New York City Transit Workers Strike
NEW YORK - Subways and buses ground to a halt Tuesday morning as transit workers walked off the job at the height of the holiday shopping and tourist season, threatening to plunge the city into chaos by forcing about 7 million daily riders to find new ways to get around.
Federal Investigators Probe High-Tech Explosives Theft
Officials are investigating the theft of 400 pounds of high-powered plastic explosives in New Mexico. The material was stolen from a bunker owned by a bomb expert who works at a national research lab outside Albuquerque, N.M.
Bush calls leak 'shameful'
WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday called the recent leak about a top-secret U.S. program to spy on suspected terrorists a "shameful act," and rebuked Senate Democrats for their "inexcusable" effort to block renewal of the Patriot Act.
Sunnis Call Election Results Fraudulent
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sunni Arabs on Tuesday challenged partial election results released a day earlier, calling them a "falsification of the will of the people" and saying evidence of fraud was abundant. A driver for Jordan's embassy was kidnapped by assailants.
Toyota Plans to Produce 9M Vehicles in '06
NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota said Tuesday it plans to produce 9.06 million vehicles in 2006, threatening to overtake struggling U.S. rival General Motors as the world's biggest automaker.
House Moves for All-Digital TV by 2009
WASHINGTON - House lawmakers approved legislation early Monday that would complete the transition to all-digital television broadcasts by Feb. 17, 2009.
Iran's President Bans All Western Music
TEHRAN, Iran - Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has banned all Western music from Iran's state radio and TV stations — an eerie reminder of the 1979 Islamic revolution when popular music was outlawed as "un-Islamic" under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Alaska Man Builds 16-Foot Snowzilla
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - With the help of his kids and neighbors, Billy Ray Powers built more than just a snowman — they've dubbed his 16-plus-foot-tall creation "Snowzilla."
Researchers Find Barbie Is Often Mutilated
LONDON - Barbie, beware. The iconic plastic doll is often mutilated at the hands of young girls, according to research published Monday by British academics.
Cheney May Be Tiebreaker on Budget Cuts
WASHINGTON - A Senate vote on a deficit-reduction bill looks to be so tight that Vice President Dick Cheney is said to be rushing home from an overseas diplomatic mission to be the tiebreaker for saving one of the Bush administration's top priorities.
Sharon Released From Hospital After Stroke
JERUSALEM - A smiling Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was released from the hospital on Tuesday after suffering a mild stroke and said he was fit and in a hurry to get back to work.
Federal Survey Shows Unwanted Births Up
ATLANTA - More American women are having babies they didn't want, a survey indicates, but federal researchers say they don't know if that means attitudes about abortion are changing.
President, Execs at Tokyo Exchange Resign
TOKYO - The president and other executives at Japan's largest bourse have resigned following two computer system failures, including one that cost a major brokerage house more than $300 million, the Tokyo Stock Exchange said Tuesday.
China Increases Official Size of Economy
BEIJING - China sharply raised the official size of its economy Tuesday after taking into account emerging service industries, saying its output last year was 16.8 percent higher than previously reported.
Lipitor Patent Win Boosts Pfizer Shares
NEW YORK - A patent victory on its biggest selling drug Lipitor boosted Pfizer Inc.'s shares nearly 8 percent Monday as a major uncertainty was eliminated, even though other significant challenges remain.
Chinese inmates' organs for sale to Britons
GUANGZHOU, China - A Chinese company has begun marketing kidneys, livers and other organs from executed prisoners to sick Britons in need of transplants.
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NTSB to Examine Fla. Plane Crash Wreckage
Yahoo! News/AP
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Investigators hoped to haul up the fuselage of a sunken seaplane to find why it broke apart and plunged into the ocean just off Miami Beach with 20 people on board, including three infants.
Stolen car chase, caught on tape, ends thanks to satellite
WFTS
TAMPA - The two 15-year-olds accused of grand theft auto probably have no idea they were caught by one of those built-in GPS tracking systems, nor could they know how quickly deputies spotted the stolen 2002 SUV.
Tampa murders down 26%; St. Pete Murders way up
St. Petersburg Times
While St. Petersburg's murder rate rises 114 percent for the first six months of 2005, Tampa's number drops 26 percent, the FBI reports.
Quieting the amphitheater
Bay News 9
Crews removed lawn speakers from the Ford Amphitheater on Monday as part of a settlement with Hillsborough County and the Environmental Protection Commission.
Al-Arian wants charges dropped
St. Petersburg Times
TAMPA - As Sami Al-Arian sits in jail awaiting the government's next move, his lawyers filed a motion Monday asking federal authorities to dismiss the nine remaining charges against him.
Tate Faked Problems, Will Stand Trial
Lakeland Ledger
FORT LAUDERDALE -- Lionel Tate is competent to face probation violation charges that could end in a life sentence, a judge ruled Monday after two psychologists said the convicted killer was feigning hearing voices in his head.
Truck slams into electrical substation
Bay News 9
TAMPA - Some Tampa residents were without power Tuesday morning after the driver of a furniture truck fell asleep at the wheel and slammed into a Tampa Electric Company (TECO) substation.
Man charged in 2004 accident that killed Secret Service agent
WFTS
TAMPA - A Tampa man faces a felony vehicular manslaughter charge for a 2004 accident that claimed the life of a U.S. Secret Service agent.
Lakeland woman, 94, a faithful bell ringer
Ocala Star-Banner
LAKELAND - The constant tinkling sound outside the grocery store is so familiar this time of year it seems part of the atmosphere, like Muzak seeping from a speaker system. It's not, of course. Every jingling bell has a hand attached to it, a ringer who brings it to life.
Hurricanes may have spread canker to a quarter of state's groves
WFTS
LAKELAND - This year's hurricanes may have spread the dreaded citrus canker to as much as a quarter of Florida's commercial citrus groves, federal agriculture officials said Monday.
Santa Claus goes diving
WTSP
KEY LARGO - Santa Claus traded his sleigh and reindeer for an underwater sea scooter in Key Largo Sunday.
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