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BUSINESS
- Oil languishes near $35 on weak US economy
- Taiwan flat-panel display makers seek China orders
- Sequels to iconic CEOs rarely as good as original
- House Democrats propose $825 billion stimulus bill
- Test: Some peanut butter at Ga. plant contaminated
- Charlotte final destination for most on down plane
- Bank troubles raise fears of growing bailout
- Venezuela seeks investments from Big Oil
- Treasury and Bank of America near bailout deal
- Peru eyes financing, but Fed credit 'unlikely'
- Obama's SEC choice promises aggressive action
- Appeals court sides with J&J in stent dispute
- Putin suggests Europe pays to pump needed gas west
- British govt OKs 3rd runway for Heathrow
- Google to cut 100 jobs, close engineering offices
- Gold Reserve wants compensation for Venezuela mine
- Genentech 4Q profit rises, but just short of views
- JPMorgan posts profit, but 'disappointing' one
- Lilly settles Zyprexa suit for $1.42 billion
- Ireland's gov't to nationalize Anglo-Irish
- Latin American stocks gain on bailout hopes
- Scorecard for the major stock market indexes
- Treasurys mixed as stocks try for a recovery
- Meltdown 101: Why gas prices rise while oil drops
- Not all target-date funds are created equal
- Rising dollar sends gold prices lower
- New jobless claims rise, economy keeps shrinking
- Senate approves release of unspent bailout funds
- Banks, investment firms borrow less from Fed
- GM basing plans on lower US sales outlook of 10.5M
- Fed approves Protective Life as bank holding co.
- NY probes hedge fund operator tied to Madoff
- Beer sales falling with economy
- Chinese FM: Beijing will not abandon Africa
- Spokesman: Russian oligarch seeks UK newspaper
- December wholesale prices fall 1.9 percent
- Carrefour reports slowing 4th quarter sales growth
- US, EU escalate dispute over ban on hormone beef
- Bulgaria asks neighbors for help in gas shortage
- Scottish and Southern Energy gets OK for wind farm
- Bio information on SEC nominee Mary Schapiro
- UnitedHealth, Aetna pay to resolve claims disputes
- Dollar holds gains as ECB cuts rates, stocks dive
- World markets slide amid renewed US banking fears
- Anheuser-Busch InBev to open New York office
- UK retailers post cautious trading statements
- European Central Bank cuts rates to 2 percent
- EU restarts export subsidies for dairy
- Advocacy group sues Coca-Cola over VitaminWater
- Spain: housing prices down
- India's TCS says quarterly profits rise 1.63 pct
- Minister: Poland avoiding worst of economic crisis
- Gazprom sways as Russia plays hardball
- UN predicts zero world growth in 2009
- Anti-government protest held in Bulgaria
- Danish central bank cuts interest rate to 3 pct
- HMV enters live music market as CD sales stall
- US petroleum demand in 2008 lowest in 5 years
- Novartis to build $486M plant in North Carolina
- Oddo wins case against UBS in Madoff fund dispute
- Kazakh uranium output fails to meet target
- FTSE 100 down 12.74 at 4,167.90
- Dems unveil $825 billion stimulus measure
- Sarkozy asks French banks to suspend bonuses
- India names 3 more to board of Satyam after fraud
- Associated British Foods reports revenue rise
- TNK-BP appoints former German Chancellor to board
- US lobby foresees downturn ending later in year
- Fewer tourists visit Britain
- Carphone Warehouse reports 13 pct rise in revenue
- Brazil stocks rise after 4 days of losses
- Qatar liquid gas plant shut down; probe under way
- Airbus retains title as world's largest planemaker
- Nissan cuts Japan production amid reports of loss
- US foreclosure filings up 81 percent in 2008
- Dutch government okays new offshore wind turbines
- Iran interested in Boeing jets
- EU calls for talks on helping carmakers
- Dollar mixed, gold down in morning trading
- UK electronics retailer DSG reports fall in sales
- Moody's may downgrade ratings of top SKorean banks
- SABMiller beer volumes fall in 3Q
- Russian ruble dips to decade low
- HK index falls 3.4 pct as HSBC plumbs decade low
- Circle Oil strikes oil in Egypt concession
- Home Retail Group reports falling sales
- European car sales hit 15-year low
- World Bank bars Philippine, China firms for graft
- Suppliers at Pa. Farm Show say business thrives
- Dutch ASML posts euro88 million 4th-quarter loss
- Frankfurt airport sees fewer passengers
