L.T. Carries Chargers Past Chiefs 20-9  © The Associated Press It was an electrifying run in a charged-up season. LaDainian Tomlinson turned a simple off-tackle play into an 85-yard touchdown run, lighting up Qualcomm Stadium and carrying the San Diego Chargers to a 20-9 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night. moreSunday Finale: Yul Kwon Wins 'Survivor' His former competitors awarded Yul Kwon, the "godfather" of the CBS game "Survivor: Cook Islands," with the $1 million top prize Sunday in a classic finale that pitted brains vs. brawn. more Mediators: Hamas, Fatah Reach Cease-Fire  © The Associated Press The rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas reached a tentative cease-fire Sunday to end days of bloody fighting that had raised tensions in the Gaza Strip to their highest point in a decade, mediators said. moreNorth Korea Nuclear Talks Resume  © The Associated Press Six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program resumed Monday for the first time in more than a year, a test of whether the secretive communist regime is willing to negotiate after its surprise atomic test rattled the region this fall. moreDiscovery Crew Readies for 4th Spacewalk  © The Associated Press Instead of enjoying a relaxing day at the international space station, the space shuttle Discovery's seven astronauts prepared Sunday for an unplanned, fourth spacewalk to get a stubborn, half-retracted solar array to fold up. more
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Sunday Finale: Yul Kwon Wins 'Survivor' His former competitors awarded Yul Kwon, the "godfather" of the CBS game "Survivor: Cook Islands," with the $1 million top prize Sunday in a classic finale that pitted brains vs. brawn. more 'Happyness' Pays Off at Box Office Not even a dragon or the world's most-beloved spider could deny Will Smith another first-place finish at the box office. more TV Offers Competing Yule Logs on Dec. 25 There's a Yule duel brewing this Christmas day. Not one, but two separate versions of "The Yule Log," one of television's oddest yet most heartwarming holiday habits, will beckon families as they open their gifts. more 'Headless Opera' Puts Police on Alert  © The Associated Press Audience members at Monday's Deutsche Oper production of Mozart's "Idomeneo" will be kindly asked to empty their pockets of all metal objects. And they should be prepared to leave _ quickly _ in case of a bomb alert. moreJoey Lauren Adams Shows Film in Ark. Joey Lauren Adams says she got tired of waiting for the phone to ring with acting job offers, so she decided to go behind the camera for her directorial debut "Come Early Morning." more
Hormones Used in Breast Cancer Fight Robin Khadduri gets monthly shots of a drug that blocks the male hormone testosterone and is often used to treat prostate cancer. more Low-Fat Diets May Help Some Dodge Cancer  © The Associated Press The first experiment ever to show that low-fat diets could help prevent a return of breast cancer now reveals, with longer follow-up, that the benefit was almost exclusively to women whose tumor growth was not driven by hormones. moreBacteria Outbreak Closes Hospital Units A hospital has closed its neonatal and pediatrics intensive care units to new admissions after a potentially fatal bacterium sickened seven children, including an infant who may have died from the infection, officials said. more State Pandemic Preparations Vary Widely  © The Associated Press Trailers packed with cots and medical supplies are parked in secret locations around Colorado, ready for doctors to open makeshift hospitals in school gyms if a flu pandemic strikes. moreSurvivors Recall Horror of Flu Pandemic  © The Associated Press At the height of the flu pandemic in 1918, William H. Sardo Jr. remembers the pine caskets stacked in the living room of his family's house, a funeral home in Washington, D.C. more
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WSJ Starts Stock-Tracking Feature Online  © The Associated Press The Wall Street Journal is launching an online stock market-tracking feature next month as it moves to a smaller size and cuts back on the stock tables in the newspaper. moreVirtual Reality Boosts Rehab in Israel On most days, a tumor on Zvulun Muola's spinal cord keeps him confined to a wheelchair, but today he is standing on a small, wooden dinghy gliding downstream, navigating between the islands of a tropical paradise. more Technology Changing Way Fans See Game The San Francisco Giants were in the thick of the pennant race in August 2002. And Blake Krikorian and his brother, Jason, were stuck at their office with no way to watch. more High-Rise Security Is 'Balancing Act' Electronic ID cards, surveillance cameras and metal detectors are fixtures in high-rise office buildings, but experts say with thousands whizzing through the revolving doors each day, it's impossible to guarantee workers' safety. more Universities Vulnerable to ID Thieves Universities have become attractive targets for hackers who are taking advantage of the openness of the schools' networks, their decentralized security and the personal information they keep on millions of young adults. more
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