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The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini
The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

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Moviegoers line up to see a screening of the 3-D film "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert" at the Ziegfeld theater in this Feb. 2, 2008, file photo in New York. Gary He, The Associated Press

[Photo] Savvy or sneaky? No big surprise when Disney extends ‘Hannah Montana’ limited release

By The Associated Press • Feb 7, 2008
Ben Bernanke, right, meets with Senate Banking Chairman, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., Wednesday. Scott Applewhite, The Associated Press

[Photo] Rebate check funding in limbo

By The Associated Press • Feb 7, 2008
Republican presidential hopeful former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney arrive a the Romney 2008 campaign headquarters in Boston, Mass., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. The Associated Press

[Photo] Romney suspends campaign

By Liz Sidoti • Feb 7, 2008
Men work to rebuild the holy Shiite shrine in Samarra, Iraq, Wednesday. Hameed Rasheed, The Associated Press

[Photo] Violence amid Iraq rebuilding

By The Associated Press • Feb 7, 2008
Jerry Kummel (left) from New Orleans and Chas Boeck from Haines City, Fla., stand covered in beads for the celebration in New Orleans, Monday. Alex Brandon, The Associated Press

[Photo] Elections create ‘political flavor’ at Mardi Gras events

By Mike Kunzelman • Feb 6, 2008
Models display fall fashions from Narciso Rodriguez during Fashion Week in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 Seth Wenig, The Associated Press

[Photo] NY Fashion Week finds birds of a feather

By Samantha Critchell • Feb 6, 2008
Voters receive instructions at a polling station set for the Democrats primary in Ajijic, northwestern Mexico on Tuesday. Democrats Abroad, an official branch of the party representing overseas voters, will hold its first global presidential election with Guillermo Arias, The Associated Press

[Photo] Americans vote abroad, excited by close contest

By Gregory Katz • Feb 6, 2008
Roger Clemens, second from right, is surrounded by members of the media on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. Evan Vucci, The Associated Press

[Photo] Clemens testifies against HGH claims to Congress

By Howard Fendrich • Feb 6, 2008
This undated image made from video released by the US military in Iraq which it says shows an apparent al-Qaida training operation. The videotapes seized during U.S. raids on suspected al-Qaida in Iraq hide-outs show the terror group training young boys t AP Photo/US Military via APTN

[Photo] Military: al-Qaida videos shows boys in training as Iraqi insurgency’s ‘new generation’

By Lauren Frayer • Feb 6, 2008
President Bush, second from left, speaks to the media after the release of the fiscal 2009 Federal Budget, on Monday, during a meeting with members of his cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Pablo Martinez Monsivais, The Associated Press

[Photo] Proposed budget to generate deficits

Feb 5, 2008
Actor Sylvester Stallone waves to fans at the Planet Hollywood restaurant in Disneyland Paris on Saturday. Stallone is in Paris to promote his latest film, quot;&Rambo.quot;& Remy de la Mauviniere, The Associated Press

[Photo] Stallone says ‘Rambo’ tag line being used by students as a rallying point in Myanmar

By The Associated Press • Feb 5, 2008
Zulu King Frank Boutte, left, gets situated on his float prior to the Krewe of Zulu Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 Ann Heisenfelt, The Associated Press

[Photo] Pete Fountain struts and revelers take to the streets as Mardi Gras unfolds in New Orleans

By Mary Foster • Feb 5, 2008
Sangamon County Republican Chairman Tony Libri removes Rudy Giuliani campaign signs from the Sangamon County Republican Headquarters in Springfield, Ill., on Monday. Democrats have an Illinois senator, Barack Obama, and an Illinois native, Hillary Clinton Seth Perlman, The Associated Press

[Photo] Super Tuesday campaigns end

By David Espo • Feb 5, 2008
Poll worker Yvonne Irizarry, left, and a fellow poll worker look at the back of a voting machine that was not working at a polling place at a fire house in Hoboken, N.J., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. The voting machine started working about 45 minutes after the Mike Derer, The Associated Press

[Photo] Super Tuesday voters find machine hiccups and delays

By Deborah Hastings • Feb 5, 2008
Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, left, accompanied by his attorney Rusty Hardin, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, for his deposition before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee which is investigating Evan Vucci

