Iraqis Vote for 1st Full-Term Parliament
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqis voted in a historic parliamentary election Thursday, with strong turnout reported in Sunni Arab areas that had shunned balloting last January, bolstering U.S. hopes of calming the insurgency enough to begin withdrawing its troops.
Bush: Iraq Invasion My Responsibility
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Wednesday the responsibility for invading Iraq based in part on faulty weapons intelligence rested solely with him, taking on the issue in his most direct and personal terms in the 1,000-plus days since the war's first shots.
Senate GOP Fights to Sustain Patriot Act
WASHINGTON - Senate Republican leaders fought Wednesday to save the USA Patriot Act renewal from sinking under the weight of opposition from a bipartisan group that says the measure would give the FBI a dangerous amount of power.
Mass. Gov. Romney to Skip Re-Election Bid
BOSTON - After earning two Harvard degrees, making millions as a businessman and turning around a scandal-plagued Winter Olympics, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has created quite a list of accomplishments, some political analysts say. Those analysts believe the Republican announced Wednesday he will not to seek re-election next year because he did not want to risk tarnishing his resume if he decides to run for president in 2008.
Kazakhstan Launches Oil Pipeline to China
ASTANA, Kazakhstan - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Thursday ceremonially opened the taps of a new pipeline carrying oil from one of the region's greatest energy powers to one of its hungriest consumers, China.
House to Vote on Bill for Pension System
WASHINGTON - The House will try to infuse new life into the nation's financially fragile, employer-based pension system with legislation requiring companies to meet their obligations to retirees while shielding the federal agency that takes over abandoned pension plans.
Alaskan Volcano Showing Signs of Erupting
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A sulfurous steam plume, hundreds of miniature earthquakes and a new swath of ash on snowy Augustine Volcano have scientists looking for a possible eruption in the next few months.
EU Blasted for Deadlocked Trade Talks
HONG KONG - It was the European Union vs the Rest of the World as global trade talks remained deadlocked Thursday, with the EU defending itself from a barrage of criticism that its refusal to further open its farming markets threatened to torpedo the entire World Trade Organization meeting.
UAW: Health Care to Cost Ford Workers More
DETROIT - Ford Motor Co.'s active and retired autoworkers, who have long enjoyed some of the most generous benefits in the country, will have to pay more for their health care under a tentative agreement between the automaker and the United Auto Workers, the union said Wednesday.
Reservoir Fails in Ozarks; Three Injured
LESTERVILLE, Mo. - The stone retaining wall around a huge mountaintop reservoir in the Ozarks collapsed before daybreak Wednesday, releasing a billion-gallon torrent of water that swept away at least two homes and several vehicles and critically injured three children, authorities said.
U.S. Shuts Cuba Out of Baseball Classic
NEW YORK - The U.S. government is keeping Cuba out of the inaugural World Baseball Classic, citing the standing embargo against the communist island nation.
Marine Census Shows Diversity, Declines
PORTLAND, Ore. - A massive census of all the fish and other marine life in the world's oceans has reached the halfway point with new evidence of the rich diversity under the sea along with warnings about the alarming decline of many species.
Pentagon Subpoenaed for Katrina Documents
WASHINGTON - The Republican chairman of a special House investigation panel has subpoenaed the Pentagon, and is considering sending another to the White House, to get documents detailing the government's response to Hurricane Katrina.
Parents Ask How Air Pollution Affects Kids
The people who breathe the nation's most unhealthy factory air worry about more than just asthma and other respiratory problems. They also want to know if their daily dose of toxic pollution is slowing the academic and physical development of their children.
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Up to 41 may have been infected in race
St. Petersburg Times
Investigators contact all participants in a Hillsborough adventure race after six come down with a rare disease. They find more sick.
2 Men Charged in Beating Death
Lakeland Ledger
DUNDEE - Two Dundee men have been charged in the beating death of a New York truck driver outside a bar late Tuesday. Jeffrey Towne, 48, of Farmington, N.Y., a driver for Priority Transportation, had been drinking at Jimmy's Lounge at the Economy Motor Lodge, 28550 U.S. 27 N., Dundee, when an argument started between two other men at the bar.
Teachers' bonus too good to be true
St. Petersburg Times
TAMPA - For Hillsborough County's 14,500 teachers, Wednesday felt a little more like April Fools Day than the week before Christmas. Beginning at 6 a.m., this exciting nugget aired on Bay News 9, on the station's Web site and on at least two radio stations: "Hillsborough County teachers get bonus."
Fuel spill at power plant causes concern
WTSP
ST. PETERSBURG – Fire truck after fire truck raced to the Progress Energy Bartow Plant on Weedon Island Wednesday night.
Bush: Renewable Sources Key Answer To State's Energy Concerns
Local 6
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida must stop relying so heavily on costly natural gas for generating its electricity, Gov. Jeb Bush said Wednesday at a meeting to discuss the state's energy future.
Man accused of killing relative with pitchfork
Ocala Star-Banner
OCALA — Police say they have arrested a man who grabbed a pitchfork and stabbed his 62-year-old stepgrandfather to death while robbing him. Efrain Tyler Ruiz, 21, was charged with first-degree murder Wednesday and was being held in the Marion County Jail without bond.
Footage of robberies shows smooth operators at work
WFTS
JOHN'S PASS - The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is putting out an alert for three grand theft suspects who have been caught on tape stealing from small stores.
Send in the clowns
Bay News 9
Life-size clown statues will soon dot some Sarasota streets, but the clowns are bringing frowns to some faces.
Fla. man awarded Carnegie Hero medal
Bradenton Herald/AP
PITTSBURGH - Eighteen people, including a Florida man who died while trying to save a father and son swept out to sea, were to be honored Thursday with Carnegie Medals for heroism.
Industry: Change Canker Plan
Lakeland Ledger
LAKELAND -- Florida citrus grower representatives will ask state and federal officials to consider changing the citrus canker eradication program after a study showed further efforts could destroy another 70,000 acres of commercial citrus groves.
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.
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