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Today's Most Popular News: Countless Juarez residents flee 'dying city' Real-life member of 'Sound of Music' family dies "Eat' em" stratagem for lionfish invasion in Florida Forecasters keep eye on looming 'Solar Max' French model known for anti-anorexia ads dies China's spats call into question 'peaceful rise' AP-GfK Poll: Baby boomers fear outliving Medicare NJ gov, NYC mayor feel the heat after the blizzard Police: Pa. man stole video game from boy's casket Drug gang suspects threaten 'war' in Guatemala Cuba slashes state-subsidised soap SKorea: NKorea builds up special forces Manatees paddle to warm water to escape Fla. chill Post office marks new first-class stamps 'forever' Nevada's Wild West spirit snubs legal marijuana Brutal drug lord dies in clashes in Colombia Honduras: 10,000 migrants kidnapped in Mexico Donor in 1st successful transplant dies in Maine Bellagio nixing $25,000 chip after casino heist Sister's kidney donation condition of Miss. parole Countless Juarez residents flee 'dying city' Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:39 pm PST AP - The mother of four raised a finger, pointing out abandoned and stripped concrete homes and counting how many families have fled the Western Hemisphere's deadliest city on her street alone. Full Story Top Real-life member of 'Sound of Music' family dies Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:07 pm PST AP - Agathe von Trapp, a member of the musical family whose escape from Nazi-occupied Austria was the basis for "The Sound of Music," has died, a longtime friend said Wednesday. Full Story Top "Eat' em" stratagem for lionfish invasion in Florida Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:00 pm PST Reuters - Florida marine conservationists have come up with a simple recipe for fighting the invading lionfish that is gobbling up local reef life -- eat them. Full Story Top Forecasters keep eye on looming 'Solar Max' Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:15 am PST AFP - The coming year will be an important one for space weather as the Sun pulls out of a trough of low activity and heads into a long-awaited and possibly destructive period of turbulence. Full Story Top French model known for anti-anorexia ads dies Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:56 am PST AFP - A former French model who caused a stir with a 2007 ad campaign in which she was photographed nude with anorexia, died last month at the age of 28, the 20 Minutes.ch website reported Wednesday. Full Story Top China's spats call into question 'peaceful rise' Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:25 am PST AP - China's high-profile feuds with the United States, along with territorial spats with Southeast Asian neighbors and Japan, showed a more muscular foreign policy in 2010 that called into question Beijing's promise of a "peaceful rise." Full Story Top AP-GfK Poll: Baby boomers fear outliving Medicare Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:20 pm PST AP - The first baby boomers will be old enough to qualify for Medicare Jan. 1, and many fear the program's obituary will be written before their own. A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that baby boomers believe by a ratio of 2-to-1 they won't be able to rely on the giant health insurance plan throughout their retirement. Full Story Top NJ gov, NYC mayor feel the heat after the blizzard Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:20 pm PST AP - With many streets still unplowed, New Yorkers are griping that their billionaire mayor is out of touch and has failed at the basic task of keeping the city running, while New Jersey's governor is taking heat for vacationing at Disney World during the crisis. Full Story Top Police: Pa. man stole video game from boy's casket Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:10 pm PST AP - Police have arrested a Pennsylvania man who they say stole a hand-held video game system and accessories from the casket of a teen who was killed in a Christmas Day SUV crash. Full Story Top Drug gang suspects threaten 'war' in Guatemala Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:59 pm PST AP - Men claiming to belong to the Zetas drug gang forced radio stations to broadcast a threat of war in a northern Guatemalan province where the government declared a state of siege last week, authorities said Tuesday. Full Story Top Cuba slashes state-subsidised soap Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:54 pm PST AP - The cost of cleanliness will rise in Cuba after its cash-strapped, communist government announced Wednesday that soap, toothpaste and detergent will be slashed from monthly ration books. Full Story Top SKorea: NKorea builds up special forces Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:58 pm PST AP - North Korea has faster, more powerful tanks prowling the world's most heavily armed border and 200,000 special forces poised to carry out assassinations and cause havoc in South Korea, a major military review said Thursday. Full Story Top Manatees paddle to warm water to escape Fla. chill Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:22 pm PST AP - People aren't the only ones in Florida who don't like cold weather. Full Story Top Post office marks new first-class stamps 'forever' Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:10 am PST AP - Postal patron Sean Swilling is tired of the inconvenience that comes with every change in the price of mailing a letter. That makes him just the type of customer the U.S. Postal Service wants to please with a policy designating all new first-class stamps as "forever." Full Story Top Nevada's Wild West spirit snubs legal marijuana Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:25 pm PST AP - Nevada is known for letting just about anything slide, whether it's booze, bets or brothels. But even here there are limits. Full Story Top Brutal drug lord dies in clashes in Colombia Wed, 29 Dec 2010 07:01 pm PST AP - A brutal drug lord with a $2.5 million bounty on his head and reputed ties to right-wing militias died during clashes with security forces in southern Colombia, President Juan Manuel Santos announced Wednesday. Full Story Top Honduras: 10,000 migrants kidnapped in Mexico Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:54 pm PST AP - Mexico and Honduras announced Wednesday they have agreed to create a high-level group to combat attacks on undocumented Honduran migrants who are passing through the country en route to the United States. Full Story Top Donor in 1st successful transplant dies in Maine Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:15 pm PST AP - Ronald Lee Herrick, who donated a kidney to his dying twin brother 56 years ago in what's recognized as the world's first successful organ transplant, has died of complications following heart surgery. He was 79. Full Story Top Bellagio nixing $25,000 chip after casino heist Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:21 pm PST AP - Las Vegas casino bosses are serving notice to the bandit who made off with $1.5 million in chips from the Bellagio: Try to redeem those worth $25,000 soon or they'll become worthless. Full Story Top Sister's kidney donation condition of Miss. parole Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:14 pm PST AP - For 16 years, sisters Jamie and Gladys Scott have shared a life behind bars for their part in an $11 armed robbery. To share freedom, they must also share a kidney. Full Story Top

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