[Photo] Clemens’ turn: 7-time Cy Young winner arrives to speak to congressional lawyers

By Howard Fendrich • Feb 5, 2008
New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte, left, walks with his wife Laura, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Monday. Susan Walsh, The Associated Press

[Photo] Roger Clemens next in queue to discuss Mitchell Report

By Howard Fendrich • Feb 5, 2008
Two unidentified women weep after leaving flowers outside of the Lane Bryant store at the Brookside shopping center in Tinley Park, Ill., Sunday. Jerry Lai, The Associated Press

[Photo] Five killed in botched robbery

By Michael Tarm • Feb 4, 2008
Unemployed people wait in line at the California Employment Development Department in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008. The Labor Department reported Thursday that claims for unemployment benefits totaled 301,000, down 21,000 from the previous w Pamela Nisivaco

[Photo] Employers cut payrolls for first time since summer 2003; jobless rate dips

By Jeannine Aversa • Feb 1, 2008
A Times Square news ticker flashes a headline about Microsoft above a billboard for Yahoo! in New York in this Friday, May 4, 2007 file photo. Microsoft Corp. has pounced on slumping Internet icon Yahoo Inc. on Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, with an unsolicited ta Pamela Nisivaco

[Photo] Microsoft makes unexpected $44.6B bid for Yahoo; Internet icon is studying it

By Michael Liedtke • Feb 1, 2008
Singer Idina Menzel performs in Los Angeles, on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. Matt Sayles, The Associated Press

[Photo] ‘Wicked’ star Idina Menzel gets down and dirty with pop CD and actor-husband Taye Diggs

By Michael Cidoni • Feb 1, 2008
Aborigine Mari Melito Russell holds one of her paintings during an interview in Mount Druitt, Australia, on Wednesday. Mark Baker, The Associated Press

[Photo] Aborigines to receive formal apology

By The Associated Press • Jan 31, 2008
President Bush signs a 15-day extension of the Protect America Act after, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, in Las Vegas, delivering remarks on the Global War on Terror. The president signed the 15-day extension of the law that allows electronic surveillance of su Pablo Martinez Monsivais

[Photo] Bush says lawmakers leave nation vulnerable by holding up eavesdropping law

By Ben Feller • Jan 31, 2008
U.S. Customs officer Nick Ligerakis hands back a Michigan drivers license and information pamphlet to a driver arriving from Canada at the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. U.S. officials begin what amounts to a test run of new ident Paul Sancya, The Associated Press

[Photo] Tougher identification rules requiring proof of citizenship to take effect at U.S. border

By Wilson Ring • Jan 31, 2008
Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones, right, leaves court with his attorney, Worrick Robinson, center, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. A judge dismissed misdemeanor charges against Jones, agreeing with a prosecutor that Jones ha Mark Humphrey, The Associated Press

[Photo] Charges dropped after judge says cornerback has been punished enough

By Teresa M. Walker • Jan 31, 2008
In this photo released by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, fishermen work on a boat of freshly caught dolphins as a diver lifts a tail from the blood-filled water in Taiji, Japan, in this Oct. 6, 2003 file photo. Brooke McDonald, The Associated Press

[Photo] Dolphin hunting continues with risk

By The Associated Press • Jan 31, 2008
In this file photo provided by Concordia University, shows an oil on canvas painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, (1806-1873), entitled "Girl from the Sabiner Mountains," obtained from a 1937 auction catalog via Concordia University. A federal judge in P Concordia University, file

[Photo] Painting at center of ownership fight raises specter of family’s Nazi past

By Ray Henry • Jan 31, 2008
Cinematographer Roger Deakins, who was nominated for two Oscars for "No Country for Old Men" and "The Assassination of Jesse James," is shown on the roof of the Harmony Gold building in Los Angeles, Sunday. Ann Johansson, The Associated Press

[Photo] Longtime Coen brothers cinematographer Roger Deakins up against himself at Oscars

By The Associated Press • Jan 31, 2008
The Beatles, clockwise from top left,Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, and George Harrison are shown on an album cover in 1965. ME Online

