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2008-12-03 16:42	AP International	Bombs found in Mumbai train station a week later MUMBAI, India (AP) - Police searching a mound of baggage abandoned amid the carnage of the attack on Mumbai's main train station found two bombs Wednesday mdash; nearly a week after they were left there by gunmen mdash; in a stunning new example of the botched security that has become a major issue in India since the three-day siege....
2008-12-03 16:32	AP International	ICC prosecutor: Sudan leader 'inciting violence' UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court cautioned the U.N. Wednesday to be prepared for reprisals in Darfur if he obtains a warrant to arrest Sudan's president on genocide charges....
2008-12-03 16:32	AFP	Union, automakers to make sacrifices to win 34 billion dollar bailout DETROIT, Michigan (AFP) - The United Auto Workers union joined the Big Three US automakers Wednesday in offering to make sacrifices in exchange for a massive government bailout to save the vital industry from collapse....
2008-12-03 16:32	AFP	Henry blames #39;too much running#39; for lack of goals at Barca MADRID (AFP) - Barcelona#39;s French striker Thierry Henry, accused by many fans of the Catalan club of not scoring enough goals, said on Wednesday that he did not have to do as much running when he was at former club Arsenal....
2008-12-03 16:30	Reuters UK	Defence seeks 6-year term for O.J. Simpson
2008-12-03 16:30	Reuters UK	New fabric can wipe away toxic chemicals: study
2008-12-03 16:22	AP Top News	Bombs found in Mumbai train station a week later MUMBAI, India (AP) - Police searching a mound of baggage abandoned amid the carnage of the attack on Mumbai's main train station found two bombs Wednesday - nearly a week after they were left there by gunmen - in a stunning new example of the botched security that has become a major issue in India since the three-day siege. The discovery came as Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said India is determined to act decisively following the attacks, saying the evidence was clear the gunmen came from Pakistan and their handlers are still there....
2008-12-03 16:17	AP International	Artifacts stolen by US Army pilot return to Egypt NEW YORK (AP) - Dozens of ancient artifacts stolen by a former U.S. Army officer were returned Wednesday to the Egyptian government....
2008-12-03 16:17	AP International	Montserrat volcano erupts; fires in former capital SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The volcano on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat has burst into action, spewing columns of ash and hurling glowing red rocks that set vegetation and a few buildings ablaze in the island's deserted capital, scientists said Wednesday....
2008-12-03 16:17	Reuters Lead Headline	All options on table All options were on the table as the automakers' proposals and an urgent appeal for $34 billion in aid were scrutinized ahead of congressional hearings....
2008-12-03 16:17	Reuters, International	All options on table All options were on the table as the automakers' proposals and an urgent appeal for $34 billion in aid were scrutinized ahead of congressional hearings....
2008-12-03 16:12	AFP	Armstrong and Contador train together SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain (AFP) - Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has been training with new Astana team-mate Alberto Contador in the Canaries, his team revealed on Wednesday....
2008-12-03 16:12	AP International	Costa Rica ousts top 2 intel officials SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) - Costa Rica has replaced two top intelligence officials because a government password apparently was used to loot private bank accounts....
2008-12-03 16:12	AP Top News	Jeb Bush's bid for Senate could clear GOP field TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Still popular in Florida, former Gov. Jeb Bush said Wednesday that he's interested in the seat Sen. Mel Martinez is giving up, and the field of possible candidates could quickly narrow to make way for the president's younger brother. Bush, 55, won praise from Democrats and Republicans alike for leading the state through eight hurricanes over a two-year period. He used standardized testing to overhaul the education system, was credited with making government more efficient and lowered taxes to make Florida more business-friendly....
2008-12-03 16:02	AP International	US buys aircraft, technology for Mexican drug war (AP) - In the first stage of the multi-year Merida Initiative, the U.S. is providing $400 million to Mexico and $65 million to Central America to fight drug gangs. The U.S. State Department says the money will pay for:...
2008-12-03 16:02	AP International	Russia to send warship through Panama Canal (AP) - PANAMA CITY, Panama mdash; Russia said Wednesday it is sending a warship through the Panama Canal for the first time since World War II, a short journey loaded with symbolic weight: the destroyer will dock at a former U.S. naval base, showcasing Russia's growing influence in the region....
2008-12-03 15:57	AP International	92 nations sign cluster-bomb ban; US, Russia don't OSLO, Norway (AP) - An Afghan teenager who lost both legs in a cluster bomb explosion helped persuade his country to change its stance and join nearly 100 nations in signing a treaty Wednesday banning the disputed weapons....
