Mourners Reflect on the Year Since Tsunami
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Beside gentle seas, survivors, friends and family remembered the fury of the Indian Ocean tsunami that swept away more than 200,000 people in 12 countries one year ago Monday and laid waste to entire communities in one of the worst natural disasters in memory.
Report: Sharon to Undergo Heart Procedure
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will undergo a procedure in coming weeks to repair a small hole in his heart, Israel Radio reported Monday. Dr. Chaim Lotem said the hole, less than an eighth of an inch, is a minor birth defect found in 15 percent to 25 percent of the population.
Japan Train Derailment Leaves Four Dead
TOKYO - An express train traveling through strong winter winds derailed in northern Japan, killing four people and injuring more than 30, officials said Monday.
Powell Supports Government Eavesdropping
WASHINGTON - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday supported government eavesdropping to prevent terrorism but said a major controversy over presidential powers could have been avoided by obtaining court warrants.
Libyan court scraps nurses' HIV death sentences
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's Supreme Court on Sunday
scrapped death sentences against five Bulgarian nurses and a
Palestinian doctor and ordered a retrial of the cases which
have harmed Tripoli's efforts to build ties with the West.
White House Aids Playboy Playmate in Court
WASHINGTON - Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith has an unusual bedfellow in the Supreme Court fight over her late husband's fortune: the Bush administration.
Emergency Vehicle Plunges Into N.J. River
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Two police officers tumbled into a frigid river after their emergency-squad truck plunged more than 40 feet off a drawbridge.
Iraq War Veteran to Become Action Figure
FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina - The questions were unusual for Sgt. 1st Class Jerry Wolford: Did you play with GI Joe action figures when you were a child? What if you could be one?
Nikkei Hits Highest Level Since Oct. 2000
TOKYO - Japan's benchmark stock index topped 16,000 points Monday, reaching its highest level since October 2000. The dollar rose slightly against the yen.
Christians Across Globe Celebrate Holiday
BETHLEHEM, West Bank - Christian pilgrims packed Bethlehem's Manger Square and the Vatican on Christmas Day to pray for a tranquil 2006 and remember those killed in the terrorist attacks and natural disasters that marked the waning year.
Just Another Day for U.S. Military in Iraq
BEIJI, Iraq - U.S. Army soldiers carried out raids in dusty Iraqi towns. Military doctors treated soldiers wounded by roadside bombs. Christmas in Iraq was just another day on the front lines for the U.S. military.
5 Killed in Va. Murder-Suicide Shootings
GREAT FALLS, Va. - Five people were found dead in apparent murder-suicide shootings Sunday at homes in two well-to-do suburbs of Washington, police said.
Clark, Philbin to Host Competing Bashes
NEW YORK - New Year's Eve is the biggest party night of the year, and television is among the most youth-obsessed media, so guess who will be the top hosts this weekend when the ball drops in Times Square? A couple of guys in their 70s, that's who.
'Mother of All Bombs' Designer Dies at 67
MIAMI - Albert L. Weimorts Jr., a civilian engineer for the Air Force whose designs included a satellite-guided weapon known as the "mother of all bombs," has died, his son said. He was 67.
Katrina Victims Salvage Holiday Spirit
NEW ORLEANS - Harold Hansford didn't make it home for Christmas. He just visited. Hansford spent part of Christmas morning wandering around the gutted house in the New Orleans suburb of Arabi that he, his wife and son called home for the past 17 years.
Gunmen kill 10 Iraqi police and soldiers
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Guerrillas killed at least 10 Iraqi
policemen and soldiers in separate attacks north of Baghdad on
Monday in the latest flare-up of violence after a largely
peaceful election nearly two weeks ago.
Unite against terror, Pope says in Christmas speech
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, in his first
Christmas address, on Sunday urged humanity to unite against
terrorism, poverty and environmental blight and called for a
"new world order" to correct economic imbalances.
Afghans try former communist intelligence chief
KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan former intelligence chief went
on trial on Monday accused of war crimes and torture during
communist rule in the 1980s, the first such trial to be held in
Afghanistan after decades of warfare.
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Buccaneers move closer to NFC South crown
Florida Today
TAMPA - One more win, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers can call themselves NFC South champions. That was the outcome of an unexpected Week 16 in the division, as the Carolina Panthers not only fell at home to Dallas, but also lost control of the four-team NFC South race.
A Christmas reunion
Bay News 9
A St. Petersburg woman has been reunited with her father for the first time in 30 years, thanks to a Bay area private investigator who specializes in reuniting families.
Boy, 3, hospitalized after he's struck by car
St. Petersburg Times
DUNEDIN - A 3-year-old suffered serious and possibly life-threatening injuries in Dunedin Sunday when he was hit by a car.
UCF falls in OT to Nevada at Hawaii Bowl
Seattle Times
HONOLULU — Nevada showed Central Florida wasn't the only team to have an amazing turnaround this season. Jeff Rowe scored on a 4-yard naked bootleg in overtime to help the Wolf Pack to a 49-48 victory over the Golden Knights in the Hawaii Bowl on Saturday night.
More toxins found in Hernando
Bay News 9
New testing has found more contamination, and this time it's close to a residential community in Brooksville.
Christmas story told by starlight
Bradenton Herald
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, 'Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.' -Matthew 2:1-2
James Dungy's death a suicide; funeral to be public
WFTS
TAMPA - Former Buccaneers coach Tony Dungy and his wife, grieving over the death of their 18-year-old son, James, left Tampa on Friday to spend the Christmas holiday with family in Indianapolis. But the Dungys will return here early next week to bury James Dungy, long a fixture on the sidelines at Bucs games, in a service open to the public.
Authorities: Body Is Fla. Crash Victim's
Yahoo! News/AP
MIAMI - A boater discovered the last missing victim of a fatal seaplane crash floating in the Atlantic Ocean, nine miles from where the plane went down, authorities said.
 Seaman Ryan Paquette, of the U.S. Navy, finds a quiet moment away from the television cameras to share a kiss with his fiancé, Melody Estes, during a Florida Navy Moms event at the site of the statue imitating the famous Life magazine cover Friday in Sarasota. (Bradenton Herald)
Gunman Killed After Taking 2 Hostages
Lakeland Ledger
LAKELAND - Rae and Carolyn Croft have a car alarm, a noisy parrot and their own cool heads to thank for their lives. The couple was held hostage early Friday by a gunman who repeatedly threatened to take his own life as well as theirs. About 1:30 a.m., 21year-old Eric Cousins burst into the Crofts' home at 920 Oakhill St. He was brandishing a loaded .22 caliber revolver.
Comfort and joy
St. Petersburg Times
ST. PETERSBURG - Never in her wildest dreams did Jennifer Dwan imagine she would celebrate Christmas at a Ronald McDonald House. The 32-year-old Clermont resident had planned to spend the early weeks of December decorating her home and shopping with her husband, John. By now, she expected to be baking cookies with her two young daughters, Samantha and Katie.
Hate crime home repaired in time for Christmas
WTSP
RIVERVIEW - Almost a month after someone destroyed her brand new home and furniture, Trina Odom and her sister are back to see the finished project.
Pinellas Park teacher accused of swiping students' intimates
WFTS
CLEARWATER - A Pinellas Park High School English teacher is in jail, charged with several counts of child porn. Jason Hooper was arrested Friday morning at his Clearwater home.
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