[Photo] Israel says it has invited Beatles, but no apologies for 1965 snub

By The Associated Press • Jan 30, 2008
Ellen Wright, 1, is held by her father as they visit Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Wall Street was mixed in early trading Tuesday as the Federal Reserve opened a two-day meeting expected to result in another interest rate cut. Mark Lennihan, The Associated Press

[Photo] Borrowing costs likely to decrease with rate change

By Jeannine Aversa • Jan 30, 2008
Marcio Jose Sanchez, The Associated Press

[Photo] Hidden victims of mortgage crisis: Pets abandoned by their owners after foreclosure

By Evelyn Nieves • Jan 30, 2008
Barbaro, jockey Edgar Prado up, wins the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., in this May 6, 2006 file photo. Al Behrman

[Photo] Barbaro’s ashes to be interred at Churchill Downs

By Will Graves • Jan 29, 2008
Penn State forward Geary Claxton sits on the bench in street clothes with a knee brace on Jan. 15. Claxton injured his left knee. Carolyn Kaster, The Associated Press

[Photo] Knee injury sidelines Claxton for remainder of career at Penn State

By The Associated Press • Jan 29, 2008
English rock band Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page poses for photographers during a press conference to promote the new Zeppelin release "Mothership" in Tokyo Monday. Page says that after burning up the stage in London last month with a one-night reunion ME Online

[Photo] Led Zeppelin guitarist ready to take band on world tour

By Eric Talmadge • Jan 29, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., talk Monday. Evan Vucci, The Associated Press

[Photo] Sen. Kennedy endorses Obama for president

By David Espo • Jan 29, 2008
Chris Palmer of Charter Communications prepares to work on a downed line amid a tangle of downed tree limbs in Ashland, Ore., Monday, Jan. 28, 2008 after a storm dropped 8 to 10 inches (20 to 25 cms) of snow in the city. Jim Craven, The Associated Press

[Photo] Snowstorm smothers West

By Simon Shifrin • Jan 29, 2008
Jon Livingston splashes through the flooded intersection at North Coltrane Avenue at the entrance to the Oak Tree Gun Club in Newhall, Calif. Livingston and his two friends spent the afternoon pistol shooting at the club. Oak Tree used a tractor and shove Will Davison, The Associated Press

[Photo] West Coast’s wet weather moving out

By Jacob Adelman • Jan 29, 2008
The New York Giants arrive Monday at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. The Giants will face the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, Sunday. Matt York, The Associated Press

[Photo] DeOssie to Super Bowl again

By Tom Canavan • Jan 29, 2008
Britney Spears, center, is surrounded by Los Angeles police officers, as a throng of media tries to photograph her leaving a Los Angeles court after a hearing to work out custody arrangements with her ex-husband Kevin Federline for their two young sons in ME Online

[Photo] From paparazzi payoffs to police man-hours, Britney Spears generates her own personal economy

By Jeremy Herron • Jan 29, 2008
The cast and crew of "The Office" hold the award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series at the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles. The Associate Press

[Photo] SAG awards celebrate despite strike

By David Germain • Jan 29, 2008
Hussein Malla, The Associated Press

[Photo] Hundreds riot in Lebanese capital, leaving 7 dead, officials say

Jan 28, 2008
British actress Emma Thompson reacts holding the Crystal award at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Friday Jan. 25, 2008. The Crystal award is presented to artists who use their art to reach out to other cultures. Peter Dejong, The Associated Press

[Photo] Actress Emma Thompson touts chemistry with Dustin Hoffman, need for better kid’s films

By Edith M. Lederer • Jan 28, 2008
Actor Wesley Snipes leaves the Federal Courthouse in Ocala Fla. in this Dec. 8, 2006, file photo. The prosecution in the tax evasion trial of Wesley Snipes rested Friday, Jan. 25, 2008, clearing the way next week for the defense and its potential list of Reinhold Matay, The Associated Press

[Photo] Wesley Snipes’ defense rests in actor’s tax fraud and conspiracy case in Ocala, Fla.

