Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Woman who tried to shoot Ford paroled AP - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago

  SAN FRANCISCO - Sara Jane Moore started the new year Tuesday a free woman more than three decades after a bizarre assassination attempt on President Ford that still baffles even her own attorney.

• Suspect jumps off SoCal bridge with dog AP - 2 hours, 15 minutes ago

  CORONADO, Calif. - A man who led officers on a car chase was hospitalized Tuesday after jumping from the San Diego-Coronado Bridge and taking a police dog with him. The leap down 200 feet into the frigid ocean water killed the dog, authorities said.

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  Letterman's return guest: Robin Williams AP - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Robin Williams will be David Letterman's first guest upon the return of his "Late Show" on CBS Wednesday. The appearance of a Hollywood A-lister who can talk a mile a minute may be Letterman's way of quickly trying to draw a distinction between his show and his late-night rivals, who are without writers and may also have trouble booking major entertainers as guests.

• Some dog owners splurge on washes AP - 2 hours, 17 minutes ago

  PORTLAND, Maine - Maureen Lafferty is anti-fur. Anti-fur in her tub. Anti-fur on her towels. And anti-fur in the drain.

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  Jazz end Trail Blazers winning streak AP - Tue Jan 1, 5:27 AM ET

  Despite seeing their 13-game winning streak end, the Portland Trail Blazers had a December to remember.

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  Clinton holds lead as Romney slips in Iowa Reuters - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

  DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Mike Huckabee hold narrow leads on their top rivals two days before the state opens the presidential nominating race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.

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  U.S. official shot in Sudan dies: report Reuters - 10 minutes ago

  DUBAI (Reuters) - A U.S. official who was critically wounded in a shooting attack on an embassy vehicle in Khartoum on Tuesday has died, Al Arabiya television reported.

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  Kenya pressured as 150 die in poll chaos Reuters - Tue Jan 1, 3:16 AM ET

  NAIROBI (Reuters) - Bodies and debris lay in Kenyan streets on Tuesday as Western powers pressured President Mwai Kibaki to investigate a disputed poll that has triggered days of deadly riots killing around 150 people.

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  Pakistan decides "in principle" to delay poll Reuters - 17 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan plans to postpone next week's election after Benazir Bhutto's killing sparked turmoil in the nuclear-armed country, but officials put off a final announcement until Wednesday to consult parties.

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  Iraqis celebrate New Year with lower death toll Reuters - Tue Jan 1, 2:38 AM ET

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - There has been a dramatic drop in the number of Iraqi civilians killed, new figures showed, a fact underlined by boisterous New Year celebrations in some parts of Baghdad that saw fireworks lighting up the night sky.

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  Traditional family key to world peace: Pope Reuters - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago

  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict ushered in the third New Year of his pontificate on Tuesday with a call for the protection of the traditional family, which he said was vital for world peace.

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  "Swish-and-spit" test screens for cancer Reuters - Tue Jan 1, 12:09 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A simple mouth rinse may provide a new way to screen for head and neck cancers in people at high risk for these diseases, researchers said on Tuesday.

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  Woman who tried to kill President Ford released Reuters - Mon Dec 31, 9:12 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sara Jane Moore, one of two women who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in a three-week span in 1975, was freed on parole on Monday after almost 32 years in prison, a government spokesman said.

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  Pakistan to announce vote date Wednesday AFP - 2 hours, 57 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan's election commission said the date for parliamentary elections would be announced on Wednesday, with a delay until February now in view following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

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  EU says Kenya poll flawed, death toll nears 260 AFP - 5 minutes ago

  NAIROBI (AFP) - EU monitors cast doubts Tuesday on the results of Kenya's disputed presidential vote, stepping up the pressure on re-elected President Mwai Kibaki as his country reels from violence that has claimed nearly 260 lives.

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  Sri Lankan Tamil MP assassinated in temple AFP - 29 minutes ago

  COLOMBO (AFP) - An outspoken ethnic Tamil opposition MP was shot dead during a New Year service at a Hindu temple in the Sri Lankan capital Tuesday, the third assassination of a minority legislator in two years.

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  Millions celebrate, but bombs and security fears cloud New Year AFP - Tue Jan 1, 5:06 AM ET

  NEW YORK (AFP) - Millions staged parties at iconic landmarks around the world to bid farewell to 2007 and ring in 2008, although bomb attacks and security fears darkened some New Year festivities.

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  US official killed in Sudan shooting AFP - 15 minutes ago

  KHARTOUM (AFP) - A US diplomat died on Tuesday after a pre-dawn shooting attack in the Sudanese capital Khartoum which also killed an embassy driver, officials said.

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  Cyprus and Malta ease into the euro AFP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

  NICOSIA (AFP) - The Mediterranean island states of Cyprus and Malta welcomed in the new year with a new currency on Tuesday, taking the number of countries now using the euro to 15.

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  China's Hu vows forceful measures to curb inflation AFP - Tue Jan 1, 4:06 AM ET

  BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao has vowed "forceful measures" to curb rising food prices and address a booming real estate market that has seen property prices sky-rocket, state press said Tuesday.

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  "Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list Reuters - Mon Dec 31, 6:19 AM ET

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - A "surge" of overused words and phrases formed a "perfect storm" of "post-9/11" cliches in 2007, according to a U.S. university's annual list of words and phrases that deserve to be banned.

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  Stranger that fiction: parallel universes beguile science AFP - Sun Dec 30, 7:04 PM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - Is the universe -- correction: "our" universe -- no more than a speck of cosmic dust amid an infinite number of parallel worlds?

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  Kenya pressured over disputed poll as toll rises Reuters - Mon Dec 31, 6:47 PM ET

  NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States and Britain are pressuring Kenya to investigate possible voting irregularities in an election that returned President Mwai Kibaki to power and triggered rioting in which more than 100 people have died.

• "Swish-and-spit" test screens for cancer Reuters - Tue Jan 1, 12:09 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A simple mouth rinse may provide a new way to screen for head and neck cancers in people at high risk for these diseases, researchers said on Tuesday.

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  New York City's carriage horses may disappear AFP - Tue Jan 1, 1:28 AM ET

  NEW YORK (AFP) - A New York City tourist attraction, the carriage horses lined up at Central Park may soon become a thing of the past if the City Council adopts a proposal to ban it as a tradition cruel to animals.