AP - Almost 70 years after “The Wizard of Oz” premiered at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, a few of the film’s Munchkins made a grand entrance there Tuesday to receive a collective star on the Hollywood …

Reuters - Circuit City Stores Inc , which replaced 3,400 workers earlier this year with lower-paid employees, is asking some former staff to return, the Wall Street Journal said Wednesday in its …

AP - Archaeologists on Tuesday unveiled an underground grotto believed to have been revered by ancient Romans as the place where a wolf nursed the city’s legendary founder Romulus and his twin brother Remus. Source: …

AP - An Indonesian housekeeper broke down in sobs Tuesday after testifying that one of her employers forced her to punish a fellow servant by covering her naked body in plastic wrapping tape and ripping …

Reuters - Researchers have decoded the gene map of a strain of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis and said on Tuesday their work has identified mutations that may help develop better treatments. Source: news.yahoo.com
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AP - Think cooking the perfect Thanksgiving dinner is stressful? Something else is far more likely to raise your blood pressure: salt hidden in all those goodies. Don’t blame the chef. Much of that salt …

AP - A judge dismissed an assault complaint Tuesday against a handyman once investigated in the deaths of four prostitutes after another woman who accused him of trying to strangle her failed to show up …

AP - The defense wrapped up its case Tuesday in the trial of seven men charged with plotting to destroy Chicago’s Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices in Miami and other cities.

GOP’s Tancredo defends …

James Kilpatrick - By the time I was halfway through “Beowolf,” I began to feel a little sorry for the dragon. I was 12. Now I am considerably older. I’ve been reading Case No. 07-276 …

Reuters - Naples brought in tough anti- smoking measures Monday, but not everyone was convinced Italians in a city famed for flouting the law would stop lighting up in parks or near …

Reuters - Beijing is seeking women presenters for medals ceremonies at the 2008 Olympics — but only those who are tall and thin need apply.

Cage, Buscemi, Morgan enlist in “G-Force” …

AP - Almost 70 years after “The Wizard of Oz” premiered at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, a few of the film’s Munchkins made a grand entrance there Tuesday to receive a collective star on the Hollywood …

AP - Mitt Romney is packing boxes of food for the needy on Wednesday and then preparing the stuffing and mashed potatoes for his own family’s big dinner on Thanksgiving. Chris Dodd is serving meals …

AP - Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft’s law firm could earn $52.2 million helping the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey monitor a leading maker of knee and hip replacements, according to recent public …

AP - The Australian navy rescued 16 people, 10 of them children, from a boat sinking in rough water off the country’s northwest coast, the defense department said Wednesday. Read more…..
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Reuters - MTV’s “Rock Band” video game took the stage on Tuesday, a new entrant in the fast-growing genre of musical games that could boost the fortunes of the flagging music industry.
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AP - Presidential contender Barack Obama on Tuesday called for a $18 billion education plan that he said would fix mistakes his chief Democratic rivals made when they approved President Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” …

AP - When technology companies talk up the potential of the developing world, they usually mean places that already are hotbeds like China or India. Read more…..
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