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Winter Storm Causes Major Power Failures

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The season's first big wintry storm blustered across the Midwest on Friday and closed in on the Northeast, leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity, stranding airline passengers and collapsing the roof of a nursing home with its wet, heavy snow.  more
J.Lo's Ex Fights to Release Tell-All

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Jennifer Lopez's first husband, Ojani Noa, told a judge Friday that he plans to fight her efforts to quash a tell-all memoir.  more
Mavs Win 12th Straight After 0-4 Start
Dirk Nowitzki's aim was off in his first game back from suffering blurred vision, yet he was only the one misfiring for the Dallas Mavericks as they trounced the Sacramento Kings 109-90 Friday night to extend their winning streak to 12.  more
Bayh Moves Toward Presidential Bid

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Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, a Democrat with a record of political success in a Republican-leaning state, intends to take the first official step toward a 2008 presidential campaign early next week, officials said Friday.  more
U.S. Rethinking Iraqi Unification Goal

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The Bush administration is re-evaluating its efforts to unite Iraq's fractious sectarian and political factions in an attempt to preserve U.S. options in Iraq no matter what happens, officials familiar with an internal administration review of Iraq policy said Friday.  more
Market Reports
FCC Chair Moves to Break AT&T Deadlock
Declaring an "impasse" on AT&T Inc.'s proposed acquisition of BellSouth Corp., Federal Communications Chairman Kevin Martin cleared the way Friday for a commissioner who had disqualified himself from the deliberations to break the deadlock.  more
Stocks Falter After Downbeat ISM Report
Wall Street stumbled Friday after a key survey showed manufacturing unexpectedly contracted in November for the first time in more than three years, stoking concerns that the economy won't be able to achieve a soft landing. The major indexes ended the week with losses.  more
Analysts: Kerkorian Puts Focus on Plan

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Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian's decision to unload his large stake in General Motors Corp. removes _ at least for now _ the automaker's leading foil and focuses attention on the company's turnaround plan, analysts said Friday.  more
Ford's Nov. Sales Slip; GM, Toyota Rise

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With a slump in U.S. vehicle sales by Ford Motor Co. last month, the No. 2 domestic automaker was beaten out not only by Japanese rival Toyota Motor Corp. for the second time ever but by DaimlerChrysler AG as well.  more
Warner Music Group Reports 4Q Profit
Strong digital sales and a slice of the Kazaa copyright infringement settlement helped Warner Music Group Corp. swing to a profit in the fourth quarter, but the recording company's results fell short of Wall Street's expectations.  more
Entertainment
J.Lo's Ex Fights to Release Tell-All

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Jennifer Lopez's first husband, Ojani Noa, told a judge Friday that he plans to fight her efforts to quash a tell-all memoir.  more
Clooney, DeVito Had 'Brutal Night' Out

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Blame it on the shots of limoncello. George Clooney says he woke up tipsy after a "brutal night" out on the town with his pal Danny DeVito. "Well the funniest thing was, ah, you know, we were just at a restaurant," Clooney says in an interview to air Monday on NBC's "Today" show.  more
McCartney Has Seen Psychiatrist for Help

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Paul McCartney said Friday that he's seen a psychiatrist for help since the breakup of his marriage in May. McCartney, 64, and Heather Mills McCartney, 38, announced their separation in May after four years of marriage and began divorce proceedings in July. They have a 3-year-old daughter, Beatrice.  more
Lindsay Lohan Attending AA Meetings

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Lindsay Lohan has been attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, her publicist said Friday. "She started attending some, and I think it's a positive thing," Leslie Sloane told The Associated Press. "My biggest fear is who's the big idiot to out which (chapter) she goes to."  more
Clooney, DeVito Had 'Brutal Night' Out

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Blame it on the shots of limoncello. George Clooney says he woke up tipsy after a "brutal night" out on the town with his pal Danny DeVito. "Well the funniest thing was, ah, you know, we were just at a restaurant," Clooney says in an interview to air Monday on NBC's "Today" show.  more
Health & Medical
Bush: HIV/AIDS Pandemic Can Be Defeated

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President Bush marked Worlds AIDS Day on Friday by declaring: "The pandemic of HIV/AIDS can be defeated."  more
600 Sickened After Eating at N.Y. Bar
At least 600 people came down with a gastrointestinal illness after eating at a popular biker bar and restaurant, health officials said Friday.  more
Herpes Study Put Pregnant Women at Risk
Dozens of poor and minority pregnant women were put at risk when they were given dummy pills instead of a drug believed to prevent outbreaks of genital herpes, consumer watchdogs charged Friday.  more
Ultrasound Method May Supplant Biopsies

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An experimental ultrasound technique that measures how easily breast lumps compress and bounce back could enable doctors to determine instantly whether a woman has cancer or not _ without having to do a biopsy.  more
New Vaccinations May Be Needed in Miss.
Mississippi health officials say 750 children and adults in the Newton area may need new vaccinations because the drugs used initially may have been stored at too cold a temperature and their effectiveness weakened.  more
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High Tech
New E-Discovery Rules Benefit Some Firms
Companies that help businesses track and search their e-mails and other electronic data are experiencing a surge of interest in the wake of federal rule changes that clarify requirements to produce such evidence in lawsuits.  more
New E-Discovery Rules Benefit Some Firms
Companies that help businesses track and search their e-mails and other electronic data are experiencing a surge of interest in the wake of federal rule changes that clarify requirements to produce such evidence in lawsuits.  more
Calif. Stem Cell Center Releases Funds
California voters, wooed by an aggressive, multimillion dollar campaign that promised cures to myriad diseases, overwhelmingly approved the nation's most ambitious stem cell research center two years ago.  more
Indicted: Romanian Hacked U.S. Computers
A Romanian national was indicted on charges of hacking into more than 150 U.S. government computers, causing disruptions that cost NASA, the Energy Department and the Navy nearly $1.5 million.  more
U.S. Reports Unconfirmed Cyber Threat

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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
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