's Bureau used to reconnect families _ from battered work contracts to bank forms _ will be placed online in part of a new project linking modern-day blacks with their ancestors. more Red Hat Under Threat From Oracle  © The Associated Press Oracle Assaults Red Hat With Pricing War  © The Associated Press
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