By The Associated Press • Jan 28, 2008
Opposition supporters set tires on fire as they try to block the main road leading to Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon on Sunday. Dozens of angry people protesting electricity rationing closed a major intersection south of Beirut and Rafiq Maqbool, The Associated Press

[Photo] War on terror turns its focus to Pakistan, Afghanistan

By Robert Burns – The Associated Press • Jan 28, 2008
Rene Russo arrives for the Directors Guild of America Awards Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008, in Los Angeles. Mark J. Terrill, The Associated Press

[Photo] Coens win top Directors Guild honor for ‘No Country for Old Men’

By David Germain • Jan 28, 2008
British singer Amy Winehouse arrives at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, in this June 3, 2007, file photo. Winehouse has been summoned to appear in court in Bergen for a drug conviction during a tour in Norway in October. Kevork Djansezian, The Associated Press

[Photo] Amy Winehouse enters rehabilitation facility for drug addiction, will show up for Grammys

By David Stringer • Jan 25, 2008
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick speaks at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in this Jan. 17, 2008 file photo. Kilpatrick exchanged romantic text messages with top aide, Christine Beatty, contradicting their denials in court that they ha Paul Ssancya

[Photo] Prosecutor to investigate reports about steamy texts exchanged between Detroit mayor, aide

By Corey Williams • Jan 25, 2008
British actors Daniel Craig, who plays James Bond, right, and Gemma Arterton, who plays Agent Fields, left, pose with Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko, who plays Camille, center, for photographers at a photo call for the new Bond film, which has now been Kirsty Wigglesworth, The Associated Press

[Photo] Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in action-packed “Quantum of Solace”

By Jill Lawless • Jan 25, 2008
Juan Antonio Ramosa, a cousin of missing Marine Cesar Laurean, sat at his liquor store in Mexico on Tuesday. Laurean fled to Mexico in early January. Guillermo Arias

[Photo] Wanted Marine will not face death penalty in N.C., believed to be in Mexico

By Estes Thompson • Jan 25, 2008
Monte Carlo employees hold each other as they walk away from a burning Monte Carlo hotel and casino on Las Vegas Blvd. in Las Vegas, Nev., Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. A fire on the roof of the Monte Carlo hotel-casino forced guests and gamblers to flee and sen Garrett Davis

[Photo] Fire breaks out at Monte Carlo resort on Las Vegas Strip

By Kathleen Hennessey • Jan 25, 2008
A woman walks along a road Wednesday at the Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton in San Jose, Calif. The area received nearly a foot of snow. Marcio Jose Sanchez

[Photo] California snow strands vehicles, forces closures

By Daisy Nguyen • Jan 25, 2008
Egyptian border guards scuffle with Palestinians crossing the border after militants exploded the separated wall between Gaza Strip and Egypt early Wednesday, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008. Egyptian forces began trying to control Lefteris Pitarakis, The Associated Press

[Photo] Egypt begins to control influx of Gazans

By Sarah El Deeb and Omar Sinan • Jan 24, 2008
A makeshift memorial for the deceased actor Heath Ledger is seen, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008, outside the apartment building where his body was found in the SoHo neighborhood of New York. Authorities said the death was a possible overdose, but were awaiting Gary He, The Associated Press

[Photo] Funeral arrangements for Ledger are complete, family to arrive Friday

By Verena Dobnik • Jan 24, 2008
Trader Daniel Ryan laughs as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday. Wall Street pulled off a comeback surging higher in late trading and wiping out what looked to be yet another decline. Richard Drew, The Associated Press

[Photo] Stocks rise, close with ‘dramatic gain’

By The Associated Press • Jan 24, 2008
Palestinians carry empty canisters for fuel as they cross a destroyed section of the border wall from Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, to Egypt Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008. Masked Palestinian gunmen blew holes into the Gaza-Egypt border wall Wednesday, and Kevin Frayer, The Associated Press

[Photo] Gazans use demolished fence to enter into Egypt

By The Associated Press • Jan 24, 2008
French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, left, kisses the hand of a model after the presentation of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2008 collection, in Paris Wednesday Jan. 23, 2008. Thibault Camus, The Associated Press

[Photo] Valentino, the king of the red carpet, bids adieu to fashion with star-studded show

By The Associated Press • Jan 24, 2008
Specialist Charles Jenness works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday. An unusual emergency interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve gave Wall Street a partial rebound Tuesday from a precipitous early decline. Richard Drew, The Associated Press

