Campaigning Stops Ahead of Iraq Election
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Campaigning came to a stop Wednesday around Iraq to give the country's 15 million voters an opportunity to reflect before deciding who will govern their country for the next four years.
Truck seized hauling load of bogus ballots
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Less than two days before nationwide elections, Iraqi border police seized a tanker truck on Tuesday that had just crossed from Iran filled with thousands of forged ballots, an official at Iraq's Interior Ministry said.
House Prepares to Renew Patriot Act
WASHINGTON - The GOP-controlled House plans to quickly renew portions of the USA Patriot Act before they expire at the end of the year. Some Republicans say the nation's safety could be endangered if the Senate doesn't follow suit.
Iran President: Holocaust Is a 'Myth'
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday the Holocaust is a "myth" that Europeans have used to create a Jewish state in the heart of the Islamic world.
'Soldiers' gear up to defend Christmas
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - 'Tis the season to fight folly. Troops are massed on the ground floor of a nondescript, green-glassed building that's become ground zero for an annual campaign to defend Christmas.
Bush Decribes Iraqi Vote As a Milestone
WASHINGTON - President Bush has described this week's election in Iraq as a milestone for the Iraqi people, but the stakes are also high for Bush himself.
China Struggling to Control Protests
SHENZHEN, China - Increasingly violent protests throughout China over land, taxes and other disputes are forcing the government to strike a difficult balance, trying to maintain order while letting the public vent frustrations to prevent a larger explosion, analysts say.
Ex-President Ford Released From Hospital
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - Former President Gerald Ford was released Tuesday evening from the hospital after what his chief of staff called routine medical tests.
Court Backs Panel on GE-Honeywell Merger
LUXEMBOURG - An EU court ruled Wednesday that the European Commission was right to block a proposed merger between General Electric Co. and Honeywell International Inc. in 2001, although it criticized regulators for how they made the decision.
Investigator: U.S. Shipped Out Detainees
PARIS - A European investigator said Tuesday he has found mounting indications the United States illegally held detainees in Europe but then hurriedly shipped out the last ones to North Africa a month ago when word leaked out.
American Red Cross President Resigns
NEW YORK - American Red Cross President Marsha Evans announced her resignation Tuesday because of friction with the board of governors, shortly before witnesses and lawmakers at a congressional hearing assailed the charity's response to Hurricane Katrina.
Woman Suspected in Several Ecoterror Cases
EUGENE, Ore. - A woman charged with damaging a transmission tower also is suspected in half a dozen other ecoterror crimes, including a firebombing at a Colorado ski resort, one of the costliest such crimes in the U.S.
Fed Boosts Interest Rate to 4.25 Percent
WASHINGTON - In raising the federal funds rate to 4.25 percent on Tuesday, Chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues stopped using the word "accommodation," which in Fed-speak means that interest rates are kept low enough to boost economic growth.
Three Die in N.J. Apartment Complex Blast
BERGENFIELD, N.J. - An explosion and fire ripped through an apartment building Tuesday after construction workers hit a gas line, authorities said. Three people were killed and five were injured.
Qantas chooses Boeing over Airbus in massive fleet expansion deal
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian flag-carrier Qantas chose Boeing's 787 long-haul airliner as the "cornerstone" for a 20 billion dollar expansion of its fleet, snubbing European rival Airbus.
Deadly gunbattles erupt in West Bank city
NABLUS, West Bank (AFP) - Fierce gunbattles erupted during an army incursion in the largest West Bank city, leaving one Palestinian dead and 25 Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers wounded.
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9-year-old saves family, walks to school
WTSP
TAMPA - 9-year-old Eugene Thomas was getting ready for school at his grandmother's house on Nassau Street when he smelled smoke.
Tampa city councilwoman injured in hit-and-run accident
WFTS
TAMPA - A brush with a fleeing suspect landed Tampa City Councilwoman Mary Alvarez in the hospital with minor injuries Tuesday evening.
Boy, 5, says bus driver taped his mouth
St. Petersburg Times/WFTS
DUNEDIN - The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office investigates after a Dunedin Elementary student tells his parents the driver used duct tape.
Pinellas plans to raise gas tax
WTSP
CLEARWATER - Ask people about gas prices and they'll probably tell the same thing Judy Riggs told us.
Human Remains Found On Sunken Boat
WFTV
FORT MYERS - Police say bones from two different humans were found in a sunken boat in the Caloosahatchee River.
Supporters: Let Al-Arian out
St. Petersburg Times
TAMPA - Demonstrators at the courthouse ask President Bush to release the former professor after his trial didn't convict.
Federal experts swing by Tampa with bird flu update
WFTS
TAMPA - Representatives from the Centers for Disease Control were in Tampa on Tuesday to talk bird flu with state Health Department employees.
Disease sneaked up on 6 in race
St. Petersburg Times
TAMPA - At least a half-dozen athletes who raced through Hillsborough woods and swamps got a potentially fatal illness.
Growers Could Post a Third Record Crop of Strawberries
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PLANT CITY - Growers are aiming at a third consecutive record value for the Florida strawberry crop in the 2005-06 season.
Warrant issued for man involved in double fatal boating accident
WTSP
MADEIRA BEACH - Officials say Miguel Alvarado slammed into a personal watercraft carrying 19-year old Corey Vincent and 23-year old Joe Battista near John's Pass in Boca Ciega Bay this past May.
Judge recuses herself after clashing with defense lawyer
St. Petersburg Times
LARGO - The latest turn in an already bizarre legal drama: Circuit Judge Linda Allan has recused herself from hearing the case of Ernesto Hedges, a former Tampa police officer accused of molesting two 9-year-old girls at a family gathering.
Reports: Couey molested wife's daughter
Bradenton Herald/AP
TAMPA - A man charged with sexually assaulting and killing 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford told police in 1991 that he molested his wife's daughter, according to documents.
Home invasion in Bradenton
Bay News 9
The 24-year-old woman and her 6-month-old baby were inside the home when she heard a noise in another room.
500-Pound Man Accused Of Fast-Food Scam
Local 6
A 500-pound man in Seminole County, Fla., was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of scamming fast-food restaurants out of large amounts of milk shakes and tacos.
St. Pete Police search for restaurant manager's killer
WTSP
ST. PETERSBURG - Durango co-workers say a job they love will never be the same. Stephen Holmes, a family man who had recently just been promoted from server to assistant manager, was murdered after the steakhouse closed for the night Sunday.
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