Early Voting Begins in Iraq Elections
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Voting begins Monday in hospitals, military camps and even prisons across Iraq, launching the process to choose a new parliament that the United States hopes can help quell the insurgency so U.S. forces can begin heading home.
Calif. High Court Refuses Williams' Stay
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court late Sunday refused to grant a stay of execution for convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams, meaning the former gang leader who became an outspoken critic of gang violence will be executed early Tuesday unless the governor grants clemency or a last-ditch federal appeal succeeds.
Firemen Try to Extinguish British Oil Fire
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, England - Firefighters on Monday used chemical foam to try to extinguish an inferno raging at an oil depot north of London, while investigators searched for clues as to what caused the powerful explosions that started the blaze.
Moderates Want Iraq Rhetoric Toned Down
WASHINGTON - Moderates are imploring colleagues in Congress to tone down the rhetoric on Iraq as debate about President Bush's war policies has become increasingly bitter and partisan.
Racial Unrest Strikes Australia
SYDNEY, Australia - In one of Australia's worst outbursts of racial violence, thousands of drunken white youths attacked police and people they believed were of Arab descent at a Sydney beach, angered by reports that Lebanese youths had assaulted two lifeguards.
Mid-Season Report: Stores Boosts Discounts
NEW YORK - With less than two weeks of shopping left until Dec. 25, the nation's stores boosted discounts on toys and apparel over the weekend.
Actor, Friend Face Charges in Police Death
NEW YORK - An actor who once played an aspiring mobster on "The Sopranos" faces murder charges along with another man in the death of an off-duty police officer, authorities said Sunday. Lillo Brancato Jr., 29, was hospitalized in critical condition with gunshot wounds suffered when the officer shot him after catching two men breaking into a home.
Man Apologizes After Fake Wikipedia Post
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A man who posted false information on an online encyclopedia linking a prominent journalist to the Kennedy assassinations says he was playing a trick on a co-worker.
Japan Agrees to Ease Ban on U.S. Beef
TOKYO - The easing Monday of Japan's two-year ban on U.S. and Canadian beef imports could put American steaks back on Japanese plates by year's end, but lingering worries persist on both sides of the Pacific.
Paramount Buying Film Studio DreamWorks
LOS ANGELES - Paramount Pictures on Sunday agreed to buy independent film studio DreamWorks SKG Inc. for nearly $1 billion cash in a deal designed to help both companies reverse their troubled fortunes.
Katrina's Official Death Toll Incomplete
NEW ORLEANS - Singer Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown was 81 and already seriously ill when he fled the area ahead of Hurricane Katrina, and associates think the stress of evacuating and the heartbreak of losing his home hastened his death.
Iran Offers U.S. Share in Nuclear Plants
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran opened the door Sunday for U.S. help in building a nuclear power plant — a move designed to ease American suspicions that Tehran is using its nuclear program as a cover to build atomic weapons.
French police detain 20 Islamist suspects in swoop
PARIS (Reuters) - French police said on Monday they had
smashed an Islamist terrorism ring in the greater Paris region,
arresting about 20 people in a string of dawn raids.
NATO steps up Karadzic hunt after Croat's arrest
PALE, Bosnia (Reuters) - NATO stepped up the hunt for top
Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic on Monday,
saying it was under pressure to find him after the arrest in
Spain last week of a top Croatian fugitive.
Firecracker Kills 40 Wedding Guests on Pakistan Bus
LAHORE, Pakistan — A firecracker thrown by a celebrant at a wedding set fire to a bus filled with guests on Sunday, killing at least 40 people in eastern Pakistan, police said.
Pope: Christmas Polluted by Consumerism
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that Christmas festivities have been polluted by consumerism and suggested that assembling the Nativity scene in the home is an effective way of teaching the faith to children.
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Elderly woman fights of armed home invaders
Bay News 9
LAKELAND - A 76-year-old woman thwarted three teens who tried to break into her Lakeland home on Friday. Martha Fabian's garage door on Athens Court was halfway open to let in the breeze. She thought her screen door was locked, but the teens walked into her kitchen and pointed a gun at her.
Bucs Beat Panthers 20-10; Top NFC South
St. Petersburg Times / Reuters
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Sometimes, you have to beat the bully in his own back yard. Forget wearing the eye black and start handing out black eyes. Tired of being a punching bag after losing five straight games to their division rival, the Bucs struck back Sunday.
Guard robbed by kidnapper
St. Petersburg Times
TAMPA - Mariner's Cove apartments security guard Goran Santrac was working inside the guardhouse early Sunday when a man walked up and kidnapped him, authorities say.
Man found dead in Durango Steakhouse
Bay News 9
St. Petersburg police are investigating the death of a 30-year-old white male at the Durango Steakhouse restaurant on 4th Street North.
Mobile home park will have to make way for developers
WTSP
RIVERVIEW - While most people are in search of Christmas gifts, families in a Riverview neighborhood are scrambling to find new homes.
Tearful goodbye, hopeful hello
St. Petersburg Times
CLEARWATER - Calvary Baptist Church's members say farewell to their downtown location and gear up for their new digs.
Pop Warner champs celebrate new titles
Bradenton Herald
MANATEE - In two different parts of town, victory banners were unfurled and held high Saturday night. And the two Pop Warner football national champions were soaking it up.
Family, friends mourn death of slain 13-year-old
Tallahassee Democrat / AP
TAMPA - Family and friends of a 13-year-old boy found slain at a park near his home cried behind crime scene tape, recalling memories of the cheery, friendly child. Stephen Donald Tomlinson will never again ride his bike and skateboard around his north Tampa neighborhood, or play Pokemon on the Sony PlayStation 2, they said. He will never fulfill his young dreams of becoming a lawyer or engineer.
Two found dead after Tampa apartment fire
WTSP
TAMPA - Two people were found dead in a Tampa apartment Saturday afternoon. Investigators say they believe the two died of smoke inhalation, but no one reported a fire.
Brandon soldier dies in Iraq
Bay News 9
A soldier from Brandon died Thursday in Baghdad when a bomb exploded near the convoy he was escorting. First Lt. Kevin J. Smith, 28, was killed after insurgents detonated an explosive as the convoy of engineers went along the Tigris River to a power plant.
Step to save snapper divides fishermen
WTSP
PENSACOLA - Fishermen and environmentalists alike admit that red snapper has been overfished in the Gulf of Mexico. But opinions are divided over changes that would set quotas for commercial fishermen.
Three Bodies Found Along Fla. Shore
Local 6
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The bodies of two men washed ashore and the body of a woman was found floating in the surf in northern Palm Beach County on Saturday, officials said.
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