- US credibility seen at risk over SKorea trade deal
- Malaysia's AirAsia seeks support for new airport
- Euro lower against dollar
- China shares mixed amid global sell-off
- Japan stocks tumble on fresh economic woes
- Taiwan shares sink more than 4 percent
- China's 2008 foreign investment up 23.6 percent
- Singapore retail sales fall 5.2 pct in November
- Australia's stock market slides 4.3 percent
- NZ economy faces year of stagnation, govt says
- Colorado Springs seeks commercial sponsors
ENTERTAINMENT
- I triple-dog dare you: Boy's tongue stuck on pole
- Rival studios reach deal on 'Watchmen' release
- 2 actors inducted into Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
- Amy Poehler ready for a sitcom change of pace
- Knoxville detained for inert grenade at airport
- Oscar who? Best movies of 2008 picked with math
- Man beats speeding ticket by saying sign too small
- Guards angered after stripper performs at jail
- 'Joba-The-Not' charged with impersonating Yankee
- NY driver, passenger switch places; both drunk
- St. Lucia thanks Winehouse for publicity's impact
- NBC announces `30 Rock,' `The Office' renewals
- Judge allows access in Los Angeles gate squabble
- Hollywood on the Potomac: Where the stars will be
- Citibank wins judgment against Ed McMahon
- Sundance premieres find buyers as festival opens
- Lauren Ambrose, Andrea Martin join 'Exit the King'
- Redford's excited over fade out on Bush years
- Lithuanian firm hires witch to hunt debt dodgers
- End to Bush's `Great Moments' on Letterman
- Audience holds steady up for `American Idol'
- `Friday Night Lights' has new hope for survival
- Lincoln's top hat, suit on view at Smithsonian
- New York City Opera to pare season in 2009-10
- Long-running Las Vegas topless revue to close
- Sundance zooms on as recession hits host city
- Man waiting for tools gets brick of marijuana
- Paul Simon concerts to reopen NYC's Beacon Theatre
- Obama helps Stephanopoulos to first viewership win
- Howie Mandel back at work, says his health is fine
- Steve Carell buys Massachusetts general store
- Historic NYC diner will get hauled to Alabama
- More layoffs announced by Random House
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- NYC sculptor creates HOPE artwork
- 'Slumdog' leads field for British Academy awards
- Artist creates sensation by mocking EU nations
- Prize-winning writer Hortense Calisher dies at 97
- Naomi Campbell settles lawsuit filed by ex-maid
- `Monk' leads in TV cable ratings for Jan. 5-11
- Jackie Chan eyed for 'Karate Kid' remake
- Ferguson tells TV critics to give Fallon a chance
- CBS: Deal close for John Mayer music-variety show
- Sharon Osbourne wins libel damages from UK tabloid
- Ricardo Montalban dies at age 88
- Nominations for British Academy awards
- Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser teaming up for film
HEALTH
- DVD teaches autistic kids what a smile means
- High risk medical devices escaped close review
- FDA pledges openness on gene-altered products
POLITICS
- Pentagon: Iraq withdrawal has 16-month time frame
- Bush defends 2 tumultuous terms in farewell speech
- Congress OKs release of final $350B of bailout
- Delayed hearing means more criticism for Geithner
- Obama moves into Blair House
- Bush's last speech puts his record in best light
- Pilot reported double bird strike after takeoff
- Text of Bush's farewell address Thursday
- Well-wishers warned to use care along train route
- Bush praises Hudson River plane crew
- CIA director: Harsh interrogations were effective
- Burris sworn in as Obama successor
- The Long Goodbyes: Biden, Clinton bid farewell
- US races to secure Gaza truce
- Judge won't order Obama not to use 'God' in oath
- Hayden: al-Qaida boxed in, Iran near nuke decision
- Bush address includes laundry list of back patting
- A Senate in flux backs Obama, barely
- Obama's AG pick breaks from Bush on torture, GTMO
- Federal judge refuses to stop visa changes
- Beyonce to sing for Obamas' first inaugural dance
- Federal court hits Bush White House over e-mail
- Off the plank! Pirates would walk into court
- Children's health debate moves to Senate
- US inks nuclear cooperation deal with Gulf ally
- E.A. Poe stamp on sale Friday
- Inauguration security to be highest ever
- Senate resolution on further bailout spending
- Bathroom Break: Will inauguration have enough?
