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Panthers, Smith Get Well Against Bucs

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After a 15-day layover to stew about their fourth-quarter meltdown against Dallas, the Carolina Panthers came out so flat on offense that the crowd booed them off the field at halftime. Steve Smith was feeling sick, Keyshawn Johnson fumbled, Jake Delhomme threw an interception and punter Jason Baker was awfully busy the rest of the time. In the second half, the bumbling Tampa Bay Buccaneers bailed them out.  more
Bush Opposes Dems' Iraq Troop Timetable

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President Bush traded ideas on Iraq with a bipartisan commission Monday and promised to work with the incoming Democratic majority toward "common objectives." At the same time, he renewed his opposition to any timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops.  more
AP: Giuliani Takes Step Toward '08 Bid

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Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, a moderate Republican best known for his stewardship of the city after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, has taken the first step in a 2008 presidential bid.  more
Pope to Hold Summit on Married Priests
Pope Benedict XVI has called a meeting Thursday with top Vatican officials to discuss lifting the celibacy requirement for priests seeking to marry or who have already married.  more
Texas Town OKs Anti-Immigration Measures

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Leaders of this Dallas suburb unanimously approved tough new anti-immigration measures Monday evening, including one that makes English the official language.  more
Market Reports
Russian President Heads to APEC Summit

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President Vladimir Putin will try to make up for lost time as he meets with other Pacific Rim leaders this weekend at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Vietnam.  more
Doha Free Trade Talks Suspended 5 Years

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Governments from around the world pledged to great fanfare in Doha that they would make free trade work for even the poorest countries. Five years later, it's just another quiet day at the World Trade Organization.  more
Pennsylvania's First Casino to Open
Pennsylvania's first slot-machine parlor, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, is opening to the public _ more than two years after the Legislature authorized gambling to raise money for property tax relief.  more
Japan's Economy Expands on Investment

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Japan's economy expanded for the seventh straight quarter, as surprisingly robust corporate investment boosted a boom that's becoming the nation's longest since World War II, according to government data released Tuesday.  more
Tyson Foods Sees Higher Meat Prices

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Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest meat processor, warned Monday that rising corn prices could mean U.S. consumers will have to pay more for chicken, beef and pork next year as it ended its fiscal year with a third straight quarterly loss.  more
Entertainment
Jackson Accuser's Mom Pleads No Contest
The mother of a boy who claimed Michael Jackson molested him, leading to last year's trial at which the singer was acquitted, pleaded no contest Monday to welfare fraud.  more
Pitt-Jolie Wax Wedding on Ice in Vegas

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Organizers of a fantasy wedding on the Las Vegas Strip between Hollywood's hottest unmarried couple got cold feet. Madame Tussauds nixed the plan to stage a depiction of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt tying the knot after a representative for Pitt protested, representatives for the actor and the wax museum said Monday.  more
Turner to Philanthropists: Give More

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Media mogul and CNN founder Ted Turner told a roomful of fellow philanthropists on Monday to "give until it hurts" but said they should keep some extra cash on hand _ or, at least what he considers spare change.  more
Dallas Agog Over Smith's Dance Prowess

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Everyone's talking about Emmitt Smith these days. But they aren't discussing how the NFL career leading rusher outmaneuvered linebackers on the field.  more
Anna Nicole Smith Is House-Hunting
Anna Nicole Smith is house-hunting in the Bahamas, where a former boyfriend is seeking to remove her from a waterfront home where she has taken refuge since her son's death.  more
Health & Medical
W.Va. Pharmacy Hostages Overpower Gunman

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Four people taken hostage by a gunman at a pharmacy overpowered their captor Monday after he demanded prescription drugs and fired several shots, authorities said.  more
Student Says His Drug Test Is Foolproof
A student at the Arkansas High School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts has helped develop a drug test billed as being faster and easier to administer than tests currently available _ and that is foolproof.  more
Insurers' Plan Aims to Cover Uninsured
Health insurance companies proposed a $300 billion plan Monday aimed at getting coverage for all uninsured children in three years and for most adults within 10.  more
CDC Urges More People to Get Flu Shots

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U.S. health officials said Monday they are worried that an abundance of unused flu vaccine this year may lead to millions of doses being thrown out, discouraging manufacturers from making as much in the future.  more
Scientists Study Genes, Severe Injuries
Surviving major trauma _ a car crash, gunshot wounds, burns _ isn't just a matter of fixing the obvious injuries. About a week into the healing, many patients' organs suddenly fail, as doctors watch helplessly. They can't predict who will go into this downward spiral, or how victims will fare. Numerous attempts at treatments have failed.  more
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High Tech
Startup Offers Cell Phone Mapping Service
A Silicon Valley startup is announcing a new cell phone mapping service to let users know when their friends are nearby.  more
Intel Rolls Out Quad-Core Processors
Intel Corp., the world's largest computer chip maker, on Tuesday launched a family of chips with four computing engines inside a single microprocessor.  more
TiVo to Expand Internet-Based Content
In its ongoing bid to be a central conduit of media, TiVo Inc. plans to broaden its digital video recording service later this year so users of its set-top boxes can download videos from the Internet and watch them from their television sets.  more
Qualcomm Not Optimistic About Nokia Deal
Qualcomm Inc. reiterated Monday that it was not optimistic about renewing a licensing agreement with Nokia Corp., its largest licensee, before it expires in April.  more
CompUSA to Offer Early Sales of Vista
Microsoft Corp. will sell licenses for its new Windows Vista operating system and Office 2007 productivity suite through CompUSA stores Nov. 30, two months before the products go on sale at other retailers.  more
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