Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

• New domain name practice criticized AP - 56 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - A company that sells Internet domain names is facing criticisms for holding some in reserve as a consumer-protection measure, a move that also prevents interested parties from shopping around for better prices.

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  Offbeat items brighten electronics show AP - 57 minutes ago

  LAS VEGAS - It probably goes without saying that no one actually needs a dancing MP3 player or a music-playing Taser holster or a drink cooler that can be ridden like a scooter.

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  Alba, Holmes fight violence vs. women AP - 39 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - What do Jessica Alba, Katie Holmes and Rosario Dawson have in common? All are A-list actresses, and all support V-Day, a global effort to end violence against women and girls.

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  No big bang: Asteroid will miss Mars AP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

  PASADENA, Calif. - The possibility of a collision between Mars and an approaching asteroid has been effectively ruled out, according to scientists watching the space rock.

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  Disgraced Olympian Jones to be sentenced AP - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago

  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Disgraced Olympian Marion Jones is asking a federal judge to keep her out of prison, but the only real question may be how much time she gets. Jones, who apologized, retired and gave up her five Olympic medals after admitting she lied about steroids and a check-fraud scheme, was to be sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas in White Plains.

• Bank of America to buy Countrywide Reuters - 37 minutes ago

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp on Friday said it agreed to acquire struggling mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp for about $4 billion (2.04 billion pounds) in stock, a move that could help avert one of the biggest collapses in the U.S. housing crisis.

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  Bush ends peace mission without breakthroughs Reuters - 25 minutes ago

  TEL AVIV (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush wrapped up his mission to Israel and the occupied West Bank on Friday, emboldened enough to have predicted a peace treaty within a year but with no major breakthroughs for his efforts.

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  Republicans debate ways to help economy Reuters - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago

  MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidates said on Thursday the U.S. economy was going through a difficult slowdown but an election-year recession could be avoided with the right mix of policies.

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  Everest conqueror Edmund Hillary dies Reuters - Fri Jan 11, 1:47 AM ET

  WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary, who along with Nepal's Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first to conquer Mount Everest, died in hospital on Friday.

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  Pakistan rejects call for conditions on U.S. aid Reuters - Fri Jan 11, 2:34 AM ET

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan rejected on Friday a call by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for President George W. Bush to consider cutting Pakistani aid unless it restores full civil rights and does more to fight terrorism.

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  ElBaradei seeks answers on Iranian nuclear issues Reuters - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei sought clarity from Iran on Friday about an atomic program the West fears may ultimately yield warheads.

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  Golden Globes a bust for everyone in Hollywood Reuters - Fri Jan 11, 3:41 AM ET

  LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Here is the cold, hard reality of the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards that will be handed out Sunday at the Beverly Hilton: A lot of people are going to lose a lot of money.

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  Colombia rebels free two hostages from jungle Reuters - Thu Jan 10, 8:05 PM ET

  SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia (Reuters) - With tears, smiles and long hugs, two women hostages were freed by Colombia's Marxist rebels on Thursday after years in the jungle, raising hopes for dozens more languishing in secret camps.

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  Bush ends Holy Land visit predicting peace deal AFP - 11 minutes ago

  TEL AVIV (AFP) - US President George W. Bush wrapped up a trip to the Holy Land on Friday after predicting that a peace treaty would be signed within a year to end the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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  Kenya opposition calls new protests AFP - 17 minutes ago

  NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenya's opposition on Friday called a mass rally for next week after intense diplomacy failed to resolve the political showdown between President Mwai Kibaki and his rival Raila Odinga that has left hundreds dead.

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  Edmund Hillary, first to conquer Everest, dead at 88 AFP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

  WELLINGTON (AFP) - Edmund Hillary, the modest New Zealand beekeeper who shot to global fame as the first person to climb Mount Everest, died Friday at age 88.

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  UN nuclear chief in Iran for talks AFP - 24 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (AFP) - UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei was holding talks in Tehran on Friday, seeking answers over Iran's contested nuclear drive in his first visit to the country in over one-and-a-half years.

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  Japan votes to return to US-led 'war on terror' AFP - 20 minutes ago

  TOKYO (AFP) - Japan voted Friday to return to the US-led "war on terror" after a two-month gap as the government took the drastic step of overriding a rejection in parliament for the first time in the modern era.

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  Northern Rock sells assets to JP Morgan for 2.25 billion pounds AFP - 2 hours, 36 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Stricken British bank Northern Rock said Friday it had sold part of its mortgage book to US investment bank JP Morgan for 2.25 billion pounds (4.39 billion euros, 2.97 billion dollars) in cash.

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  Lone Star chief rejects South Korean fraud charges AFP - Fri Jan 11, 2:25 AM ET

  SEOUL (AFP) - The chairman of Lone Star on Friday rejected allegations that colleagues of the US equity fund had conspired to manipulate a share price to acquire a South Korean credit card company on the cheap.

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  As housing slumps, realtors quit The Christian Science Monitor - Wed Jan 9, 3:00 AM ET

  ATLANTA - After three years showing houses in Atlanta's hilly suburbs, Dee McMahon is finished with real estate.

• Europe's little 'Smart' car to hit U.S. streets The Christian Science Monitor - Wed Jan 9, 3:00 AM ET

  PARIS - Behold, with a microscope if necessary, the Smart car. The Mercedes-built European two-seater turns on half a dime, loves to park where even MINIs fear to fit, and is counterintuitively comfortable.

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  It's a girl: polar bear cub in Germany has star appeal AFP - Thu Jan 10, 11:43 AM ET

  BERLIN (AFP) - The German media on Thursday predicted a bright future for a female polar bear cub separated from its disturbed mother at a zoo in Nuremburg.

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  Tony Blair to join JPMorgan: source Reuters - Wed Jan 9, 8:48 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former British prime minister Tony Blair is expected on Thursday to join U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase & Co Inc as a senior adviser, according to a person familiar with the situation.

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  Passengers injured on rocky Air Canada flight Reuters - Thu Jan 10, 6:21 PM ET

  CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Eight passengers and two crew members were injured on Thursday after an Air Canada jet bucked in midair on a flight across Canada, forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing in Calgary.