Old School: NBA to Go Back to Old Ball  © The Associated Press Foxy Brown Rapped Over Probation Terms  © The Associated Press Ex-Enron CEO Skilling Gets Prison Delay The former Enron chief who once resided in a $4.7 million, Mediterranean-style mansion in Houston's toniest neighborhood will get a bit of a reprieve before he must report to prison, where he would likely have three roommates in a converted college dorm room. more Iran Students Disrupt President's Speech  © The Associated Press No Kudos for Bush in Annan's Farewell  © The Associated Press
Ex-Enron CEO Skilling Gets Prison Delay The former Enron chief who once resided in a $4.7 million, Mediterranean-style mansion in Houston's toniest neighborhood will get a bit of a reprieve before he must report to prison, where he would likely have three roommates in a converted college dorm room. more Comair Pilots Say Union Can Call Strike Comair pilots on Monday overwhelmingly gave their union leaders authorization to call a strike if they determine it's necessary in the continuing dispute with the regional airline over contract concessions. more Retailers Aim Discounts at Lollygaggers Online and traditional retailers are taking aim at the bane of their holiday sales _ procrastinators. You know the type. Last minute lollygaggers who have put off their holiday shopping either to wait for desperation sales by retailers or because they can't stand the crowds. more Texas Instruments Cuts 4Q Forecast Texas Instruments Inc., the leading maker of chips for cell phones, cut its profit and revenue forecast for the fourth quarter on Monday due to slower sales of semiconductors, and it warned that sales could weaken further early next year. more UPS Seeks More Cuts, Offers Severance UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, said Monday it is seeking more job cuts on top of 1,200 positions in its logistics unit it previously said it would cut. The Atlanta-based company has offered voluntary severance packages to roughly 650 employees at its headquarters and in its Supply Chain Solutions division in the United States. Those receiving the offers are at least 50 years old and have at least 10 years of experience, spokesman Norman Black said. more
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Judge Rejects Injunction Against 'Borat' A judge rejected a request by two fraternity brothers to block the DVD release of the hit spoof movie "Borat." West Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joseph S. Biderman also refused to order the removal of a scene that includes the two men, who claim they had been duped into misbehaving on camera. more Foxy Brown Rapped Over Probation Terms  © The Associated Press Quincy Jones Named `Mentor of the Year'  © The Associated Press '50s Pop Singer Georgia Gibbs Dies at 87  © The Associated Press Stephen Hawking Reflects on Life & Fame Stephen Hawking showed off his sense of humor Monday, telling an Israeli TV interviewer that "the only advantage of my disability is that I do not get put on a lot of boring committees." more
Taco Bell E. Coli Source Not Confirmed Federal testing has failed to confirm green onions as the source of an outbreak of E. coli that sickened 64 people who ate in Taco Bell restaurants in the Northeast, health officials said Monday. more Study Shows What Helped During 1918 Flu Government health officials tried to build their case for school closings and similar steps during a flu pandemic by showcasing new research Monday that suggests such measures seemed to work during the deadly Spanish flu of 1918. more Cruise Ship Hit With 2nd Virus Outbreak The world's largest cruise ship was held in port Monday for intensive cleaning after a second outbreak of gastrointestinal illness in two voyages sickened 108 people. more Height Loss Tied to Heart Disease in Men A study of older British men finds that those who shrink in height by about an inch or more over 20 years are more likely to die earlier than other men. Those men also have a greater risk of heart disease. more Little-Known Disease Threatening Legs Gangrene was eating away Frank D. Johnson's toes, the last stage of a little-known disease that slowly chokes off blood flow in millions of people's legs. Dr. Richard Neville made a last-ditch attempt to avoid amputating his leg, implanting a special woven tube to replace a key clogged artery. The artificial blood vessel, coated with a blood-thinning drug to work better, is the latest treatment aimed at saving legs riddled with peripheral artery disease, or PAD. more
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Survey: Weather Updates Popular Via Cell A greater percentage of cell phone Internet users visit popular weather and sports Web sites compared with people who go online via computer, according to survey findings by MobileWeb Metrix. more Big Media Taps New Set of Digital Gurus  © The Associated Press Va. AG Wants Sex Offenders' Online Names Attorney General Bob McDonnell said Monday he will seek legislation requiring convicted sex offenders to register their online identities with the state to help MySpace and other online hangouts more easily block access. more Researchers Developing Anti-Fraud Tool  © The Associated Press Report: Wi-Fi Demand Up 25 Pct. in '06 Demand for microchips that help laptops, video game consoles and other gadgets connect wirelessly to the Internet pushed higher in 2006, a trade group said Monday. more
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