Beginning of Jihad in Europe?
Rioters set fire to a warehouse in Aulnay-sous-Bois (Newsweek / Getty images)
France Sees Worst Night of Violence Yet
PARIS - France's national police chief Monday said overnight riots sent a "shock wave" across France, as mainly Muslim youths injured three dozen officers and burned more than 1,400 vehicles in the worst night of violence since the unrest began.
Paris police fear rioters' heavy arms
Drunk Death Row Escapee Captured in La.
HOUSTON - A convicted double-murderer who spent three days on the run after slipping away from a Houston jail was recaptured some 200 miles away — drunk and talking on a pay phone.
Rescuers Search for Tornado Survivors
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Rescuers scaled heaps of rubble to listen for survivors trapped in debris left by a tornado that ripped through communities in Indiana and Kentucky, killing 22 people.
Four arrests linked to Chinese spy ring
Four persons arrested in Los Angeles are part of a Chinese intelligence-gathering ring, federal investigators said, and the suspects caused serious compromises for 15 years to major U.S. weapons systems, including submarines and warships.
Bush in Panama to Negotiate Free Trade
PANAMA CITY, Panama - After meeting resistance during three days of Latin America trade talks, President Bush will finally get a chance to negotiate Monday with an enthusiastic partner in Panamanian President Martin Torrijos.
Ex-Peruviian President Arrested in Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was arrested early Monday, hours after he defied an international arrest warrant and flew from Japan to Chile, police said.
India, Pakistan Exchange Aid at Border
INDIA-PAKISTAN LINE OF CONTROL - India and Pakistan exchanged quake aid Monday at their disputed Kashmir frontier in a mostly symbolic act of cooperation, but the ceremony was marred when police used tear gas on Pakistani villagers trying to cross the border illegally.
Traffickers Use 'Go-Fasts' to Elude Police
TUMACO, Colombia - Slicing through slate-gray waters along the shores of Colombia, a Coast Guard vessel slips into a mangrove-fringed inlet, on the hunt for speedboats loaded with two or three tons of cocaine and ready to tear full-tilt to coastlines hundreds of miles away.
Attack on Ship Shows Pirates Emboldened
NAIROBI, Kenya - The violent attack on a cruise liner off Somalia's coast shows pirates from the anarchic country on the Horn of Africa are becoming bolder and more ambitious in their efforts to hijack ships for ransom and loot, a maritime official warned Sunday.
Gas Prices Return to Pre-Katrina Levels
CAMARILLO, Calif. - Retail gas prices plunged an average of 23 cents nationwide in the past two weeks, marking a return to pre-Hurricane Katrina levels, according to a survey.
Archaeologists Unveil Ancient Church Site
MEGIDDO PRISON, Israel - Israeli prisoner Ramil Razilo was removing rubble from the planned site of a new prison ward when his shovel uncovered the edge of an elaborate mosaic, unveiling what Israeli archaeologists said Sunday may be the Holy Land's oldest church.
Astronauts Want Asteroid Collision Plan
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Imagine last year's tsunami, last month's earthquake in Pakistan, and Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma all rolled into one — and then some. If nations can't handle those calamities, what's going to happen when an asteroid collides with Earth?
Siegfried & Roy Back Onstage - As Patrons
BRANSON, Missouri - Two years and one month after a tiger attack that nearly killed him, magician Roy Horn and his partner Siegfried Fischbacher were back on stage Saturday, but as patrons rather than performers.
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Child saved by good samaritans after SUV goes off the Howard Frankland
WTSP
TAMPA - A Bosnian family is thankful to two strangers for saving their child, after their SUV flipped off the Howard Frankland Bridge and into the bay on Saturday. Amira Jakupovic, her husband Mujo and their two sons were on the bridge when their tire blew out.
Painful to watch: Panther rout Bucs 34-14
Lakeland Ledger
TAMPA - It was as one-sided a loss as the Bucs have taken at Raymond James Stadium. The Carolina Panthers, currently the NFC's hottest team, led all the way and were superior in every phase of the game, winning 34-14.
Miami Company's Cruise Ship Attacked By Pirates Off Somali Coast
Local 6
MIAMI - Pirates fired a rocket-propelled grenade and machine guns Saturday in an attack on a luxury cruise liner off the east African coast, the vessel's owners said. Two armed vessels approached the Seabourn Spirit about 100 miles off the coast of Somalia and fired as their occupants attempted to get onboard, said Bruce Good, a spokesman for Miami-based Seabourn Cruise Line, a subsidiary of Carnival Corp.
Bucs fans put down and praise patdowns
St. Petersburg Times
TAMPA - Outside Gate A at Raymond James Stadium, Gordon Johnston greeted the cameras waiting for him with a little smile. Johnston is the 60-year-old Valrico high school civics teacher who sued the Tampa Sports Authority to stop stadium patdowns.
Two NFL cheerleaders arrested at Tampa bar
WTSP
TAMPA – Two Carolina Panther cheerleaders spent the night in jail after a rough night in Channelside. The Panthers were in town to play the Bucs Sunday afternoon. Witnesses say Angela Keathley and Renee Thomas were engaged in some type of sexual activity inside a bathroom stall...
Tourist hit, killed crossing road
St. Petersburg Times
ST. PETE BEACH - An Ecuadorian couple visiting Florida were hit Sunday morning as they crossed Gulf Boulevard. The husband was pronounced dead at a local hospital, police said. His wife was critically injured and was taken to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg.
Smith trial set to begin
Bay News 9
The jury trial for the man accused of the murder of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia begins Monday morning. Joseph Smith, 39, is accused of abducting Brucia as she was walking back from a friend's house along Bee Ridge Road in Sarasota and later murdering her.
Florida reports 24 more manatee deaths
Bradenton Herald
Twenty-four manatees died in Florida in October, bringing the number of casualties so far this year to 341, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Closing arguments begin in Al-Arian Trial
St. Petersburg Times
TAMPA - Closing arguments begin today in the trial of Sami Al-Arian. They should last for most of the week.
Complaints Follow Lunsford Act
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BARTOW -- It's officially known as the Jessica Lunsford Act, but school officials and some legislators are calling it the law of unintended consequences.
South Floridians ready to be victims after Wilma
St. Petersburg Times
In one instance, people lined up to receive free ice and water from relief workers in the parking lot of a Walmart store. The store was open for business and selling ice and water inside. At another location, relief workers reported people eating Burger King meals while waiting in line for free food.
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