- Senate approves wilderness expansion in 9 states
- VP-elect's son back from Iraq to see inauguration
- Court ruling endorses Bush surveillance policy
- Birds hit jets in at least 6 cases in 2008
- Bush will get pension of almost $200,000
- House Democrats move to overturn Bush species rule
- FBI: No indication plane crash was terrorism
- Senate panel backs Clinton as secretary of state
- Senate moves toward vote on pay equity bill
- Holder: We were at war years before we knew it
- Got questions? Here's the Inauguration Day 411
- Where do the homeless go during inaugural?
- Homeland Security pick pledges agency improvements
- Senator to push energy issues as Interior chief
- Jack Johnson, Sheryl Crow headline inaugural balls
- Government to pay in case of vet who took own life
- A look at key provisions in Senate lands bill
- Presidents and poison kisses: an inaugural story
- Holder defends Clinton's pardons for FALN members
- Homeland nominee to review controversial ID plan
- Waxman promises quick action on climate
- Napolitano defends state homeland security efforts
- Board cites poor weather in helicopter crashes
- Analysis: Obama manages bump over Treasury choice
- Holder pledges to review case against Schlozman
- Nominee to UN post calls it imperfect institution
- Bush highlights foreign policy record
- Highlights of $825 billion economic stimulus plan
- Holder says Guantanamo will close
- Holder promises to investigate market fraud
- Weather Service offers tips on keeping warm
- Holder says he learned from Marc Rich pardon
- Republicans want their say on Holder nomination
- Homeland Security nominee pledges improvements
- GOP ally introduces Holder at confirmation hearing
- More Republicans sign up for bipartisan dinners
- Hill says NKorea nuclear talks have made progress
- Speech! Speech! Slate's invite produces too many
- White House: Audiotape shows bin Laden is isolated
SCITECH
- Martian methane belch: From rocks or microbes?
- Video game sales top $21 billion in 2008
- New Yahoo CEO gets pay package worth at least $19M
- Intel 4Q profit plunges 90 pct, meets forecasts
- Science closing in on cloak of invisibility
- Autodesk to cut 750 jobs, sees 4Q loss
- Apple's disclosures about Jobs might draw lawsuits
- Hawaii takes closely watched digital TV plunge
- Review: Blockbuster's $99 video box disappoints
- Public broadcasters agree to Web music royalties
- Intel expects $7B in 1Q sales, below estimates
- FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to join Aspen Institute
- Fish poop helps balance ocean's acid levels
- Lawmaker to investigate software glitches at VA
- Toyota goes virtual to show 2009 F1 car
- Apple shares down after Jobs' reversal on health
- Applications pour in for 'Best Job in the World'
- IBM to open center in Dubuque, create 1,300 jobs
- IRS expands free online filing program
- In Hawaii, the doctor is always in _ online
- MA judge OKs streaming of music-swapping hearing
- Sanyo cuts 1,200 jobs, lowers annual forecast
- Penny-pinchers might unite at free dating site
- Boost Mobile offering $50 unlimited plan
U.S.
