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Israel blasts suspected tunnels near Egypt border (AP)

In this handout image provided by the Israeli Defence Forces' Spokesman's Office late Wednesday Jan. 7, 2009, handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian prisoners are seen after they were arrested, during the army's operations in the northern Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/IDF's Spokesman's Office/ho)

AP - Israel resumed its Gaza offensive Wednesday, bombing heavily around suspected smuggling tunnels near the border with Egypt after a three-hour lull to allow in humanitarian aid. Hamas responded with a rocket barrage. Despite the heavy fighting, strides were made on the diplomatic front with the U.S. throwing its weight behind a deal being brokered by France and Egypt.

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:18:42 GMT

Gulp! Mexico tells citizens to swallow their gum (AP)

A worker using a sidewalk steam-cleaner removes chewing gum in Mexico City, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. The country that gave the world chewing gum is getting gummed up, the average square yard of Mexico City sidewalk has 70 blobs of discarded chew. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

AP - The country that gave the world chewing gum is getting gummed up: The average square yard (meter) of Mexico City sidewalk has 70 blobs of discarded chew.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:59:33 GMT

AP Gaza reporter finds hometown in rubble (AP)

In this file photo dated Dec. 28, 2008, Palestinian prisoners flee over the rubble of the central security headquarters and prison, known as the Saraya, after it was hit in an Israeli missile strike in in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

AP - I live alone in my office. My wife and two young children moved in with her father after our apartment was shattered. The neighborhood mosque, where I have prayed since I was a child, had its roof blown off. All the government buildings on my beat have been obliterated.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:39:30 GMT

Handlers on phone ordered Mumbai gunmen to kill: Indian authorities (AP)

In this Nov. 28, 2008 file photo, National Security Guard commandos come down a rope to reach the top of Nariman House, a location under siege by suspected militants in Mumbai, India. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, that he did not believe the November Mumbai attacks gunmen were acting alone, and Pakistani state agencies must have had a hand in the attacks. A ruthless exchange from a transcript of phone calls Indian authorities say they intercepted during the attack were part of a dossier of evidence New Delhi handed Pakistan this week that it says definitively proves that the siege was launched from across the border. (AP Photo/ File)

AP - "Keep your phone switched on," a handler instructs a gunman by phone in the midst of the Mumbai siege, "so that we can hear the gunfire."

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:11:48 GMT

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Source: Mangini hired as Browns coach (AP)
The Cleveland Browns will hire Eric Mangini as their next head coach, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press. Mangini, fired last week by the New York Jets, will be introduced at a Thursday news conference at the team's headquarters in Berea, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because Mangini's contract has not been finalized.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:55:51 PST

Cowboys release CB 'Pacman' Jones (AP)
Troubled cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones was released Wednesday by the Dallas Cowboys following a season in which he was suspended six games for an off-field fight. The transaction will not become official until Feb. 9, the first day NFL teams can make waiver requests. "He was surprised, and I think he was obviously somewhat hurt," said Worrick Robinson, Jones' agent.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:06:47 PST

BC fires coach for meeting with Jets (AP)
Boston College fired Jeff Jagodzinski on Wednesday, days after he was warned of dismissal if he interviewed for the coaching job with the New York Jets. BC athletic director Gene DeFilippo told Jagodzinski (jay-guh-ZIN'-skee) on Saturday that his job would be in jeopardy if he went through with the Jets interview.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:19:06 PST

Georgia's Stafford, Moreno enter draft (AP)
With Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno headed to the NFL, Georgia probably won't have to worry about another preseason No. 1 ranking in 2009. Stafford, a junior who set a school record with 25 touchdown passes this season, and Moreno, only the second Georgia player to rush for more than 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons, said Wednesday they are leaving school to enter the NFL draft.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:14:13 PST

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Stocks in biggest fall in a month on jobs and tech (Reuters)

A trader walks off the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after the close of the trading session in New York City, January 7, 2009. (Mike Segar/Reuters)

Reuters - Stocks suffered their worst decline in more than a month on Wednesday after a grim private-sector jobs report coupled with a revenue warning from top chip maker Intel Corp revived deep concerns about the economy.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:08:57 GMT

Intel warns second time on quarter (Reuters)

Workers prepare an Intel booth for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada in this January 6, 2008 file photo. The microchip maker said on Wednesday its preliminary fourth quarter revenue was worse than expected due to weaker global demand for personal computers, dragging its shares down 4 percent. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)

Reuters - Microchip maker Intel Corp on Wednesday issued its second revenue warning on the fourth quarter, saying demand for personal computers was even worse than it feared and sparking wide concerns about tech companies.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:39:16 GMT

U.S. presses to jail Madoff on diamonds, watches mail (Reuters)

Bernard Madoff is escorted in a vehicle from Federal Court in New York, January 5, 2009. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

Reuters - Accused swindler Bernard Madoff mailed $1 million worth of diamonds, watches and other jewelry violating a court order, U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday while demanding the disgraced investment adviser be jailed.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:32:05 GMT

Accounting scandal at Satyam could be India's Enron (Reuters)

Satyam Computer Services chairman Ramalinga Raju poses in his office in Hyderabad in an undated photo. (Handout/Reuters)

Reuters - The head of Indian outsourcing company Satyam Computer Services resigned on Wednesday, disclosing that profits had been falsely inflated for years and sending its shares plunging nearly 80 percent.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:32:22 GMT

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Salmonella outbreak sickens 388 across U.S.: CDC (Reuters)

Eggs are stacked up at an egg farm in San Diego County, July 29, 2008. (Mike Blake/Reuters)

Reuters - An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning has made 388 people sick across 42 states, sending 18 percent of them to the hospital, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:54:19 GMT

Obama hails 'extraordinary' moment with presidents (AP)

President-elect Barack Obama is welcomed by President George W. Bush for a meeting at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, with former presidents, from left, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AP - Confronting a grim economy and a Middle East on fire, Barack Obama turned Wednesday to perhaps the only people on the planet who understand what he's in for: the four living members of the U.S. presidents' club.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:56:50 GMT

Mississippi has highest teen birth rate, CDC says (AP)

CHANGES all percentages to rates per thousand; map shows the teen birth rate for 15- to -19 year olds for 2006 by state ; 1 c x 3 1/4 in; 46.5 mm x 82.55 mm; 2 c x 3 1/4 in; 96.3 mm x 82.55 mm

AP - Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen birth rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, a new federal report says. Mississippi's rate was more than 60 percent higher than the national average in 2006, according to new state statistics released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The teen birth rate for that year in Texas and New Mexico was more than 50 percent higher.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:08:10 GMT

BC fires Jagodzinski after coach met with Jets (AP)

This is a Dec. 6, 2008 file photo showing Boston College head football coach Jeff Jagodzinski on the sidelines during the ACC Championship NCAA college football game against Virginia Tech, in Tampa, Fla. Jagodzinski met with New York Jets officials Tuesday Jan. 6, 2009, to discuss their head coaching vacancy — an interview that was expected to cost him his job with the Eagles. (AP Photo/ Chris O'Meara, File)

AP - Boston College fired Jeff Jagodzinski on Wednesday, days after he was warned of dismissal if he interviewed for the coaching job with the New York Jets.

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:49:45 GMT