Suicide bombers kill 54 at Shi'ite Mosques in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers killed at least 54
people when they blew themselves up inside two crowded Shi'ite
mosques in the northeastern Iraqi town of Khanaqin on Friday,
police said.
Senate approves $60 billion tax cut bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate approved a $60
billion tax cut bill on Friday that would impose a $5 billion
tax on big oil companies and provide new tax breaks to help
rebuild hurricane devastated regions.
Iran confirms processing new batch of uranium
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran, one step from U.N. Security
Council referral, confirmed it had started processing a new
batch of uranium at its Isfahan nuclear plant, chief nuclear
negotiator Ali Larijani was quoted as saying on Friday.
Protests turn violent near APEC venue
PUSAN, South Korea (Reuters) - Thousands of farm activists
and union workers hurled bottles in a clash with police near a
meeting of Pacific Rim leaders on Friday and had to be quelled
by water cannon.
Rumsfeld rejects growing withdrawal calls
ADELAIDE, Australia (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld dismissed on Friday growing calls for the
United States to start withdrawing forces from Iraq, saying
Iraq was several years behind Afghanistan as a secure country.
Bosnian Serb court delivers first war crimes verdict
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) - A Bosnian Serb court has
sentenced three former Serb police officers to up to 20 years
in prison for the murder of 6 Muslim civilians in the first
such war crimes ruling since the 1992-95 war.
House passes $49.9 billion in spending cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on
Friday narrowly voted to trim social programs for the poor
along with farm subsidies, student loans and other federal
benefits as part of a $49.9-billion package of spending cuts.
Bush backs Putin initiative on Iran
PUSAN, South Korea (Reuters) - U.S. President George W.
Bush on Friday backed an initiative by Russian President
Vladimir Putin to end a stalemate over Iran's nuclear plans as
the pair held talks that largely avoided areas of open discord.
FDA to Examine Deaths of Tamiflu Patients
WASHINGTON - The federal government is looking into the deaths of 12 Japanese children who took Tamiflu, but officials cautioned they have no evidence that suggests the anti-flu drug is to blame.
Woodward CIA Leak Admission May Help Libby
WASHINGTON - Bob Woodward's version of when and where he learned the identity of a CIA operative contradicts a special prosecutor's contention that Vice President Dick Cheney's top aide was the first to make the disclosure to reporters. .
US more cautious than wary as China's reach grows
ANDERSEN AIR BASE, GUAM - This 30-mile-long volcanic island appears on a map like stray bit of tropical spackling flung out in the Pacific. Honolulu is eight hours east, Tokyo four hours north, Hong Kong and Jakarta four hours west and south. The rest is ocean.
Free trade losing steam
When leaders of Asian and American nations meet Friday at an economic summit in South Korea, they have an ambitious goal: revive negotiations on a new global agreement to reduce trade barriers - a move that experts say could add some $300 billion a year to the global economy and help lift millions of people out of poverty.
Senate affirms path of antiterror tribunals
WASHINGTON - In its efforts this week to bring clarity to the confusion surrounding the Bush administration's military tribunals, the US Senate might also have helped to make the controversial process a fixture of American law.
Stung over Iraq, White House takes offensive
WASHINGTON - The White House has ratcheted up its war. Not the war in Iraq, but the war to defend the war - from its origins to President Bush's determination to see the project through to conclusion.
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Triple shooting, standoff in Clearwater
Bay News 9
CLEARWATER - Police say a man shot three neighbors in Clearwater overnight near the intersection of Keene Road and Beverly Circle. The shooter has reportedly barricaded himself in his home. Clearwater police and Pinellas County Sheriff's Office deputies, including a SWAT team, are on the scene.
1 Dead, 3 Injured at McDonald's Shooting
WFTS
TAMPA - One Tampa high school student was killed and several others injured when gunfire broke out at a popular after-school hangout. A King High School football player was reportedly among the victims.
Smith Guilty On All Counts
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SARASOTA - Jospeh Smith found guilty in kidnapping, rape and murder of Carlie Brucia. As the clerk read the verdict - guilty - for first-degree murder in the full, silent courtroom, Joseph P. Smith dropped his head and nodded.
Expansion at TIA may cost $1.5-billion
St. Petersburg Times
Business at the airport keeps growing, and to meet demand, it will need another terminal, more runways and more parking. And it all would be built without spending any local tax money.
Apartment burglar sought
Bay News 9
An investigation is underway in Pinellas County after a string of apartment burglaries.
Gun grab foils store robbery
St. Petersburg Times
LARGO - Two would-be robbers leave empty-handed after a pawnshop manager's quick reaction.
Strangers rescue woman from burning home
WTSP
PORT CHARLOTTE - Elizabeth Arana lost just about everything she owns Wednesday, when a fire broke out in her home. But the one thing Arana didn't lose, was her family.
Amphitheatre reaches deal on volume
St. Petersburg Times
TAMPA - A yearlong legal battle over loud noise at Ford Amphitheatre concerts came to a halt Thursday when Clear Channel Entertainment and county officials agreed on a settlement to tone down the sound.
Brandon soldier killed in Iraq
WTSP
Spc. Alexis Roman-Cruz, 33, of Brandon, died in Balad, Iraq, on Nov. 16.
Kidnapper dead in apparent suicide, girl safe
Palm Beach Post
Dialys Ramos has been found safe in Coconut Creek, but the man who was believed to be her kidnapper, Robert Laird, is dead, an apparent suicide, according to WFOR-CBS 4. The pair had been the subject of an Amber Alert underway since this morning. They were found in his car by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper on Sample Road west of Lyons Road, CBS 4 reported.
Jurors still deciding Al-Arian's fate
Bay News 9
TAMPA - Jurors in the terror trial of Sami Al-Arian have been behind closed doors for two days pouring over months worth of documents and testimony.
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