- Ditched jetliner: A boom, and then a jolt
- Hudson River hero is ex-Air Force fighter pilot
- Birds, an aviation hazard, hit 1 in 10,000 flights
- Conviction nixed in deadly botched Ga. drug raid
- Kaufman ready to take Biden's Senate seat
- Passengers in NY plane ordeal marvel they're alive
- Obituaries in the news
- All 155 survive as pilot ditches plane in Hudson
- 4 kids badly burned by sulfuric acid in Texas
- $50 million promised to soften border fence impact
- Ohio lawyer gets 4 years for stealing from clients
- Springer leads Iona past Niagara 71-65
- Immigration officials end RI detention contract
- Response to emergency landing has heroic results
- Experts: Airliner crashes more survivable recently
- EPA finds toxins throughout Columbia Basin
- Moored boat sinks from Alaska rig; 14 evacuated
- How much clout would a Sen. Caroline Kennedy have?
- Ex-con murder suspect appears in Okla. court
- Suspects in alleged lesbian rape plead not guilty
- Vt. police: Poodle left inside vehicle for 19 days
- Bitter cold hits hard because of economic meltdown
- SoCal authorities arrest tax assessor in drug raid
- NYC lawyer accused of $380M scam argues for bail
- James Callahan executed in Ala. for rape, murder
- La. man indicted on charge he threatened Bush
- Ex-WSU provost makes $245K teaching part-time
- Jet's splashdown in NY keeps safety streak intact
- Study: NYPD stopped more than 500,000 last year
- Prosecutors: US atty should stay on Ill. gov case
- Ignore onboard safety demo? Not after plane crash
- Battery charges dropped against N. Idaho girl
- Cousins plead guilty in plot to kill US soldiers
- Former transit cop pleads not guilty to murder
- Ill. gov, flying on state dime, met with donors
- Recalls: play yards, dishwashers, rattles
- States try to strip crooked pols of their pensions
- Franken wants simple format for Senate challenge
- Public wary of health reform trade-offs
- Groups sue over EPA change in farm emissions rule
- SEC seeks papers in alleged NM investment scheme
- Wis. mayor charged with plotting tryst with child
- Grand jury indicts man in slaying of Ohio mom
- ACLU challenges secrecy of US whistleblower law
- Schools make historic inaugural a teachable moment
- John 'Junior' Gotti is denied bail in NY court
- NASA to fly unmanned drone for science research
- 7 states sue over Bush rule on health workers
- Gov, Cuomo cite privilege to duck Senate scrutiny
- Exonerated Texas men drop suits, hope for new law
- Gunman robs Memphis college students, no injuries
- Baltimore city official pleads in gift card case
- Vatican: Gay `behavior' in seminaries declines
- Schwarzenegger: Deficit is 'rock upon our chest'
- DA: Suspect in deadly Calif. arson set 46 fires
- Going green: Communities make their own currencies
- Deputy in Florida's Caylee Anthony case reassigned
- Courts await money manager's release from hospital
- Baltimore mayor may count on sympathetic jurors
- Ex-Blago chief of staff may cooperate with feds
- LA sued over provisions for disabled in disasters
- Sleepwalker who froze to death had Ambien bottle
- Mich. couple now face murder charges in fire death
- Man accused in TV anchor's death pleads not guilty
- Okla. surgeon halts practice while probe under way
- Ex-FBI agent sentenced to 40 years in 1982 killing
- AP names new sports columnist; Seward leads Paris
- Woman dies after freight train crashes into SUV
- Second victim of helicopter crash at A&M dies
- Small earthquake shakes Northern California
- Suspected shooter of 8 on LA street to stand trial
- Police: Ohio man ran hooker-review Web site
- Breakdown of missing pilot's financial problems
- 945 LA cases under review due to fingerprint exams
- Carter still active 30 years after Camp David
- Panel: Police restrained in handling RNC protests
- Impeached Ill. gov. gets cold reception in Senate
- Lawmakers want to ban Ariz. highway speed cameras
- Passions heating up over New Jersey river dolphins
- Tribes want more American Indians on federal bench
- Oklahoma lawmakers try for official English law
- Schwarzenegger plans upset environmental groups
- Firefighters mull letting homeowners fight flames
- Bomb scare at home of ex-transit cop in Calif.
