Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

DALLAS - A manhunt continued Tuesday morning for a gunman in a pickup who is suspected of killing two people and injuring another in a series of rush hour shootings on Dallas-area roads.

CONAKRY, Guinea - A military-led group seized control of the airwaves in Guinea and declared a coup Tuesday after the death of the mineral-rich West African country's longtime dictator, but the prime minister insisted he remained in charge.

NEW YORK - Wall Street pointed to a moderately higher open Tuesday as investors awaited reports on the nation's housing industry and the broader economy.

NEW YORK - A slain police officer's sister reacted with disgust after a jury cleared a former actor on "The Sopranos" of her brother's killing during a botched burglary three years ago.

CHICAGO - Robbie Gould kicked a 38-yard field goal with 11:28 left in overtime and the Chicago Bears overcame frigid conditions and the Green Bay Packers for a 20-17 victory Monday night to stay in the running for the playoffs.

LONDON (Reuters) - The world's economies limped toward Christmas on Tuesday, with Britain contracting more sharply than first thought, Spain tumbling into recession and New Zealand's downturn deepening.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy shrank at a 0.5 percent annual pace in the third quarter as expected after consumers and businesses cut spending and the country's recession gathered steam, government data showed on Tuesday.

PARIS (Reuters) - Governments should be ready to increase their spending on economic stimulus programs if circumstances require it, the International Monetary Fund's chief economist Olivier Blanchard said in comments published on Tuesday.

DALLAS (Reuters) - A gunman was still at large on Monday after killing at least two people in a shooting spree on highways in and around Dallas, police and local media said.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Just 38.7 percent of Americans went shopping during the final weekend before Christmas, the lowest turnout in at least six years, according to a survey released on Tuesday.

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban's supreme leader rejected on Tuesday reports he had sent a letter to the Saudi king involving a formula for ending the war in Afghanistan and conditions for talks with the Afghan government.

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer has sought to defuse tension between Pakistan and India while New Delhi asked Islamabad on Tuesday to avoid "war hysteria" and act to dismantle terrorist infrastructure.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Half dozen European countries are considering resettling detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a gesture to the incoming Obama administration, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

CONAKRY, Dec 23, 2008 (AFP) - Army officers seized power in Guinea on Tuesday hours after the death of president Lansana Conte, suspending the west African nation's constitution and summoning ministers to a military base.

HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe Tuesday dismissed US calls for him to quit as "stupid," saying they represented "the last kicks of dying horse" as George W. Bush prepares to leave the White House.

MOSCOW (AFP) - A Russian probe on Tuesday alleged that Georgia committed genocide in its August conflict with Russia, the latest accusation in a bitter war of words between the two foes.

LONDON (AFP) - Britain edged ever closer to a recession on Tuesday and the IMF's top economist warned of a second Great Depression, as stock markets awaited fresh US growth data in the hope of some Christmas cheer.

JAKARTA (AFP) - Four calves of the world's rarest species of rhino have been found in remote jungle on Indonesia's Java island, giving hope to efforts to save them from extinction, an official said Tuesday.

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned consumers on Tuesday that the "era of cheap gas" is coming to an end, in a keynote speech to a meeting of gas exporting countries in Moscow.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US hedge fund Tremont Group Holdings invested 3.3 billion dollars with Bernard Madoff, the disgraced investment manager accused in a massive fraud, a source familiar with the matter said Monday.