Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

• Supreme Court to hear Maine Internet case AP - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court will consider today whether federal law bars Maine from imposing handling requirements on delivery companies, a case that could undercut similar laws in other states. When Maine officials tried to crack down on Internet tobacco sales to children, the outcry from shipping companies that bring cigarettes to consumers' homes was deafening.

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  Helio Castroneves voted `Dancing' champ AP - 23 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Race car driver Helio Castroneves is the winner of "Dancing With the Stars." Spice Girl Melanie Brown and her partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, were the highest-scoring couple throughout the hit show's fifth season. But on Tuesday night, viewers snubbed Brown and gave the mirrorball trophy to Castroneves.

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  Man tries to deposit fake $1M bill AP - 36 minutes ago

  AIKEN, S.C. - A bank teller in Clearwater had a million reasons not to open an account for an Augusta, Ga., man Monday, authorities said. Alexander D. Smith, 31, was charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of forgery after he walked into the bank and tried to open an account by depositing a fake $1 million bill, said Aiken County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Michael Frank.

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  Rats wipe out seabirds on Alaska island AP - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - More than 200 years ago, rats jumped ship for Rat Island. The muscular Norway rat climbed ashore on the rugged, uninhabited island in far southwestern Alaska in 1780 after a rodent-infested Japanese ship ran aground. It was the first time rats had made it to Alaska.

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  LeBron lifts Cavs over Celtics in OT AP - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago

  With LeBron James at his best, the Cleveland Cavaliers got the strong team effort they needed to hand the Boston Celtics a rare loss. James scored 11 of his 38 points in overtime and had 13 assists, Drew Gooden added a season-high 24 points and 13 rebounds, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 15 points and 14 rebounds in the Cavaliers' 109-104 victory over the Celtics on Tuesday night.

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  Musharraf steps down as Pakistani army chief Reuters - 32 minutes ago

  RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) - General Pervez Musharraf finally quit as Pakistan army chief on Wednesday, trading the post for a second five-year term as president and fulfilling a promise many Pakistanis doubted he would keep.

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  Bush to launch Mideast talks at White House summit Reuters - 2 hours, 30 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush will revive long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at a White House summit on Wednesday but will find it hard to meet a deadline for securing a deal before he leaves office.

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  Big powers warn Serbs, Albanians on Kosovo peace Reuters - 33 minutes ago

  VIENNA (Reuters) - The European Union, United States and Russia urged Serbs and Albanians on Wednesday to avert any slide to violence following the failure of their talks on the future of the breakaway province of Kosovo.

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  Bush economic adviser Hubbard to step down: report Reuters - 2 hours, 14 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top White House economic adviser Allan Hubbard is expected to leave his post at the end of this year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday in its on-line edition.

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  Huckabee shakes up race for Republican nomination Reuters - Wed Nov 28, 4:14 AM ET

  LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's surge in Iowa has shaken up the race for the Republican presidential nomination, but it remains to be seen if the folksy Baptist preacher can extend his appeal beyond his populist roots.

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  Putin says will prevent foreign meddling Reuters - 40 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he would not allow foreign states to upset Russia's stability as the country prepared to vote in a December 2 parliamentary election.

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  U.S. general wants big cuts in Iraqi detainees Reuters - 12 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The commander of U.S. prison camps in Iraq said he wants to cut the number of Iraqis in his custody by around two thirds by the end of 2008 as part of a wider counter-insurgency plan to bring down violence.

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  U.S. envoy sees progress before N.Korea visit Reuters - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

  TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. envoy to North Korean nuclear talks said on Wednesday there had been progress on disabling the North's atomic facilities under an international agreement.

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  Israeli, Palestinian leaders to launch peace talks at White House AFP - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders promised to push for a peace deal by the end of 2008 ahead of formally launching their new campaign with President George W. Bush at the White House on Wednesday.

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  Emotional Musharraf quits as Pakistan army chief AFP - 24 minutes ago

  RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AFP) - An emotional Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan's army chief Wednesday, bowing to global pressure to end eight years of military rule a day before he becomes a civilian president.

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  Independence, possible unrest loom as Kosovo talks fail AFP - 43 minutes ago

  BADEN, Austria (AFP) - Last-ditch talks on the disputed Serbian province of Kosovo collapsed Wednesday with leaders of its Albanian majority threatening to declare independence, fuelling fears of violence.

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  French president vows to punish gun-toting rioters AFP - 22 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed Wednesday that rioters who shot at police during a flare-up of Paris suburban unrest would be severely punished, as authorities struggled to contain the violence.

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  More than a billion trees planted in 2007: UN AFP - 10 minutes ago

  NAIROBI (AFP) - More than one billion trees were planted around the world in 2007, with Ethiopia and Mexico leading in the drive to combat climate change through new lush forest projects, a UN report said Wednesday.

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  EU, China confront each other on trade dispute AFP - 1 hour, 16 minutes ago

  BEIJING (AFP) - China and Europe confronted each other over their long-running trade dispute here Wednesday, with the EU calling for a level playing field and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao insisting on gradual reform.

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  Oil prices narrowly mixed after Saudi OPEC comments AFP - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices were narrowly mixed Wednesday after Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al-Nuaimi refused to be drawn over whether OPEC would decide to increase crude output at an upcoming meeting, dealers said.

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  Struggling at home, Ford sees lessons in Brazil Reuters - Tue Nov 27, 7:23 PM ET

  CAMACARI, Brazil (Reuters) - At first glance, Camacari looks like any other place in rural Brazil. Housing is precarious, roads are poor, and poverty is widespread.

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  Breaking up not hard to do for China's "me" generation Reuters - Tue Nov 27, 7:27 PM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Ten months after they tied the knot, Li Lei and Wang Yang, both 20-something Chinese professionals, decided it was time to break up so they could spend more time with their lovers.

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  Truffle-loving tycoons to bid for giant fungus in Macau AFP - Tue Nov 27, 10:11 AM ET

  HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong and Macau's richest tycoons are expected to gather at an exclusive auction this Saturday for a chance to snaffle one of the largest truffles ever discovered, organisers said Tuesday.

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  Iceland best place to live, Africa worst: UN Reuters - Tue Nov 27, 8:59 AM ET

  BRASILIA (Reuters) - Iceland has overtaken Norway as the world's most desirable country to live in, according to an annual U.N. table published on Tuesday that again puts AIDS-afflicted sub-Saharan African states at the bottom.

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  AIDS leaves Africa's grannies to raise children Reuters - Tue Nov 27, 7:19 PM ET

  NAIROBI (Reuters) - Skinny and gap-toothed, her nose smudged with black dust, grandmother Kanotu Mumo sorts charcoal into small pots for sale on the stoop of her slum hut.