- Families await sharpest tuition increases in years
- Sheriff says Kan. father killed children, self
WORLD
- Iran president: 'Not feasible' for Israel to live
- Afghan veteran wins Australia's top valor medal
- Israeli forces shell UN office in Gaza
- Report: China's wild camels increasing
- Mexico police accused of spray-painting teens
- Report: NKorea's Kim taps 3rd son as successor
- US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,226
- 2 Mexican police assigned to Interpol charged
- Cuban dissident jailed in 2003 crackdown freed
- Analysis: Divisions complicate Gaza truce efforts
- Gitmo detainee lawyers raise torture allegations
- Israel controls access, message in Gaza assault
- UN assembly holds 'emergency' session on Gaza
- Uruguay pols no 'fans' of minister's Facebook pic
- Opposition leader detained in Sudan
- Last Ethiopian troops leave Somalia's capital
- Slain Hamas security chief was widely feared
- Economic crisis pressures Russia's ruling tandem
- Dung deal: Elephant count surprises in Malaysia
- US hopes for renewed dialogue with Venezuela
- Cartoonist chronicles military's Iraq odyssey
- Zimbabwe main opposition leader to meet Mugabe
- Hiker swept to death by avalanche in Canada's west
- EU not asked yet to take Guantanamo prisoners
- Journalists group condemns strike on Gaza media
- 7.3 quake strikes near disputed Kuril Islands
- Yemen: Fisherman killed during pirate chase
- Pakistan extends crackdown on Mumbai suspects
- Iraq Cabinet member escapes bomb in Baghdad
- Filipino troops hunt for abducted ICRC workers
- 20th anniversary year of Berlin Wall's fall begins
- Miliband condemns war on terror as 'mistaken'
- Counseling ordered for man who hit ex-PR governor
- NZ police use Facebook images to solve burglary
- Former leader urges Obama to make NKorea priority
- Israeli charged with passing information to Iran
- Czech architect Jan Kaplicky dies
- Czech ex-President Havel still seriously ill
- US seeks Turkmen help to stabilize region
- Saudi man beheaded for killing compatriot
- US Africom begins 1st peacekeeper supply operation
- Wax Obama unveiled at Europe's Madame Tussauds
- Rift apparent in Hamas as fighting intensifies
- UNICEF: Teen births 5 times deadlier than in 20s
- Top Afghan army general killed in chopper crash
- Trial to open Friday for US suspect in Italy
- Philippine student to attend Obama's inauguration
- Kazakh lawmakers approve election law change
- Chinese baby slashed by angry family maid
- Large quake hits South Pacific off New Caledonia
- Japan parties ready for annual conventions
- China names 7 new revolutionary martyrs
- Jailed Chinese activist said to be in poor health
- China police detain 13 suspected child traffickers
- Today in History - Jan. 15
BASEBALL
- Howard among 111 players to file for arbitration
- Bonds seeks to bar government evidence against him
- David Eckstein, Padres agree to 1-year contract
- AP source: Red Sox, Youkilis agree to 4-year deal
- Dodgers release Andruw Jones
- Lowe finalizes $60 million, 4-yr deal with Braves
- Young accepts Rangers' plan to move him to 3B
- Selig: economy weighs on owners' minds
- David Ortiz hopes to play soon with Dominican team
- Baseball owners eliminate tiebreaker coin flips
- Radomski at court house of Clemens grand jury
- Colon, White Sox agree to $1M, 1-year deal
BASKETBALL
- NBA Capsules
- Deng, Rose lead Bulls over Cavs in OT, 102-93
- Brandon Roy scores 29, Portland tops Nets 105-99