2008-12-03 15:52	AP International	Cruise passengers describe cheeky pirate attack MUSCAT, Oman (AP) - Ordered to get inside and stay down, Oregon tourist Clyde Thornburg heard the pirates' rifle shots hit the side of the luxury cruise liner mdash; Pop! Pop! Pop! mdash; then felt the ship speed up to escape....
2008-12-03 15:52	AP International	Insurers like Obama health plan, with reservations WASHINGTON (AP) - The insurance industry embraced many of President-elect Barack Obama's ideas for better health care coverage Wednesday, though it opposes a key piece of his plan to require employers to help pay for that coverage....
2008-12-03 15:47	AFP	US job losses accelerate, German car sales stall WASHINGTON (AFP) - US job losses accelerated in November while German car sales skidded to new lows, according to the latest batch of data Wednesday that added to worries about the global economic outlook....
2008-12-03 15:47	AFP	UAW will make concessions to save automakers: union boss DETROIT, Michigan (AFP) - The United Auto Workers is willing to make significant concessions to help rescue the Big Three US automakers, the union#39;s president said Wednesday....
2008-12-03 15:42	AP International	Small plane crashes east of PR capital SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A small plane with three people on board mdash; including two American tourists mdash; crashed into a fog-shrouded mountain in a national forest east of San Juan on Wednesday, emergency officials said....
2008-12-03 15:42	AP International	LA delays decision on scrapping elephant exhibit LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kids can keep visiting Billy the elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo mdash; for now....
2008-12-03 15:42	AP International	Couples staying together because of poor economy (AP) - Running into your ex is almost always awkward and stressful. David Snyder and Nancy Partridge deal with it nearly every day....
2008-12-03 15:42	AP Top News	UAW to renegotiate labor terms, suspend jobs bank DETROIT (AP) - The United Auto Workers said Wednesday it is willing to change its contracts with U.S. automakers and accept delays payments of billions of dollars to a union-run health care trust to do its part to help the struggling companies secure $34 billion in government loans. United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said the union will suspend the jobs bank, in which laid-off workers are paid up to 95 percent of their salaries while not working, but he did not give specifics or a timetable of when the program will end....
2008-12-03 15:42	AP Top News	Cruise passengers describe cheeky pirate attack MUSCAT, Oman (AP) - Ordered to get inside and stay down, Oregon tourist Clyde Thornburg heard the pirates' rifle shots hit the side of the luxury cruise liner - Pop! Pop! Pop! - then felt the ship speed up to escape. At this port north of the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden, passengers told The Associated Press on Wednesday they had been warned of the danger even before they embarked, and the crew used a device that blasted painful high-decibel sound waves to keep the marauders at bay....
2008-12-03 15:32	AP International	Texas time warp? State criticized for mental care DENTON, Texas (AP) - For more than a century, thousands of mentally disabled Americans were isolated from society, sometimes for life, by being confined to huge public hospitals....
2008-12-03 15:32	AP International	Camels found wandering in Mexican border city CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - It may have seemed like a mirage: Two camels nibbling on a pine tree along a street in this desert metropolis on the Texas border....
2008-12-03 15:32	AP International	21 illegal immigrants claim abuse by Texas captors McALLEN, Texas (AP) - Twenty-one Guatemalan immigrants told authorities they were abducted from a Texas smuggler's safehouse and threatened, beaten and in some cases raped....
2008-12-03 15:32	AP Top News	Scientists ask: Is technology rewiring our brains? NEW YORK (AP) - What does a teenage brain on Google look like? Do all those hours spent online rewire the circuitry? Could these kids even relate better to emoticons than to real people? These sound like concerns from worried parents. But they're coming from brain scientists. While violent video games have gotten a lot of public attention, some current concerns go well beyond that. Some scientists think the wired world may be changing the way we read, learn and interact with each other....
2008-12-03 15:30	Reuters UK	Obama says carmakers' plan is "more serious"
2008-12-03 15:22	AP International	China denies alleged attack on foreign journalists BEIJING (AP) - Local Chinese officials on Wednesday denied allegations by a Belgian television crew that they had been attacked while trying to report on the HIV epidemic in a hard-hit rural village, state media said....
2008-12-03 15:22	AP International	Kin of NY man trampled by shoppers sue Wal-Mart GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) - The family of a worker trampled to death in a Black Friday crush of bargain hunters at a Long Island Wal-Mart store filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on Wednesday, claiming store ads offering deep discounts created an atmosphere of competition and anxiety that led to crowd craze....
2008-12-03 15:22	AP International	Officials: Mumbai gunman promised cash for family MUMBAI, India (AP) - The only gunman captured during the terror attack on Mumbai says he was promised that his impoverished family would get $1,250 if he died fighting for militant Islam, security officials said Wednesday....
