Bush Looks to Reverse Course of Iraq War  © The Associated Press 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. moreCindy 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  © The Associated Press 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. moreLaunch of Rocket Scrubbed Due to Glitch  © The Associated Press 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. moreChina: N. Korea Nuclear Talks to Resume  © The Associated Press 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
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  © The Associated Press 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. moreOil 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
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Sienna Miller Says She Didn't Seek Fame  © The Associated Press Her on-off relationship with Jude Law made her an overnight celebrity, but Sienna Miller says that wasn't her goal. moreLA 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  © The Associated Press 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. moreGore Vidal Slams U.S. Policy on Cuba  © The Associated Press 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. moreGibson 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
Correction: Dec. 8 Contraceptive Story  © The Associated Press 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. moreNext for NYC Trans Fat Ban: Enforcement  © The Associated Press 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. moreExperts 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  © The Associated Press 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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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?  © The Associated Press 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. moreVoIP 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  © The Associated Press 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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