Survey: Unproven Diet Products Popular Besides extra pounds, dieters also seem to carry a hefty independent streak. A survey finds that 70 percent of Americans who are trying to lose weight are following their own diet plans and have no interest in seeking a doctor's help. more Iraq Court to Rule on Saddam Verdict  © The Associated Press Stocks Advance in Midday Trading Merger news drove Wall Street higher Monday as private-equity buyout offers for companies including Four Seasons Hotels Inc. and OSI Restaurant Partners Inc. revived the belief among investors that stocks are not generally overvalued. more Florida Is No. 1 in AP Basketball Poll The same starting five that left the court in Indianapolis with Florida's first national championship will start this season with the No. 1 ranking. The Gators were the runaway choice Monday in The Associated Press' preseason college basketball poll _ no surprise, since they have everyone back for a run at being the first repeat national champion since Duke in 1992. more Intrepid Stuck, Move Scrubbed for Now  © The Associated Press
Oil Prices Climb Amid Nigeria Violence Oil prices rose by more than $1 a barrel Monday after Nigerian oil minister and OPEC President Edmund Daukoru said the oil cartel may need to further cut its output, and as armed protesters shut down one of his country's oil facilities. more Stocks Advance in Midday Trading Merger news drove Wall Street higher Monday as private-equity buyout offers for companies including Four Seasons Hotels Inc. and OSI Restaurant Partners Inc. revived the belief among investors that stocks are not generally overvalued. more Smaller Jets Shake Up Private Plane Biz Business jets have traditionally been the domain of the super rich and high-powered corporate executives who don't have time or patience for getting frisked at airport security checkpoints. But a new smaller aircraft could make private air travel more available for less-wealthy folks. more Northwest Mechanics Vote to End Stike The 15-month-old mechanics strike against Northwest Airlines Corp. ended on Monday, with union approval of a new contract that won't restore most of the strikers lost jobs. more XM Stock Up Sharply on Smaller 3Q Loss XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. reported a narrower third-quarter loss Monday and said it was on track to turn a profit in the fourth quarter. The improved results, which followed several quarters of bad surprises, sent XM's shares sharply higher. more
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David Morse a `House' Cop With a Problem In a recent episode of the medical drama "House," when a tall, imposing man showed up at the clinic with a problem in an embarrassing place, Dr. Gregory House displayed his customary lack of sympathy. more Singer Recovers From Breast Cancer  © The Associated Press Nordisk Film Marks 100th Anniversary Nordisk Film, one of the world's oldest film production companies, celebrated its 100th anniversary Monday at the Copenhagen studios where it started making silent movies at the dawn of the film industry. more Country Awards Come Home to Nashville  © The Associated Press Williams, NBC `Nightly News' Back on Top Brian Williams has the smile of a man about to unleash a secret weapon. Or two. He's preparing for his first election night as NBC News' chief anchor Tuesday knowing he'll be flanked on the broadcast by his predecessor, Tom Brokaw, and Tim Russert, the Washington veteran popular for his plainspoken intensity during tense nights of vote counting. more
Survey: Unproven Diet Products Popular Besides extra pounds, dieters also seem to carry a hefty independent streak. A survey finds that 70 percent of Americans who are trying to lose weight are following their own diet plans and have no interest in seeking a doctor's help. more FDA: Bausch & Lomb Failed on Reporting Bausch & Lomb Inc. failed to formally report nearly three dozen foreign cases of fungal eye infections later linked to one of its contact lens solutions, according to a federal warning letter. more World Health's Top Job Down to Shortlist The battle for the world's top health job entered the final round Monday, with Mexico's and Spain's health ministers and three senior WHO officials, a Kuwaiti, a Chinese and a Japanese, making it to the shortlist of candidates to become director-general of the World Health Organization. more 60 Million Chinese Are Considered Obese Rising affluence has made about 60 million Chinese _ equal to the population of France _ obese, state media said on Monday. more Oprah Winfrey Makes Diet Books a Hit  © The Associated Press
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Investors Warned of E-Mail Stock Scams It's a new twist on a classic stock scam: enticing people to buy certain stocks with phony e-mails that look as if they were intended for someone else, securities regulators say. more Google Targets Newspaper Advertising  © The Associated Press Smith to Head CBS Corp. Interactive Unit CBS Corp. is tapping Quincy Smith, a veteran technology executive and dealmaker, to head up the media company's burgeoning interactive operations. more Companies Track Gridlock Via Cell Phones  © The Associated Press Electronics Holiday Sales May Be Ho-Hum A fierce battle is brewing for consumer-electronics dollars this holiday season as two new video game consoles join the widening mix of TVs, cameras, portable music players, computers and cell phones. more
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