2008-12-03 15:12	AP Top News	Judge gives millennium terrorist same 22-year term SEATTLE (AP) - Rejecting prosecutors' calls for a life term, a federal judge on Wednesday reimposed a 22-year prison sentence for an al-Qaida-trained terrorist convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport at the turn of the millennium. An appeals court had told U.S. District Judge John Coughenour to recalculate the 22-year term he gave Ahmed Ressam three years ago, but Coughenour kept the same sentence. Prosecutors earlier had sought a 45-year term for Ressam, but on Wednesday recommended a life term because they said Ressam has stopped cooperating on other cases....
2008-12-03 15:07	AP Top News	Police arrest aunt in Calif. shackled teen case BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Police have arrested the aunt of a 17-year-old boy who showed up at a gym shackled and terrified, claiming he had just fled his captors. Caren Ramirez is the third suspect arrested in the alleged assault against the teen. Ramirez, 43, was arrested Tuesday night after police received a tip she was in the San Francisco suburb of Berkeley, said Tracy police spokesman Matt Robinson. Tracy is about 60 miles east of San Francisco....
2008-12-03 15:07	AP Top News	Study raps Web sites touting stem cell therapies Study raps Web sites touting stem cell therapiesNEW YORK (AP) - Consumers should be wary of Web sites from clinics that offer stem cell treatments, says a study that found a lack of firm medical evidence to back up their claims. The Web sites in the study generally portrayed their therapies as safe, effective and ready for routine use, but published research doesn't support that overoptimistic picture, the study authors said....
2008-12-03 15:07	AP Top News	The one that didn't get away yields long-lost ring The one that didn't get away yields long-lost ringBUNA, Texas (AP) - The one that didn't get away held an unlikely surprise for a Texas man. The blue-stoned class ring of Joe Richardson, engraved with his name, turned up inside an 8-pound bass 21 years after he lost it while fishing on Lake Sam Rayburn. My first reaction was - you gotta be kidding, he said Wednesday....
2008-12-03 15:07	AP Top News	Red Sox give AL MVP Pedroia a 6-year, $40.5M deal BOSTON (AP) - AL Most Valuable Player Dustin Pedroia and the Boston Red Sox agreed Wednesday to a $40.5 million, six-year contract. The deal includes a club option for 2015. He would not have been eligible for free agency until after the 2012 season. Pedroia led the AL with 213 hits, 118 runs and 54 doubles in helping the Red Sox win a wild-card berth. He batted .326 with 17 home runs and 83 RBIs and also stole 20 bases to become the first AL second baseman to win the MVP award since Nellie Fox in 1959 with the Chicago White Sox....
2008-12-03 15:02	AP International	Human noise drowns out song of whales ROME (AP) - The songs that whales and dolphins use to communicate, orient themselves and find mates are being drowned out by human-made noises in the world's oceans, U.N. officials and environmental groups said Wednesday....
2008-12-03 15:02	AP International	Name by name, Obama's Cabinet taking shape (AP) - Day by day, name by name, President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is taking shape, and other top jobs are being filled....
2008-12-03 14:50	Reuters UK	Mandelson calls for active industrial policy
2008-12-03 14:47	AP International	Polygamist Jeffs appeals 2007 Utah conviction SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Attorneys for polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs are asking the Utah Supreme Court to reverse his 2007 criminal conviction and direct a 5th District judge to order a new trial....
2008-12-03 14:42	AP International	Judge gives millennium terrorist same 22-year term SEATTLE (AP) - Rejecting prosecutors' calls for a life term, a federal judge on Wednesday reimposed a 22-year prison sentence for an al-Qaida-trained terrorist convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport at the turn of the millennium....
2008-12-03 14:32	AP International	Lawyers: Hudson in-law angered by wife's dating CHICAGO (AP) - Prosecutors allege Jennifer Hudson's estranged brother-in-law killed three family members because he was angry the singer's sister was dating another man....
2008-12-03 14:32	AP International	O.J. Simpson's final chapter: a prison sentence LAS VEGAS (AP) - During his trial for armed robbery and kidnapping, O.J. Simpson once sat in a courthouse hallway musing on what might have been: Before his arrest, he had considered moving to Las Vegas, where he liked the climate and the people he had met....
2008-12-03 14:32	AP International	Court upholds $156M Palestinian terror verdict CHICAGO (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a $156 million judgment against three Palestinian charities accused of bankrolling terrorism, but dropped a Chicago man from the long-running civil suit....
2008-12-03 14:30	Reuters UK	West Indies to tour England in 2009
2008-12-03 14:30	Reuters UK	Apple may be chilling iTunes competition: critics
2008-12-03 14:30	Reuters UK	Federline says Britney marriage broke over kids


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