[Photo] Dow Jones takes fast fall, but makes quick recovery

By Madlen Read • Jan 23, 2008
Director Jason Reitman poses for pictures during the Sundance Film Festival. Peter Kramer, The Associated Press

[Photo] Hit “Juno” lands 4 Oscar nominatitons

By Jake Coyle • Jan 23, 2008
Michael Brown, of West Monroe, La., holds a Ku Klux Klan flag as he talks with reporters in front of the courthouse in Jena, La., on Monday. Brown is a self-proclaimed member of the Ku Klux Klan. Ann Heisenfelt, The Associated Press

[Photo] Protest against MLK Day in Jena

By Mary Foster • Jan 22, 2008
Actress Kathy Bates, left, and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis pose for photographers after they announced the nominations for the 80th annual Academy Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday morning, Jan. 22, 2008. Chris Pizzello, The Associated Press

[Photo] ‘No Country for Old Men,’ ‘There Will Be Blood’ tie for most Oscar nominations with 8

By David Germain • Jan 22, 2008
Then-Republican presidential hopeful, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson fields questions from the media during a campaign stop to talk to supporters in Prosperity, S.C. in this Jan. 17, 2008 file photo. Thompson has quit the presidential race, according Mary Ann Chastain, The Associated Press

[Photo] Fred Thompson quits presidential race

By David Espo • Jan 22, 2008
Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse display their Chinese New Year costumes designed by Hong Kong fashion designer Vivienne Tam during a promotional events to celebrate the Year of Mouse at Hong Kong Disneyland Monday, Jan. 21, 2008. Vincent Yu, The Associated Press

[Photo] Mickey Mouse goes Mao: Vivienne Tam designs outfits for Hong Kong Disneyland

By Min Lee • Jan 22, 2008
In this photo provided by Kraft, quarterback brothers Peyton, left, and Eli Manning compete in an Oreo cookie eating contest. The Associated Press

[Photo] Younger Manning out of brother’s shadow, no longer getting tips

By Wayne Parry • Jan 22, 2008
Investigators walk by the tail section of an airplane in the Corona Chevrolet dealership parking lot. Two planes collided in midair near the Corona Municipal Airport in Corona, Calif., killing five people Monday. Mark Zaleski, The Associated Press

[Photo] Mid-air collision over California kills five, damages businesses

By Greg Risling • Jan 22, 2008
Marine veteran of the Iraq war Mike Lally walks through the main entrance of a veterans homeless shelter, in Leeds, Mass., on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007. Lally did two tours of duty in Iraq while serving with the Marine Corps. Steven Senne, The Associated Press

[Photo] Homelessness growing among recent veterans

By Erin McClam • Jan 21, 2008
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 1963. The Associated Press

[Photo] Pursuing the Dream

By Colleen Loggins • Jan 21, 2008
Illinois Rep. Jim Watson, R-Jacksonville, gets a hug while greeting supporters during a Republican County fundraising dinner in Jacksonville, Ill., Monday, Jan. 14, 2008. Watson is going off to war. Seth Perlman, The Associated Press

[Photo] Illinois legislator deployed to Iraq

By Nguyen Huy Yu • Jan 21, 2008
Mick Jagger from the Rolling Stones performs on stage during a concert at the Olympic Stadium, in Lausanne, Switzerland, in this Aug. 11, 2007, file photo.The Rolling Stones announced Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008, they have signed a deal to release the soundtr ME Online

[Photo] Rolling Stones sign deal with Universal Music Group for soundtrack to Scorsese concert film

By D’Arcy Doran • Jan 18, 2008
A man injured in a suicide attack lies inside a hospital in Baghdad. A woman blew herself up in turbulent Diyala province on Wednesday. Adil al-Khazali, The Associated Press

[Photo] Female suicide bomber kills at least nine people in blast

By The Associated Press • Jan 17, 2008
Attendee Wil Gieseler talks on his Apple iPhone in front of a iPhone poster at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. Paul Sakuma, The Associated Press

[Photo] Apple takes foothold in fledgling business of online movie rentals

By The Associated Press • Jan 17, 2008
Juashaunna Kelly takes part in a cross-country meet Oct. 5, 2007, in Washington. Kelly has been disqualified from an indoor track and field meet because officials said the custom-made outfit she wears to conform to her Muslim faith violated competition ru Preston Keres, The Associated Press, The Washington Post

