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Bush Looks to Reverse Course of Iraq War

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President Bush on Monday opened intensive consultations on Iraq, aiming to reverse the course of the nearly 4-year-old war and energize his final two years in office.  more
Cindy Sheehan Convicted of Trespassing
Peace activist Cindy Sheehan and three other women were convicted Monday of trespassing for trying to delivery an anti-Iraq war petition to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.  more
Gainey Daughter Still Missing at Sea

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A daughter of hockey great Bob Gainey was still missing Monday after she was washed overboard in the Atlantic during a storm while working on a sailing ship bound for the Caribbean.  more
Launch of Rocket Scrubbed Due to Glitch

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The launch of a rocket carrying two satellites for the Air Force and NASA was scrubbed early Monday because of a problem with the software for one of the satellites, officials said.  more
China: N. Korea Nuclear Talks to Resume

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Disarmament talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program will resume next week, China said Monday, announcing an apparent end to Pyongyang's 13-month-old boycott of the negotiations over U.S. financial sanctions.  more
Market Reports
Ex-VW Personnel Chief Trial Set Jan. 17
Former Volkswagen AG personnel chief Peter Hartz will go on trial next month on charges linked to a corruption scandal at Europe's biggest automaker, a court said Monday.  more
HP CFO Wayman to Retire
Computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday that its chief financial officer, Bob Wayman, plans to retire at the end of the year.  more
Stocks Edge Up Ahead of Fed Meeting
Wall Street was narrowly higher Monday as investors weighed several takeover developments and placed bets ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates.  more
CSN of Brazil Tops Tata Bid for Corus

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Brazilian steelmaker CSN raised the stakes in the bidding war for Britain's Corus Group PLC on Monday, topping a sweetened offer by Tata Steel of India.  more
Oil Prices Fall Ahead of OPEC Meeting
Oil prices fell in sluggish trading Monday amid mixed signals from OPEC officials about the possibility of production cuts when the organization meets later this week.  more
Entertainment
Sienna Miller Says She Didn't Seek Fame

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Her on-off relationship with Jude Law made her an overnight celebrity, but Sienna Miller says that wasn't her goal.  more
LA Opera Receives Recovered Voices Gift
The Los Angeles Opera has received a $4 million donation for a multiyear "Recovered Voices" project that will produce music the Nazis tried to silence.  more
Tenor Walks Off Stage at La Scala

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Tenor Roberto Alagna marched off the stage at La Scala when the audience booed him during the second performance of Franco Zeffirelli's "Aida." He was replaced seconds later by his understudy, who rushed on wearing jeans.  more
Gore Vidal Slams U.S. Policy on Cuba

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Celebrated American writer Gore Vidal slammed the four-decade-long U.S. trade embargo against Cuba on Sunday, saying during a visit to the island that he hopes recent changes in U.S. politics will help end the sanctions.  more
Gibson Delivers Another Box Office Win
Mel Gibson's bloody epic "Apocalypto" debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie, proving the filmmaker still can deliver a winner despite his drunken-driving arrest and anti-Semitic rant last summer.  more
Health & Medical
Correction: Dec. 8 Contraceptive Story

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In a Dec. 7 story about oral contraceptives, The Associated Press misspelled an ingredient in Femcon Fe, a chewable contraceptive tablet made by Warner Chilcott. The ingredient is ethinyl estradiol, not ethanol estradiol. The corrected story is below.  more
Next for NYC Trans Fat Ban: Enforcement

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City officials are promising to be gentle when it comes to enforcing the first-in-the-nation ban on trans fats, which restaurants will have more than a year to rid from their food.  more
Experts Ponder Bird Flu's Disappearance
Earlier this year, bird flu panic was in full swing: The French feared for their foie gras, the Swiss locked their chickens indoors, and Americans enlisted prison inmates in Alaska to help spot infected wild birds.  more
Parents, Docs: Wait Out Ear Infections
That familiar tug on his ear or restless night sleep is usually the sign that little Baedden Pollett has another ear infection. The 2 1/2-year-old has had more of them than his parents can count.  more
Taco Bell E. Coli Tests Clear Most Foods

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Taco Bell announced Saturday tests have ruled out all its ingredients except one _ scallions _ as a possible source of a harsh strain of E. coli that has sickened more than 60 people in the Northeast.  more
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High Tech
Dutch Pull Plug on Free Analog TV
The Netherlands ended transmission of "free to air" analog television Monday, becoming the first nation to switch completely to digital signals.  more
HP CFO Wayman to Retire
Computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday that its chief financial officer, Bob Wayman, plans to retire at the end of the year.  more
How Much Will Windows Security Matter?

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Microsoft Corp. took great pains to improve security in its newly released computer operating system, Windows Vista, redesigning it to reduce users' exposure to destructive programs from the Internet. Outside researchers commend the retooled approach _ yet they also say the changes won't make online life much safer than it is now.  more
VoIP Subscribers Grow 18 Percent in 3Q
U.S. subscribers to Internet-based telephone services grew 18 percent to 8.2 million in the third quarter, but the growth rate slowed for a second straight quarter, according to the research firm TeleGeography.  more
School Shuns Tech, Teaches Fountain Pen

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In this age of cell phones, text messages and computer keyboards, one Scottish school has returned to basics. It's teaching youngsters the neglected art of writing with a fountain pen.  more
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