Consumers Less Cheery as Holidays Near  © The Associated Press HP Investors Shrug Off Spying Scandal  © The Associated Press Dual Missile Test Fails Off Hawaii A drill planned to demonstrate the Navy's ability to knock down two incoming missiles at once from the same ship failed off Hawaii's coast on Thursday, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said. more Look Out Aaron: Bonds Returns to Giants  © The Associated Press Suns Beat Nets in Wild Shootout, 161-157  © The Associated Press
China Bans New Foreign Investment in TV China has imposed a moratorium on new foreign investment in film and TV production companies, a news report on Friday quoted a regulatory official as saying. more Consumers Less Cheery as Holidays Near  © The Associated Press Japanese Stocks Fall; Dollar Down  © The Associated Press Oil Prices Climb in Asian Trading Oil prices rose in Asian trading Friday, supported by expectations of further production cuts by OPEC countries and amid violence in Nigeria, Africa's largest oil producer. more Monsanto, Pioneer Fight for Seed Market  © The Associated Press
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Little Steven Starts Own Record Label It's not like Steven Van Zandt doesn't have enough to keep him busy. There's his job as host of his nationally syndicated "Underground Garage" radio program, with more than 1 million listeners in 200 markets. And his position as head of his own channel on Sirius Satellite Radio. And his role as consigliere Silvio Dante on "The Sopranos." more Probation for Phillips in Battery Case  © The Associated Press Report: TV Diversity Increasing, Slowly Civil-rights groups seeking greater ethnic diversity in the TV industry said Thursday the major broadcast networks are making improvements but it's time for greater progress _ and pressure. more 'Survivor' Winner Appeals Convictions  © The Associated Press Zeffirelli Opens La Scala Season Franco Zeffirelli was cheered and showered with roses on the opening night of his new production of Verdi's "Aida" at La Scala on Thursday night, making his triumphant return after a 14-year absence from the opera house where he first made his mark. more
Congress Votes to Up Autism Spending Congress voted Thursday to significantly increase federal funding for research into identifying the cause of autism, now diagnosed in one in 166 children. more E. Coli Could Hurt Taco Bell Sales  © The Associated Press Drugmaker Makes Chewable Contraceptive  © The Associated Press 1 Death, 19 Injuries Blamed on Magnets At least one U.S. child has died and 19 others have needed surgery since 2003 after swallowing magnets used in toys, the government reported Thursday. more Formerly Conjoined Twins Going Home  © The Associated Press
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Study: More Internet Journalists Jailed When Iranian journalist Mojtaba Saminejad was sentenced to two years in prison for insulting the country's Supreme Leader, it was not for an article that appeared in a newspaper. His offending story was posted on his personal Web blog. more Google Begins Testing Radio Ad Service Google Inc. has started testing a long-awaited radio advertising service that represents the Internet search leader's most elaborate attempt yet at expanding its financial clout beyond the Web. more Poll: 'IM-Ing' Divides Teens, Adults Teenager Michelle Rome can't imagine life without instant messaging. Baby boomer Steve Wilson doesn't care that it even exists. They're part of an "instant messaging gap" between teens and adults. And the division is wide, says an AP-AOL survey on how Americans use or snub those Internet bursts of gossip, happy date-making and teen tragedies that young people exchange by the hour while supposedly doing homework. more Group Advocates Video Game Rating System With the holiday shopping season underway, an industry group for video games is trying to encourage parents to use its voluntary ratings to protect children from graphic images of sex and violence. more Data Format Approved As Int'l Standard A data format used in Microsoft Corp.'s prevalent Office software line has been approved as an international standard _ a move aimed at preserving access to documents created with the package for years to come. more
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