Former President Gerald Ford Hospitalized
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - Former President Ford was undergoing treatment for pneumonia Monday at the same facility where he was briefly hospitalized a month ago, his chief of staff said. He was said to be doing well.
Mexican military incursions across U.S. border reported
The U.S. Border Patrol has warned agents in Arizona of incursions into the United States by Mexican soldiers "trained to escape, evade and counterambush" if detected -- a scenario Mexico denied yesterday.
The warning to Border Patrol agents in Tucson, Ariz., comes after increased sightings of what authorities described as heavily armed Mexican military units on the U.S. side of the border.
U.S. Wins Support In Iran Dispute
LONDON - China and Russia agreed with the United States, Britain, Germany and France on Monday that Iran must completely suspend its nuclear program, the British Foreign Office said.
Calif. executes oldest murderer
SAN QUENTIN - California executed
Clarence Ray Allen, its oldest condemned prisoner, by lethal
injection early on Tuesday at San Quentin State Prison after
last-ditch court appeals for a stay of execution failed. Allen went to prison for having his teenage son's 17-year-old girlfriend murdered for fear she would tell police about a grocery-store burglary. He order the murders of other witnesses while behind bars.
Spy agency post-9/11 data sidetracked FBI: NY Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the months following the
September 11 attacks, the National Security Agency sent a
torrent of names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses to the FBI
that swamped the agency but led in virtually every case to dead
ends or innocent Americans, The New York Times reported on
Monday.
Time of essence in bird flu fight: experts
BEIJING (Reuters) - Bird flu experts meeting in Beijing
warned on Tuesday that there was no time to lose in battling a
disease that has killed almost 80 people since 2003 and has now
arrived at the gates of Europe and the Middle East.
Iraq says Iran holds nine coastguards prisoner
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi government said on Tuesday
nine Iraqi coastguards were taken prisoner by Iran after an
incident involving a suspected oil smuggling ship in the Gulf.
Anti-terrorism official says WMD attack inevitable
LONDON (Reuters) - A terrorist attack using weapons of mass
destruction in a Western country is inevitable, a senior U.S.
anti-terrorism official said in an interview published on
Tuesday.
Democrats force delay on high court nominee vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on Monday forced a
one-week delay on a vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee on
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, but the 55-year-old
conservative was still expected to be confirmed by the full
Republican-led Senate.
Pakistani Ruling Party Demands U.S. Apology
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Pakistan's ruling party on Monday demanded an apology for an alleged CIA airstrike that killed at least 17 people, but the country's prime minister said his trip to the United States this week would go ahead as planned.
Iraq: 99 Percent of Dec. 15 Vote Was Valid
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's electoral commission ruled Monday that more than 99 percent of the ballots from the Dec. 15 parliamentary elections are valid, opening the way for a new government to start coming together.
New Orleans Mayor Says God Mad at U.S.
NEW ORLEANS - Mayor Ray Nagin suggested Monday that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and other storms were a sign that "God is mad at America" and at black communities, too, for tearing themselves apart with violence and political infighting.
U.S. Vice President Meets Egypt Leader
CAIRO, Egypt - Vice President Dick Cheney met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Tuesday for talks on the political process in Iraq and the West's standoffs with Syria and Iran.
Bush Says King's 'Dream' Not Yet Completed
WASHINGTON - "We recommit ourselves to working for the dream that Martin Luther King gave his life for — an America where the dignity of every person is respected; where people are judged not by the color of their skin -- by the content of their character," Bush said.
Study Finds Exercise Helps Delay Dementia
PHILADELPHIA - Older people who exercise three or more times a week are less likely to develop Alzheimer's and other types of dementia, according to a study that adds to the evidence that staying active can help keep the mind sharp.
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NASA Probe Will Study Pluto And Mysterious Zone Of Icy Objects
WFTV
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA prepared to launch an unmanned, piano-sized probe that will fly by Pluto, the solar system's last unexplored planet, and also study a mysterious zone of icy objects that surrounds the frosty planet at the outer edges of the planetary system.
Man's Death in Gory Accident Snarls I-4 Traffic
LAKELAND LEDGER
LAKE MARY - A horrific accident on westbound Interstate 4, where a man may have jumped off the Lake Mary Boulevard overpass onto the highway where he was struck by multiple cars, brought rush-hour traffic to a halt Monday morning.
Parades, rallies celebrate Dr. King's life and legacy
WFTS
ST. PETERSBURG - Though bay area residents spent Monday celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day in many ways, St. Petersburg's annual parade proved -- as expected -- to be the most spectacular of the day's events.
Psychological Test Ordered for Teen in Florida Beatings
WASHINGTON POST
FORT LAUDERDALE - A judge on Monday ordered a psychological examination for one of two teenagers arrested in the fatal beating of a homeless man and a second beating that was videotaped by a surveillance camera.
Teen tied up during home invasion
WTSP
SAFETY HARBOR - Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies say four men with a knife and a crowbar broke in through a rear bedroom and used an electrical cord to tie up a 15-year-old boy who was the only one home at the time.
Car connected to murder found
BAY NEWS 9
The search is over for a stolen car that disappeared after a home invasion in St. Petersburg. Police are still looking for the people who murdered the car's owner, 85-year-old George Wallace.
Photographer arrested for nude photos of minor
WFTS
TAMPA - A Tampa photo shop led police to a man who's now charged with taking pornographic photos of a minor. Authorities say Joseph Friend took a number of pornographic photos of a 17-year-old girl, and that girl is only one on a long list of underage clients, some as young as 14 years old.
HARTline may be ready to dump streetcar
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
TAMPA - Some board members prefer someone else run the Tampa streetcar that carries few area residents.
Sebesta wants return of helmet law
BAY NEWS 9/AP
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Six years after Florida repealed its mandatory motorcycle helmet law, one state lawmaker is calling for a complete review of the issue.
Fla. police officer shoots two over poker game
BRADENTON HERALD
CASSELBERRY - A poker game took a violent turn when an off-duty police officer shot two men who refused to let him play, authorities said.
Rapper's show goes on despite arrest, delay
OCALA STAR-BANNER
OCALA - Rapper Juvenile went on to perform in front of a crowded club in the wee hours of the morning Saturday, minutes after his release from the Marion County Jail on an out-of-county warrant in a child-support case.
TOP DOG
In this photo provided by Discovery Channel's Animal Planet, Costello an Alaskan Malamute dances with his owner/breeder Sandy D'Andrea, of Lockport, N.Y., after he is crowned Best in Show at the 2006 AKC/Eukanuba National Championship in Tampa, Fla., on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Discovery Channel's Animal Planet, Gary Bogdon)
Family proud of fallen soldier's service
BRADENTON HERALD
SARASOTA - Kyle Edward Jackson, a seventh-generation Floridian and pilot in the U.S. Army, died when his OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter was shot down in Mosul, Iraq on Friday. "He wanted to be a hero, and that is one of the ways that we will remember him," said his brother Michael, a Sarasota County Sheriff's Deputy.
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