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Briefs: Gold rises as hedge against inflation

Jan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Gold futures rose Wednesday, extending a seven-year rally to the highest price since 1980, as a weakening dollar and higher energy costs boosted demand for a ...
Netflix to expand streaming

Associated Press
Jan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- DVD-by-mail service Netflix Inc. will begin delivering movies and other programming directly to televisions later this year through a set-top box that w...
New Orleans again on track to be bloodiest city

Associated Press
Jan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- The bloodiest city in the country in 2006, reeling from crime in its struggle to recover from Hurricane Katrina, got even worse in 2007. New Orleans regis...
Suicide attack hits Baghdad funeral

Associated Press
Jan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- A suicide attacker killed at least 32 men gathered in eastern Baghdad Tuesday to mourn the death of a retired Iraqi army officer, a Shiite who was slain last ...
Pakistan vote may be delayed

Associated Press
Jan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan elections will be delayed by one month following the turmoil sparked by Benazir Bhutto's assassination, despite opposition threats of st...
France's smokers hit sidewalk to avoid ban

Associated Press
Jan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - PARIS -- Non-smokers reveled. Some smokers grumbled. But others pondered kicking the habit as France's smoking ban went into effect Tuesday with the start of the new yea...
Snowstorm piles on Michigan

Associated Press
Jan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - DETROIT -- A fast-moving New Year's Day storm dumped more than a foot of snow on southeastern Michigan, a record blast that made driving hazardous, snarled the flight ho...
Episcopal leader defends gay stance

Associated Press
Jan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - LONDON -- Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori says her church has been unfairly singled out for criticism because it is honest about consecrating gay bi...
Do-it-yourself dog washes grow in popularity

By David Sharp Associated Press
Jan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - PORTLAND, Maine -- Maureen Lafferty is anti-fur. Anti-fur in her tub. Anti-fur on her towels. And anti-fur down the drain. That is why she and the one big ball of fur sh...
Bhutto provided the kind of leadership that the world needs

By Cal Thomas
Jan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - The assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto might have been prevented had she and her husband heeded advice from friends. Former U.S. Ambassador C...

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