Ban Sworn in As U.N. Secretary-General  © The Associated Press Inquiry Labels Diana's Death an Accident  © The Associated Press S.D. Sen. Johnson in Critical Condition  © The Associated Press 'Babel' Leads Golden Globes With 7 Nods  © The Associated Press McCain Calls for More Troops in Iraq  © The Associated Press
Fence Co. Cops to Immigration Charges A Southern California fence-building company and two executives have agreed to plead guilty and serve jail time for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants and pay a combined penalty of $5 million, two people close to the case said Thursday. more Real Estate Expected to Flounder in 2007 Donald Anthony has slashed the price on his four-bedroom, two-bathroom house by almost $80,000 _ and added $40,000 worth of improvements, including a new kitchen and landscaping in the leafy yard. more U.S. Regulators Revoke Steel Tariffs U.S. trade regulators on Thursday revoked most of the 13-year-old tariffs and duties against imports of a high-grade steel used in cars, giving a coalition of U.S. and Japanese automakers a holiday surprise. more U.S. Pushes China for Reforms  © The Associated Press Nestle to Buy Novartis Nutrition Unit Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company, will buy the medical nutrition unit of pharmaceutical company Novartis for $2.5 billion, the companies said Thursday. more
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Reynolds to Host Radio Show  © The Associated Press Composer Morricone to Get Honorary Oscar  © The Associated Press Fred Marsden, Merseybeat Drummer, Dies Fred Marsden, the drummer in the Merseybeat band Gerry and the Pacemakers, has died at age 66, his family said. more CNN's Dr. Gupta Also Making Calls at CBS  © The Associated Press Showtime Tries to Make the Odd Resonate At Showtime, the bosses are accustomed to having a very narrow window of opportunity. more
CNN's Dr. Gupta Also Making Calls at CBS  © The Associated Press Bush Adds 8 Nations to Malaria Fight President Bush on Thursday added eight more countries to a U.S. initiative aimed at combatting malaria in Africa and reducing the disease's mortality rate by 50 percent in targeted nations. more Senator's Illness a Lifelong Condition Envision a snarled ball of red and blue yarn, packed too tightly in the center to pull apart. The bleeding in Sen. Tim Johnson's brain resulted from a condition not too different _ where arteries and veins grew so knotted together that eventually at least one bursts. more Michigan Man 'Amazed' by New Right Hand A Michigan man who became the nation's third successful hand transplant recipient said Thursday that he's looking forward to throwing a ball with his new right hand. more N. Korea May Have Anti-Bird Flu Vaccine North Korea has claimed it developed a poultry vaccine against the deadly H5N1 type of bird flu and is inoculating chickens as part of stepped-up efforts to prevent the disease following outbreaks in South Korea. more
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Free Tunes Offered to Princeton Students Princeton University has joined a growing list of colleges that have deals to allow students to download music free _ and legally. more Sony Sticks to PS3 Shipment Target  © The Associated Press EU Sets Europe-Wide Wireless Standard Wireless baby monitors and headphones bought in one European country will work anywhere in the European Union, officials promised Thursday after setting EU-wide frequencies for short-range wireless products. more Cisco Invests $50 Million in China Firm Cisco Systems Inc. announced a $50 million investment in the newly public China Communications Services Corporation Ltd., making the U.S. network-equipment maker the largest foreign investor in CCS. more IBM, Schools Pursue Open-Source Research IBM Corp., which has been a big backer of open-source software, is working with seven universities on new computing research projects whose fruits would be widely shared rather than held as intellectual property. more
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