[Photo] High school athlete disqualified from meet for wearing outfit to conform to Muslim faith

By The Associated Press • Jan 17, 2008
Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets his supporters after his speech at his primary election night rally on Tuesday in Southfield, Mich. Carlos Osorio, The Associated Press

[Photo] Clinton, Romney win in Michigan

By Terrell Starr • Jan 17, 2008
Paul Howes, second from right foreground, National Secretary of the Australian Workers Union, joins striking picketers outside Fox Studios Wednesday Jan. 16, 2008 in Los Angeles. Producers of the Grammy Awards have requested an interim agreement that woul Nick Ut, The Associated Press

[Photo] Grammys seek agreement allowing use of striking Hollywood writers; guild says that’s unlikely

By The Associated Press • Jan 17, 2008
An well-wisher using wooden tubs splash cold waters onto himself during an annual cold-endurance festival at the Kanda Myojin shinto shrine in Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008. Itsuo Inouye, The Associated Press

[Photo] The Week in World Photos

Jan 16, 2008
A photo released by Harpo Productions Inc., shows talk-show host Oprah Winfrey and David Zaslav, president and chief executive of Discovery Communications after announcing Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, in Chicago the formation of a new joint venture "OWN: The O ME Online

[Photo] Oprah Winfrey partnering with Discovery for own TV network

By David Bauder • Jan 16, 2008
Firefighters try to extinguish a burning car at the site of an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. An explosion targeted a U.S. Embassy vehicle Tuesday in northern Beirut, killing four Lebanese and injuring a local embassy employee, a U.S. official s Vartivar Karageuzian, The Associated Press

[Photo] U.S. Embassy vehicle targeted by bombers in Beirut, killing 3

By Scheherezade Faramarzi • Jan 16, 2008
MLB commissioner Bud Selig, left, and Donald Fehr, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, are sworn in on Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. Haraz N. Ghanbari, The Associated Press

[Photo] Congress nails baseball executives for cover-up

By Howard Fendrich • Jan 16, 2008
Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, clasps hands with Hazel Dukes. Elise Amendola, The Associated Press

[Photo] Debates on sexism and racism arise for Democratic presidential race

By David Crary • Jan 15, 2008
Arkansas tailback Darren McFadden, right, cuts to avoid Missouri linebacker Brock Christopher (34) in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 1 in Dallas. Matt Slocum, The Associated Press

[Photo] Heisman runner-up off to pros

By Noah Trister • Jan 15, 2008
This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows Emile Hirsch in a scene from "Speed Racer." The Associated Press

[Photo] Movies arrive in 2008 despite writer strike

By David Germain • Jan 15, 2008
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal waves as he delivers his inaugural speech Monday on the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. Tim Mueller, The Associated Press

[Photo] Indian-American governor hopes to clean up Louisiana

By Melinda DeSlatte • Jan 15, 2008
Pakistani volunteers carry a man injured in a blast to a local hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday. A powerful bomb exploded, killing at least nine people and injuring many more. It was not immediately clear who was behind the blast. Islamic militants Fareed Khan, The Associated Press

[Photo] Sharif: Musharraf ‘drowned’ Pakistan

By Matthew Pennington • Jan 15, 2008
Ohio State middle linebacker James Laurinaitis celebrates with Ohio State fans in Michigan Stadium after the Ohio State Buckeyes defeated Michigan 14-3 on Nov. 17, 2007 in Ann Arbor, Mich. Chuck Crow, The Associated Press

[Photo] Laurinaitis decides to remain at Ohio State for senior year

By Rusty Miller • Jan 15, 2008
Motorists drive near an electronic billboard with the picture of Cesar Laurean, a Marine wanted in the slaying of a pregnant colleague, Monday in Columbus, Ohio. The sheriff announced a $25,000 reward for information. Jay LaPrete, The Associated Press

[Photo] Marine wanted in death of pregnant colleague

By Mike Baker • Jan 15, 2008
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., laughs during a roundtable discussion in Columbia, S.C., Sunday. Elise Amendola, The Associated Press

