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Today's Most Popular News: Souvenir condoms rolled out for UK royal wedding Looters rip heads off 2 mummies at Egyptian Museum Mom charged in kids' slayings treated at hospital Chaos engulfs Cairo; Mubarak points to succession In Dubai, the state of The World is in dispute U.S. town demolished over lead contamination Ohio bust nets 2,800 pounds marijuana and $1 million cash Train crash in Germany kills 10, injures 33 An uncertain future after jobless benefits expire Mexican military finds drugs on commercial plane Frustrated Woods falls out of contention at Torrey Pines Vietnam reporter dies after being set on fire Chaplains try a new path to deal with PTSD Woman who dumped condiments in book drop pleads guilty New law could foster community radio boom Tourists besiege Cairo airport, but flights halt In turnabout, Dems say GOP has dropped job focus Egypt shutdown worst in Internet history: experts Study: Resistant Starch Carbs Help Weight Loss Stimulus funds help wire rural homes for Internet Souvenir condoms rolled out for UK royal wedding Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:08 pm PST AFP - While Britain has a public holiday to celebrate Prince William's wedding, one company is taking the party one step further with souvenir condoms that urge lovers to "lie back and think of England". Full Story Top Looters rip heads off 2 mummies at Egyptian Museum Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:02 pm PST AP - Would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum, ripping the heads off two mummies and damaging about 10 small artifacts before being caught and detained by army soldiers, Egypt's antiquities chief said Saturday. Full Story Top Mom charged in kids' slayings treated at hospital Sat, 29 Jan 2011 06:47 pm PST AP - The woman who authorities say killed her teenage daughter and son because she was fed up with them talking back and being mouthy did not appear in court Saturday because she was being treated at a hospital for an unknown condition. Full Story Top Chaos engulfs Cairo; Mubarak points to succession Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:37 pm PST AP - Egyptians woke up to a dawn of uncertainty Sunday with several key buildings still smoldering in the capital and thousands of anti-regime protesters remaining camped out at the city's main square in defiance of an extended nighttime curfew. Full Story Top In Dubai, the state of The World is in dispute Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:23 am PST AFP - A cluster of 300 artificial islands off Dubai's coast in the shape of a global map is stable, its developer Nakheel insists, despite a court claim alleging that "The World" was neglected and eroding away. Full Story Top U.S. town demolished over lead contamination Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:38 am PST Reuters - Most of its residents left, the school closed, the city government was disbanded and starting this week nearly every commercial building in Picher, Oklahoma, will be demolished. Full Story Top Ohio bust nets 2,800 pounds marijuana and $1 million cash Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:51 pm PST Reuters - Authorities in Columbus, Ohio, seized about 2,800 pounds of marijuana from Mexico with a street value of $3.5 million, as well as almost $1 million in cash in two raids, police said on Saturday. Full Story Top Train crash in Germany kills 10, injures 33 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:02 pm PST AP - A head-on train crash in eastern Germany killed 10 people and injured at least 33 others, eight of them severely, local firefighters said Sunday, and police feared the death toll could rise. Full Story Top An uncertain future after jobless benefits expire Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:43 pm PST AP - The portraits of his dead father are among the few mementoes Bud Meyers is certain he will take with him when he is forced from his home of five years next month because he cannot pay the rent. Full Story Top Mexican military finds drugs on commercial plane Sat, 29 Jan 2011 04:43 pm PST AP - Mexican soldiers seized nearly 200 pounds (90 kilograms) of drugs from the cargo area of an Aeromexico commercial plane scheduled to fly to the northern border city of Tijuana, the military said Saturday. Full Story Top Frustrated Woods falls out of contention at Torrey Pines Sat, 29 Jan 2011 04:19 pm PST Reuters - Tiger Woods endured a frustrating day at one of his favorite golfing venues to tumble out of contention for the PGA Tour event in San Diego on Saturday. Full Story Top Vietnam reporter dies after being set on fire Sat, 29 Jan 2011 06:50 pm PST AP - A reporter at a Vietnamese newspaper has died after an intruder broke into his home, doused him with chemicals and set him on fire while he was sleeping. Full Story Top Chaplains try a new path to deal with PTSD Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:59 pm PST AP - A Colorado theology school is teaching Air Force chaplains to consider the religious beliefs of servicemen and women to better help them cope with post-traumatic stress. Full Story Top Woman who dumped condiments in book drop pleads guilty Sat, 29 Jan 2011 04:42 pm PST Reuters - An Idaho library has closed the book on a string of condiment attacks against its book-drop now that the ketchup-wielding criminal has been jailed, a Boise librarian said on Saturday. Full Story Top New law could foster community radio boom Sat, 29 Jan 2011 04:20 pm PST Reuters - A tiny nonprofit organization operating a national campaign from a basement for 12 years to get more non-commercial radio stations approved, may soon see its dream come true. Full Story Top Tourists besiege Cairo airport, but flights halt Sat, 29 Jan 2011 02:20 pm PST AP - Thousands of passengers were stranded at Cairo's airport on Saturday as flights were canceled or delayed, leaving them unable to leave because of a government-imposed curfew. Several Arab nations, meanwhile, moved to evacuate their citizens. Full Story Top In turnabout, Dems say GOP has dropped job focus Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:05 pm PST AP - Republicans won dozens of elections last fall after claiming Democrats had focused too little on creating jobs. Now GOP lawmakers stand accused of the same charge, using their new House majority to push to repeal the president's health care law, restrict abortions and highlight other social issues important to their most conservative supporters. Full Story Top Egypt shutdown worst in Internet history: experts Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:05 am PST AFP - The scale of Egypt's crackdown on the Internet and mobile phones amid deadly protests against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak is unprecedented in the history of the web, experts said. Full Story Top Study: Resistant Starch Carbs Help Weight Loss Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:18 pm PST ContributorNetwork - A decade after "carb" became a four-letter word, scientists unveil a Catch-22 breakthrough for dieters: Full Story Top Stimulus funds help wire rural homes for Internet Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:55 am PST AP - Up in rural northern Vermont, it took until the 1960s to run power lines to some towns — decades after the rest of America got turned on. Full Story Top

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