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Major Snowstorm Hits Plains, Midwest

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The first major snowstorm of the season blew across the Plains and Midwest on Thursday, grounding hundreds of flights, closing schools, glazing highways and threatening to dump up to a foot of snow on communities that had basked in balmy weather only days earlier.  more
Typhoon Durian Kills 109 in Philippines

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Typhoon Durian tore through the eastern Philippines on Thursday with winds of up to 139 mph, killing at least 109 people and cutting off power to thousands of homes, officials said.  more
Panel to Urge Troops Pullback in Iraq

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A bipartisan commission on U.S. options in Iraq will recommend a gradual reduction of American forces in Iraq and a significant diplomatic shift that enlists U.S. adversaries to stabilize the increasingly chaotic country, officials familiar with the panel's deliberations said Thursday.  more
Study: U.S. Workers Prefer PPOs, HMOs
People with employer-sponsored health coverage choose to enroll in traditional plans over consumer directed products, which have been touted as a way to lower health care costs, according to a survey released Friday.  more
Bengals Use Stout D to Beat Ravens 13-7

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Playing with a chance to win a title, the Baltimore Ravens crossed midfield once in the first three quarters. Their fearsome defense got caught flat-footed by a sandlot play. Maybe T.J. Houshmandzadeh is right after all.  more
Market Reports
Philly Papers, Union to Continue Talks

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The largest union at Philadelphia's two biggest newspapers said late Thursday that it would continue negotiations Friday, past a midnight strike deadline, with both sides reporting good progress in negotiations.  more
Report: Kerkorian Sells Full Stake in GM

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Dissident General Motors Corp. shareholder Kirk Kerkorian appears to be walking away from his quest to shape the future of the troubled automaker.  more
Study: U.S. Workers Prefer PPOs, HMOs
People with employer-sponsored health coverage choose to enroll in traditional plans over consumer directed products, which have been touted as a way to lower health care costs, according to a survey released Friday.  more
S.Korea Finds Bones in U.S. Beef Order
South Korea said Friday it would suspend imports of beef from a U.S. slaughterhouse after inspectors found three bone fragments in a shipment, a violation of an agreement related to mad cow disease.  more
Oil Prices Fall Under $63 a Barrel

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Oil prices retreated in Asian trading Friday as worries eased over the possibility that Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries would significantly reduce output to boost prices, following a remark by Venezuela that the cartel's members had agreed to keep oil at $50 a barrel.  more
Entertainment
Anna Nicole Told to Leave Bahamas Home

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A former boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith has obtained a court judgment ordering the reality TV star out of her oceanfront residence and he plans to seek her forcible eviction, his lawyer said Thursday.  more
Thursday 'View' Kind to Drunken DeVito

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The ladies of "The View" are laughing off Danny DeVito's loopy behavior during his appearance on the daytime talk show. "Danny DeVito is not an alcoholic," co-host Rosie O'Donnell said Thursday. "He's just a guy who had too many with his friend."  more
Desperate No More: Eva Longoria Engaged

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Her marriage didn't work out on "Desperate Housewives," but things are looking rosy in real life for Eva Longoria: She's engaged to her beau, basketball star Tony Parker.  more
Colbert Portrait on Display at Eatery

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Stephen Colbert's portrait is now on display at a barbecue restaurant in the TV satirist's hometown. Chad Walldorf of Sticky Fingers restaurants paid $50,605 for the portrait, which "The Colbert Report" sold on eBay, with the money going to charity. The work hung above the fireplace on the set of the Comedy Central show.  more
Morgan Freeman Releases New Movie on Web

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Just two weeks after "10 Items or Less" opens in theaters Friday, it'll be available for digital download from Clickstar, a company that Morgan Freeman's production company and Intel have founded to bring small movies to those who live far from boutique cinemas.  more
Health & Medical
Pharmacies Strengthen Privacy Policies
The nation's largest drugstore chains say they are working to better protect patient privacy after an investigative TV report turned up sensitive information about hundreds of customers in trash bins in cities around the country.  more
English Smoking Ban to Begin July 1

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A ban on smoking in movie theaters, shopping malls, pubs and other public places in England will take effect July 1, the government said Friday.  more
FDA, Lawmaker Clash Over Antibiotic
President Bush's choice to head the Food and Drug Administration is refusing to give Congress all the information it seeks about a controversial antibiotic, setting up further confrontations with a Republican senator blocking his nomination.  more
Govt. Fights Morning-After Pill Subpoena
A reproductive rights group is on a "fishing expedition" and should be denied access to White House e-mails and other documents it seek as part of a lawsuit promoting unfettered access to the morning-after pill, the Justice Department said Thursday.  more
Louisville Official Seeks Trans Fat Ban
Amid a national push for healthier food, a Louisville official is proposing to ban the city's restaurants from using artificial fat.  more
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High Tech
New Rules Make Firms Track E-Mails, IMs
U.S. companies will need to keep track of all the e-mails, instant messages and other electronic documents generated by their employees thanks to new federal rules that go into effect Friday, legal experts say.  more
U.S. Warns of Possible Cyber Biz Attack
The government warned on Thursday of a possible Internet attack on U.S. stock market and banking Web sites from a radical Muslim group, but officials said the threat was unconfirmed and seemed to pose no immediate danger.  more
Police Decry Web Site on Informants
Police and prosecutors are worried that a Web site claiming to identify more than 4,000 informants and undercover agents will cripple investigations and hang targets on witnesses.  more
Net Agency Rejects '.travel' Search Plan
The Internet's key oversight agency said it has rejected a proposed search service to help guide people who mistype ".travel" Web addresses or seek nonexistent ones.  more
Gates Foundation Plans Web Access Grants
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says it will expand its program to give people access to the Internet in libraries and other public places to two Eastern European countries and the African nation of Botswana.  more
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