[Photo] Clinton blasts Obama camp for adding racial tension

Jan 14, 2008
President Bush holds a Chicago 2016 Olympics shirt presented to him by Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, right, and Patrick Ryan, center rear, after meeting with the Chicago 2016 Bid Committee and U.S. Olympic Committee members at the Union League Club of C Haraz N. Ghanbari, The Associated Press

[Photo] Chicago must change foreign perception to earn Olympic bid

By Don Babwin • Jan 14, 2008
Police guard the Antica Focacceria San Francesco sandwich restaurant in downtown Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy, in this Oct. 5 photo. In a rebellion shaking the Sicilian Mafia to its centuries-old roots, businesses in growing numbers are refusing to sub Alessandro Fucarini, The Associated Press

[Photo] Sicilian shops go against Mafia

By Frances D’Emilio • Jan 14, 2008
Dayna Devon announces Julian Schnabel as the winner for Best Director - Motion Picture at the 65th Annual Golden Globes, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Mark J. Terrill, The Associated Press

[Photo] ‘Atonement’ wins best drama Globe at show sapped of star glitz by writers strike

By David Germain • Jan 14, 2008
George W. Bush, left, holds up a falcon as the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, right, watches during a visit to the Royal Stables at the Al Asayl Racing and Equestrian Club, Sunday. Amos Ben Gershom, The Associated Press

[Photo] Bush asks Mideast to move for democracy

By Terence Hunt. The Associated Press • Jan 14, 2008
Watseka firefighter Kyann Siebring carries Alisha Condon to safety after Alisha and both her parents were evacuated from their home Wednesday morning. The Associated Press

[Photo] Flooding forces hundreds from their east-central Illinois homes

By The Associated Press • Jan 11, 2008
Mike Jordan, Richton Park, Ill., takes notes after talking to a potential Iowa caucus goer while campaigning for his friend, Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Friday, Nov. 7, 2007. Jordan, an insurance agen David Lienemann, The Associated Press

[Photo] Obama pitches undecided voters in Iowa; seeks converts for his cause

By Christopher Wills • Dec 30, 2007
Illinois guard Calvin Brock (25) and forward Rodney Alexander (23) surround Penn State forward David Jackson (15) for a rebound during the first half of a basketball game Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008, in Champaign, Ill. Darrell Hoemann, The Associated Press

[Photo] Illinois loses third straight home game

By Jason Grodsky • Dec 30, 2007
The Truckee Carson Irrigation Ditch gave way causing much of Fernley, Nev., to be flooded Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008. The levee ruptured after heavy rainfall, pouring more than 3 feet of near-freezing water into hundreds of homes and stranding 3,500 people ac Marilyn Newton, The Associated Press

[Photo] Water freezes instead of draining in flooded town

By Martin Griffith • Dec 30, 2007
This undated photo provided by DreamWorks Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures shows actors Johnny Depp, left, as Sweeney Todd and Helena Bonham Carter as his willing accomplice Mrs. Lovett in a scene from "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street." Leah Gallo, The Associated Press

[Photo] Johnny Depp says ‘Sweeney Todd’ flashback was ‘weirdest thing I ever had to shoot’

By The Associated Press • Dec 30, 2007
Democratic Presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, accompanied by, from left, former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, her mother Dorothy Rodham, and daughter Chelsea Clinton, waves as she is introduced during a campaign stop at the First U Jeff Chiu, The Associated Press

[Photo] Presidential campaigns fight to finish in Iowa

By David Espo • Dec 30, 2007
Edgar Bronfman Jr., Chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group, discusses his company and the music industry at The Paley Center for Media in New York on in this Sept. 17, 2007 file photo. Warner Music Group, a major holdout on selling music online without co Mark Lennihan, The Associated Press

[Photo] Warner Music Group in deal with Amazon.com to sell songs online free of copy protection

By Jessica Mintz • Dec 30, 2007
This photo released by NASA shows astronaut Daniel M. Tani as he prepares to use the galley on the middeck of Space Shuttle Discovery on Oct. 24, 2007. Rose Tani, the 90-year-old mother of Daniel Tani who is aboard the international space station died in The Associated Press

[Photo] Family mourns astronaut’s mom

By Don Babwin • Dec 12, 2007
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