Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Consumer confidence sinks even lower AP - 51 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - People's confidence in the economy sank even lower amid heightened fears about shrinking job opportunities and the possibility the country is falling into recession.

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  Microsoft helps nab $900M piracy ring AP - 52 minutes ago

  SEATTLE - Microsoft is telling the tale of a major software piracy investigation that weaved through 22 countries, hoping would-be pirates will think twice if they know how far the company will go to protect its computer code worth billions in revenue each quarter.

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  Court has mystery hearing in Spears case AP - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - The court commissioner who placed Britney Spears under conservatorship held a closed-door hearing on an unspecified emergency motion Thursday, a day after the troubled pop star was suddenly released from a psychiatric hospital and ended up being pursued through the city by paparazzi.

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  Turtle swims from Indonesia to Oregon AP - 56 minutes ago

  BANGKOK, Thailand - A leatherback turtle has been tracked swimming from the coast of the Papua province in Indonesia to Oregon, researchers said, in what may be the longest trip for marine vertebrae between breeding and feeding sites.

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  Clemens to continue lobbying on the Hill AP - 50 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - His face-to-face lobbying efforts not quite complete, Roger Clemens was heading back to Capitol Hill.

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  Bush: Will sign economic stimulus bill next week Reuters - 36 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Friday he would sign a $152 billion economic stimulus package into law next week.

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  Gunman kills five in Missouri city hall Reuters - Fri Feb 8, 1:26 AM ET

  KIRKWOOD, Missouri (Reuters) - A gunman killed two police officers and three city officials on Thursday night when he stormed into a city council meeting in a suburb of St. Louis, police said.

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  Dozens injured in Georgia sugar refinery explosion Reuters - Fri Feb 8, 5:42 AM ET

  ATLANTA (Reuters) - Dozens of people were injured, some of them seriously, in an explosion at a sugar refinery in the U.S. state of Georgia on Thursday night, local authorities said, adding that no fatalities had been reported yet.

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  Iran starts second atomic power plant: report Reuters - 59 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Iran has started building a second atomic power plant in an oil-rich region near the border with Iraq, Iran's Ambassador to Russia was quoted as saying on Friday by Itar-Tass news agency.

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  British police say blast killed Pakistan's Bhutto Reuters - 1 hour, 50 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - British police investigating the murder of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto concluded she was killed by a head injury caused by the impact of a bomb blast, not by a bullet, drawing skepticism from her close aides.

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  Israel makes small cut in Gaza's electricity supply Reuters - 1 hour, 45 minutes ago

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Friday it cut by less than 1 percent the amount of electrical power it supplies to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip as part of a campaign against militants who fire cross-border rockets.

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  Russia's Putin lashes out at West's "arms race" Reuters - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of unleashing a new arms race on Russia's borders on Friday in a speech that is likely to provide a blueprint for his successor's policies.

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  U.S. military loses records for bin Laden's driver Reuters - Thu Feb 7, 10:04 PM ET

  GANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The U.S. military has lost a year's worth of records describing the Guantanamo confinement of Osama bin Laden's driver, a prosecutor said at the Yemeni captive's war court hearing on Thursday.

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  Bhutto killed by impact of bomb, not bullets: Scotland Yard AFP - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - British detectives said Friday that Benazir Bhutto was killed by the force of a suicide bomb and not gunfire, backing the Pakistani government's controversial account of how the opposition leader died.

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  Putin says strong Russia will spend on new arms race AFP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin heralded a wealthy Russia able to compete in a new "arms race" with a speech Friday setting long term priorities for his hand-picked successor ahead of next month's presidential election.

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  Khmer Rouge victim confronts regime leader in court AFP - Fri Feb 8, 5:28 AM ET

  PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Survivors of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge publicly confronted the regime's "Brother Number Two" at a UN-backed genocide tribunal Friday, marking the first time victims have faced a senior cadre in court.

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  Atlantis shoots into space on key mission for Europe AFP - Fri Feb 8, 4:02 AM ET

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AFP) - Shuttle Atlantis soared into orbit after a two-month delay on a mission to the International Space Station that will set a milestone for Europe's presence in space.

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  Converting land for biofuel worsens global warming: study AFP - Fri Feb 8, 5:10 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Clearing raw land to produce biofuels actually contributes to global warming by emitting large amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, researchers have warned.

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  US Congress backs stimulus for troubled economy AFP - Fri Feb 8, 2:14 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Congress has overwhelmingly approved a giant economic stimulus plan sought by the White House amid mounting fears that the world's biggest economy could be sliding into a recession.

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  French police question broker over rogue trader links: officials AFP - 2 hours, 46 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - French police on Friday questioned a share broker over links to rogue trader Jerome Kerviel, whose 4.8 billion euro (7.1 billion dollar) losses nearly brought Societe Generale bank to its knees, justice officials said.

Most Popular Top Stories

• Gunman kills five in Missouri city hall Reuters - Fri Feb 8, 1:26 AM ET

  KIRKWOOD, Missouri (Reuters) - A gunman killed two police officers and three city officials on Thursday night when he stormed into a city council meeting in a suburb of St. Louis, police said.

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  Force of blast killed Bhutto, not bullet: report Reuters - Fri Feb 8, 2:50 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - British police have concluded that Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed by the force of a suicide bomb and not by an assassin's bullet, The New York Times reported in its Friday editions.

• Dozens injured in Georgia sugar refinery explosion Reuters - Fri Feb 8, 5:42 AM ET

  ATLANTA (Reuters) - Dozens of people were injured, some of them seriously, in an explosion at a sugar refinery in the U.S. state of Georgia on Thursday night, local authorities said, adding that no fatalities had been reported yet.

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  Bush: Will sign economic stimulus bill next week Reuters - 36 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Friday he would sign a $152 billion economic stimulus package into law next week.

• Praise a Child Right, and You'll Get Results U.S. News & World Report - Tue Feb 5, 2:32 PM ET

  Alan Kazdin knows where I've gone wrong. He knows that I nag, and threaten, and then try to reason with my child, explaining why what she's doing is a bad idea. And he knows that none of those time-honored parenting techniques work worth a darn. "It's almost as if when you leave the maternity ward, they told you five or six things that you shouldn't do with your child, but we do them anyway," says Kazdin.