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First Drive: 2008 Cadillac CTS: With style in spades, Cadillac's second-generation sport sedan adds performance and refinement. ›07:00 15 Oct, Mon
People.com: Loving and losing Jett: John Travolta and Kelly Preston dealt with son Jett's mysterious health issues for 16 years. Close friends share the story of a family's great love and loss. ›15:02
Larry Flynt sues nephews over use of his name: Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt has sued two of his nephews for selling their own line of adult movies under the same family name. ›15:22
Ex-astronaut emerges as NASA prospect: Former astronaut Charles F. Bolden Jr. is emerging as a lead candidate to head NASA in the Obama administration. ›21:15 6 Jan, Tue
Charges against Brolin, Wright to be dropped: Brolin and Wright were charged with interfering with police officers after a disturbance involving a crew member. ›23:09 6 Jan, Tue
Rare pink iguana evaded Darwin: When English naturalist Charles Darwin explored the Galapagos Islands in the early 1800s, he, and countless scientists since, overlooked a hefty pink iguana. ›00:31 6 Jan, Tue
Flood-control dams eyed for energy: America's search for cleaner electricity has developers studying dozens of government flood-control dams to see if it makes financial sense to retrofit them with hydroelectric turbines. ›17:28 31 Dec, Wed
Microsoft: 2008 was 'biggest year ever' for Xbox: Microsoft Corp sold 28 million units worldwide of its Xbox 360 video game console through the end of 2008, expanding the Xbox's lead over rival Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 console in worldwide unit sales, the company said on Monday. ›18:54 6 Jan, Tue
Scorned ex posts vandalism photo on MySpace: A scorned 21-year-old told her ex-boyfriend that he couldn't prove she was the one who vandalized his apartment on three occasions but then, police said, she posted a picture of the damage on MySpace. The woman was charged with two felonies for the vandalism. ›02:37
Fire survivor: Lou the mule saved me: Jolene Solomon is beginning the new year with her life, her mule named Lou and little else. She says Lou's braying alerted to a fire that consumed her house but she escaped unharmed. ›03:31
Twins born on separate days, months, years: They're twins, all right, despite what their spanking new birth certificates say. ›22:58 2 Jan, Fri
5 Blackwater guards plead not guilty: Five Blackwater Worldwide security guards have pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges in the 2007 shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad. ›22:32 6 Jan, Tue
Quiz: Who was top money-making movie star in '08?: Test your red-carpet savvy with our weekly quiz ›16:02 17 Dec, Wed
Stranded sea cow saved by Filipino fishermen: Filipino fishermen rescued an endangered sea cow, pushing it back into open water after it was stranded off a beach in the western Philippines, conservationists said Tuesday. ›12:55 6 Jan, Tue
24 ups the ante in Washington, D.C.: A little over a year ago, Sutherland and the crew of his popular Fox TV series, 24, came to the nations capital to film segments of the shows seventh season. ›00:21
Apple cuts iTunes pricing, eases copy protection: Apple is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online music store to 69 cents and plans to begin selling all tracks without copy protection. ›18:19 6 Jan, Tue
The games that make seeking so satisfying: "Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst" is a game so absorbing that it will leave you staring unblinkingly at your computer screen until your eyeballs shrivel into raisins and begin rattling around in your skull. ›10:59 6 Jan, Tue
Did Earth's twin cores spark plate tectonics?: It's a classic image from every youngster's science textbook: a cutaway image of Earth's interior. The brown crust is paper-thin; the warm mantle orange, the seething liquid of the outer core yellow, and at the center the core, a ball of solid, red-hot iron. Now a new theory aims to rewrite it all by proposing the seemingly impossible: Earth has not one but two inner cores. ›19:56 6 Jan, Tue
Ski bum? Bottom bared in lift mishap: A guy who dangled upside down from a ski lift with his bare bottom exposed probably doesn't want to hear any "ski bum" jokes. ›14:40
Nicaragua turns to wind power: Energy-starved Nicaragua is turning to wind as it tries to reduce its dependence on oil-based power. ›22:15 1 Jan, Thu
'Jealous wife' charged in fatal genitals fire: An Australian woman accused of setting her husband's genitals on fire because she thought he was having an affair has been charged with murder. ›12:44 6 Jan, Tue
Bikers strap on fruit to dodge helmet law: Police in Nigeria have arrested scores of motorcycle taxi riders with dried fruit shells, pots or pieces of rubber tire tied to their heads with string to avoid a new law requiring them to wear helmets. ›15:41
Bike stolen from crusader against bike thefts: A former Fort Lauderdale city commissioner who helped create a program to combat bicycle theft had his own bike stolen while trying to help people involved in a vehicle crash. ›21:44 1 Jan, Thu
Prosecutor: Ex-Calif. sheriff cheated to get job: A former Orange County sheriff gave power and influence to those who helped him win his first election through bribes and kickbacks, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday in closing arguments. ›02:23