- West fractures right wrist
- Wallace out with flu
- Paul nearly has quadruple-double; Spurs top Lakers
- Spurs beat Lakers 112-111 in West finals rematch
- Kings hold off Warriors 135-133 in 3 OTs
- Hawks snap 4-game losing streak
COLLEGE SPORTS
- Thursday's College Basketball
- No. 18 Gophers rally to beat Badgers 78-74 in OT
- Jacksonville routs North Florida 78-38
- No. 15 Xavier beats Rhode Island 67-65
- Troy defeats South Alabama 94-70
- Hansbrough, Lawson lead UNC past Virginia 83-61
- USC loses its QB; 1 Gator goes, another stays
- Chattanooga edges Appalachian State 78-74 in OT
- Samford defeats Western Carolina 76-64
- No. 13 Tennessee beats Mississippi State 63-58
- Western Kentucky beats Middle Tennessee 63-61
- The Citadel edges Furman 74-69 in OT
- Mack scores 20 to help Butler beat Loyola-Chicago
- Wagner defeats St. Francis, Pa., 76-68
- Robert Morris tops Central Connecticut 76-64
- Purdue rallies past Northwestern 63-61
- Oregon cornerback Byrd to enter NFL draft
- Fairfield defeats St. Peter's 75-68
- Fla. International beats Fla. Atlantic 58-53
- Northeastern defeats Delaware 67-47
- Brooks has 25 points, leads No. 19 Florida to win
- 12th-ranked Terps win eighth in a row over Clemson
- No. 4 Connecticut beats St. John's 67-55
- Georgia Southern tops UNC Greensboro 72-63
- Mount St. Mary's beats Long Island 80-54
- Minnesota ends 23-game skid at OSU, 59-56
- Georgia's Landers wins 800th career game
- Clemson's Spiller opts to return for senior year
- Southern California QB Sanchez to enter NFL draft
- Harvin jumps to NFL, Spikes returns to Florida
- Rico Brogna joins Wesleyan coaching staff
- Ohio State DB Donald Washington leaving for pros
- No. 2 Wake gets 1st-ever win over Boston College
- Wednesday's College Basketball
- Calathes leads Florida past Auburn 68-65
- Texas A&M beats No. 21 Baylor 84-73
- Stephen F. Austin beats Cent. Arkansas 72-55
FOOTBALL
- Postseason NFL Schedule
- Titans coordinator Schwartz to coach 0-16 Lions
- Packers promote Slocum, hire Fuller
- Browns interview James Harris for GM spot
- Rams eliminate Haslett from search
- Titans now searching for new defensive coordinator
- Fitzgerald, James fill huge roles in Cards' rise
- Once dissed, Reid and McNabb now toast of the town
- Giants sign 9 to roster, 7 from practice squad
- Linehan gets 2nd meeting for 49ers coordinator job
- Suggs might not be able to shoulder pain on Sunday
- Nasty Ravens-Steelers rivalry to decide AFC title
- Birk, Dawkins, Warner finalists for Payton award
- Saints hire Williams as defensive coordinator
GOLF
- Ogilvy keeps up the pace on another island
- Campbell makes his flight, misses the tournament
- Vinjay Singh has knee surgery, out for 3 weeks
HOCKEY
- Pominville, Miller lead Sabres to SO win
- Backstrom, Wild enjoy 5-1 rout of Oilers
- Maple Leafs hold off Hurricanes 6-4
- Berglund leads Blues past Avs 5-2
- Thomas, NHL-best Bruins edge Islanders 2-1
- Markov, Lang lead Habs past Predators
- 3-goal second lifts Lightning past Flyers
- Crosby sits out practice with lower body injury
- Brendan Shanahan signs with New Jersey Devils
- Red Wings show power, balance in win over Ducks
- Red Wings down Ducks, 4-3
- NHL Capsules
- Blackhawks upend Sabres 4-1
MORE SPORTS
- College of Charleston beats Wofford 65-63
- Got game in 7th grade? NCAA says you're a prospect
- Churchill Downs hires Englishman to call races
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