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Donald Trump for NY Governor?

Donald Trump is considering running for governor, a leading Republican said Friday. Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno on Thursday suggested that a big-name candidate could be flirting with entering the 2006 contest. On Friday, he confirmed to News Channel 10 in Albany that he had been referring to Trump.
 

Cat Calls 911 to Help Disabled Owner

Apparently, the cat was paying attention when his owner tried to show him how to dial 911. A Columbus, Ohio, man was unable to call for help when he fell out of his wheelchair Thursday, but he says his cat did it for him.
 

FEMA dumps unused donated drinking water

Eighteen truckloads of water donated for hurricane relief efforts have been dumped down a sewer in Dallas. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says one million cans of drinking water were emptied because the water wasn't used at Texas and Louisiana hurricane shelters.
 

Man run over by girlfriend in freak highway acciden ...

Police say a woman accidentally ran over and killed her boyfriend on the highway near Sioux Narrows, Ont. Thursday. Ontario Provincial Police say the 39-year-old man and his girlfriend were driving from Whitefish Bay to Kenora on Ontario's Highway 71.
 

Beverly Peele Arrested on ID Theft Charges

Fashion model Beverly Peele was arrested on identity theft charges for allegedly buying around $10,000 worth of housewares, appliances and furniture by using credit card numbers without permission, authorities said Friday.
 

Hybrid Car Buyers to Receive Tax Credits

Hybrid cars are a good bet for tax breaks in 2006. The new year will bring more savings for buyers of at least 13 gas-electric vehicles, with those showing the most improvement in fuel efficiency securing bigger tax breaks for their new owners.
 

Accutane patients now must register

A national registry on Friday began accepting names of Americans who take the anti-acne drug Accutane, part of a federal effort to limit use of the birth- defect-causing drug by pregnant women.
 

Ex-Army Officer Seeks Peru Presidency

A former army officer whose nationalistic stance has made him a contender in Peru's April 9 presidential race paraded with hundreds of supporters Friday to election offices to register as a candidate. Retired Lt. Col. Ollanta Humala told reporters he was taking "with humility" recent polls showing him in a statistical dead heat with former Congresswoman Lourdes Flores, considered by ...
 

British Honours Awarded

The British honours list has come out for 2005, and among the honourees are the following: The singer gets a knighthood (finally!) Television presenter, , becomes a CBE. The English cricket team: , the captain, and , the coach, received OBEs, while the rest of the team, including ...
 

Kidnapped Britons Released

A British family kidnapped in Gaza on Wednesday have been released unharmed, it has been confirmed.
 

Sudan to abandon Baghdad embassy

The Sudanese government has announced it is shutting its embassy in Baghdad, in an apparent bid to win the release of five kidnapped embassy staff. It follows a web statement attributed to al-Qaeda in Iraq, in which the group said it had the hostages and demanded Sudan cut diplomatic ties with Baghdad. A Sudanese foreign ministry spokesman said the embassy would ...
 

White House to keep using Web tracking

The said Friday its Web site will keep using Internet tracking technologies, deciding that they aren’t prohibited after all under 2003 federal privacy guidelines.
 

Walkout protest hits China paper

About 100 journalists from one of China's most progressive newspapers, the , have walked out to protest against their editor's sacking.
 

Port Orange man unaware he was shot in head

A man who woke up and found his head bleeding, drove to work and left a note for his boss before going to the hospital to find he had a bullet lodged in his brain, authorities said.
 

Eta bomber jailed for 100 years

Spain's high court has sentenced an Eta member to 100 years and three months in prison for the murder of a socialist leader almost six years ago.
 

Pilot dumps drunk man on island

A drunken air passenger was cast away on an island more than 1,000 miles from home after abusing cabin staff.
 

Lopez blackmail thwarted

Police have thwarted an alleged blackmail attempt on pop star Jennifer Lopez and her husband, Marc Anthony.
 

Democrats Seek Records on Republican Candidates

The Democratic National Committee requested public records from state agencies on their dealings with Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, who may run for president in 2008. His spokesman called it the work of a "dirty tricks attack squad."
 

Tiny biosensor to detect cancer

Scientists are developing a tiny biosensor to detect cancer proteins and potentially the bug that causes MRSA. It makes use of the same gyroscope technology as navigation systems and car airbags.
 

Newer Breast Cancer Drug Better

Women now have another drug they can take to prevent breast cancer from returning after surgery to remove the tumor. The federal Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a new use for , a medication already licensed for treating advanced breast cancer. It now can be given as initial therapy to women past menopause who have early ...
 

More Gitmo Detainees on Hunger Strike

The number of detainees on hunger strike at the U.S. military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay has more than doubled in the last week to 84, an official said Thursday.
 

Sony to settle

A proposed settlement of lawsuits against would let consumers receive free music downloads to compensate them for the company including flawed software on millions of CDs, lawyers said yesterday.
 

