Fri. 26 Oct 2007 01:00 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Home prices are now at 2005 levels.
Fri. 26 Oct 2007 03:44 pm PDT AP - An epic drought in Georgia threatens the wet supply for millions. Florida doesn't have nearly enough water for its expected population boom. The Great Lakes are shrinking. Upstate New York's reservoirs have dropped to preserve lows. And in the West the Sierra Nevada snowpack is melting faster each year. Across America the picture is critically clear the nation's freshwater supplies can no longer quench its thirst.
Fri. 26 Oct 2007 03:48 am PDT AFP - Harry Potter is a left-winger and the seven books by J. K. Rowling are a diatribe against Thatcherite Britain a French philosopher said Friday on the day of the last novel's publication in French.
Fri. 26 Oct 2007 02:07 pm PDT Reuters - As lawyers for Britney Spears and her ex-husband fought a court battle over custody of their two young sons a publisher said on Friday that the pop star's mother is writing a schedule about parenting.
Fri. 26 Oct 2007 08:02 pm PDT AP - A number of employers apparently are willing to let their workers walk. Steelcase Inc says many companies have expressed interest in its newest product which combines an office workstation with a treadmill so workers can burn calories while earning a paycheck.
Fri. 26 Oct 2007 07:03 am PDT Reuters - A cold spot in the oldest radiation in the universe could be the first sign of a cosmic glitch that might have originated shortly after the Big Bang. British and Spanish scientists said on Thursday.
Fri. 26 Oct 2007 03:30 pm PDT AP - The original Capt. Kirk is disheartened he won't get to boldly go anywhere with his old pal Spock in the new "Star Trek" movie. While Leonard Nimoy is reprising his role as the pointy-eared Vulcan in next year's science-fiction flick. William Shatner is not on board as Kirk.
Fri. 26 Oct 2007 01:38 pm PDT AP - A man was arrested after a government agent allegedly found him in an office building restroom lying next to an inflatable anatomically correct doll with his pants down. Craig S. McCullough. 47 was charged Wednesday with indecent exposure a misdemeanor.
Thu. 25 Oct 2007 08:50 am PDT Reuters - Some 1 million bubble baby seats sold by Target Corp. Wal-Mart Stores Inc and other large retailers are being recalled because of reports of young children falling out of the seats the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday.
Fri. 26 Oct 2007 02:27 pm PDT Reuters - Anxious not to repeat mistakes of past Middle East peace-making. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has turned to former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter for tips ahead of her own conference this year.
Fri. 26 Oct 2007 03:53 pm PDT AP - A team of specially trained investigators will hunker down in an Army office north of Detroit on Monday to begin poring over hundreds of Iraq war contracts in search for rigged awards.
Fri. 26 Oct 2007 12:26 pm PDT AFP - China will invest 14 billion dollars to clean up its third-largest freshwater lake which has been devastated by the unchecked waste from factories state media and an official said Friday.
Fri. 26 Oct 2007 12:45 pm PDT AP - For lovers of boiled peanuts there's some good news from the health front. A new study by a group of Huntsville researchers found that boiled peanuts bring out up to four times more chemicals that help protect against disease than raw dry or oil-roasted nuts.
Fri. 26 Oct 2007 06:23 pm PDT AP - A British beauty queen says she was told to pack on pounds for the upcoming Miss World competition an unexpected request considering she's not rail-thin. "I was a little bit shocked," Miss England Georgia Horsley said Friday in an interview on NBC's "Today" show.
Fri. 26 Oct 2007 04:29 pm PDT AP - With the beat of the wildfires dying down many Southern Californians lucky enough to find their homes still standing could nevertheless face hardships for weeks to come including polluted air no electricity and no drinking water.
Fri. 26 Oct 2007 01:00 pm PDT AP - A volunteer at the Eagle River Nature Center is recovering after being bitten by a brown bear sow. Alaska Department of Fish and bet officials say Sarah Wallmer was bitten on the buttocks on the Crow Pass dawdle about a mile from the nature bear on.
Fri. 26 Oct 2007 03:10 pm PDT Time com - Golf's Swinging Singles
Thu. 25 Oct 2007 02:14 pm PDT AP - In early 2004 mob veteran Vincent Basciano took over as head of the Bonanno crime family. The reign of the preening pompadoured Mafioso known as Vinny Gorgeous lasted only slightly longer than a coloring dye job from his Bronx hair salon.
Fri. 26 Oct 2007 01:16 pm PDT AP - A 34-year-old woman has been charged with using the Internet to try to get revenge on an old boyfriend by breaking up his marriage. Pilar Stofega has been charged with second-degree harassment and breach of peace and released on ${dlvDollarSign}2,500 bond.
Fri. 26 Oct 2007 12:48 pm PDT AP - Police arrested a husband and wife after finding them and their 9-year-old daughter living in an "absolutely disgusting" house according to court documents.
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