‘Deficient’ Bridge Collapses

Forty-five years of corrosive road salt draining onto one side of an overpass and a history of trucks hitting its underside likely caused a 53-foot-long, 60-ton concrete beam to come crashing onto Interstate 70 in Washington County Tuesday evening.
 

N. Korea cuts off U.N. food, ignites famine fears

With the end of 2005, the U.N.'s is slated to shut down its decade-long food distribution effort in North Korea after Pyongyang told the organization that the aid was no longer needed. The program was the biggest multinational humanitarian program in the country and was instrumental in pulling North Korea out of a famine ...
 

Small Plane Crashed in Southwest Nebraska

A small plane crashed into a field, killing all three people aboard, officials said Thursday.
 

Tom Cruise Voted Most Irritating Star Of All Time

Maybe it was all of those things combined that prompted British movie fans to name Tom Cruise the most irritating actor in Hollywood.
 

Robber turned in by sons gets 40 years

A family man once regarded as a pillar of his community was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday for a string of bank robberies after being turned in by his own sons who had recognized him from a surveillance photo.
 

Indian Terrorist Attack in Bangalore

In the first such attack on the southern city, a gunman burst into the high-prestige as a conference on infrastructure development ended and fired into the crowd of participants as they left. A second assailant lobbed grenades. Prof. M.C. Puri of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, was fatally wounded.
 

Famous Chicago Berghoff Restaurant Closing

In a few months The Berghoff — one of this food-loving city's oldest and most beloved restaurants — will become history itself, leaving its hordes of devoted patrons crying in their German lager.
 

Malware Targetting Google AdSense Ads Discovered

It was only a matter of time before a trojan or virus targeted AdSense or YPM for malicious activity, and the time has come. A new trojan horse discovered by an Indian publisher replaces Google AdSense ads with their own ads, advertising sites including dating, sex, viagra and weight loss.
 

Appeals court considers DeLay case

A Texas court said it would consider whether to hear an appeal from U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, regarding money-laundering charges.
 

Republicans renew call for civil commitment law

Republican lawmakers in Montpelier, Vermont renewed their call Wednesday for a law that would allow the state to hold people convicted of violent or sexual crimes indefinitely beyond their maximum prison terms.
 

New Drug to Prevent Breast Cancer Recurrence

Women now have another drug they can take to prevent breast cancer from returning after surgery to remove the tumor.
 

Deportation ordered for accused Nazi

A federal immigration judge Wednesday ordered an Ohio man accused of having served as a Nazi death-camp guard deported to his native Ukraine.
 

Pakistani Nazir Ahmed Describes Killing of Daughter ...

Nazir Ahmed appears calm and unrepentant as he recounts how he slit the throats of his three young daughters and their 25-year old stepsister to salvage his family's "honor" — a crime that shocked Pakistan.
 

Christmas Tree Catches Fire At Disneyland Hotel

An artificial 35-foot Christmas tree caught fire in the lobby of the Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland Resort early today. No one suffered serious injuries.
 

FDA Approves Thalidomide-Like Drug For Rare Bone Ma ...

A drug similar to one that causes birth defects has won FDA approval to treat anemia in people who suffer from certain kinds of rare bone marrow disorders known as myelodysplastic syndromes, or MDS.
 

India builds a 2,500-mile barrier

Next month India plans to fence off this area of West Bengal as part of a little-known £600 million project to erect a steel barrier right along its 2,500-mile border with its much smaller Muslim neighbour. As a result Mr Biswas and his village of 2,000 people will be sealed off from their own country.
 

Mossad chief: Failing urgent outside intervention, ...

Mossad director Meir Dagan joined the list of Israeli officials sounding the alarm on the imminence of Iran’s nuclear threat.
 

German tourists missing in Yemen

Five German tourists have been reported missing in eastern Yemen, a German Foreign Ministry spokesman says.
 

Israeli planes attack in Lebanon

Two Palestinian militants have been wounded in an Israeli air strike on their base in Lebanon, hours after rockets hit two Israeli border towns.
 

Madrassas refuse to expel pupils

Pakistan's religious schools have refused to meet a 31 December deadline set by the president for the expulsion of foreign students.
 

Europe launches Galileo satellite

A new era in satellite navigation has begun with the launch of Giove-A. The 600kg spacecraft was lofted into orbit on a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, at 1119 (0519GMT).
 

Chinese Cyber Criminals Attack Korean Bank

The website of the Jeonbuk Mutual Savings Bank based in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, was reportedly attacked by Chinese hackers, marking the first domestic hacking incident of a bank involving Chinese cyber criminals. Customers who log onto the website are likely to fall victim to the hackers by having their cyber money or internet game items stolen or experiencing ...
 

Saddam’s defense team grows

Saddam Hussein has added three more Arab attorneys to his defense team. The former Iraqi dictator now has seven men defending him on charges of killing scores of Shiite Muslims after a 1982 attempt on his life.