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Traffic bust nabs 100 pounds of pot in casket: A casket minus a cadaver yielded nearly 100 pounds of marijuana after a traffic stop in Dallas. ›19:38 26 Jun, Fri
Son of 'master counterfeiter' arrested: The 18-year-old son of master counterfeiter Art Williams Jr., whose life is chronicled in a new book "The Art of Making Money," has been arrested on charges of passing fake $100 bills. ›20:44 1 Jul, Wed
Detroit: Behind the UAWs Striking Ways: The unions strategic mini-strikes against Chrysler and GM struck a chord with members and fear among management. Is Ford next? ›00:16 11 Oct, Thu
How Martian clouds create snowfall: Scientists say the Red Planet's scant snow falls from clouds that are similar to the thin clouds of ice crystals seen over Earth's polar regions. ›20:15 2 Jul, Thu
Hirsh: Democracy's Strange Bedfellows: The champions of democracy often share an overly romantic view of how quickly it can flower in hostile soil. ›16:56 11 Oct, Thu
Analysis: Yet again, Palin plays by own rules: Sarah Palin demonstrated once again yesterday that she is one of America's most unconventional politicians, following an unpredictable path to an uncertain future. ›11:08
Students get X-rated version of class DVD: A Northern California elementary school teacher sent her students home for the summer with a video of class memories, only the DVD included six seconds of her having sex on a couch. ›03:20 3 Jul, Fri
Cops: Teens mistake sex screams for assault: A teen thought she heard her mother being assaulted by her boyfriend and rounded up friends who beat him up, only to learn later that the couple were actually having sex, police said. ›20:44 2 Jul, Thu
Car guys retrain but downshift to lower pay: Big, burly and a "car guy" since high school, Tom Persinger worked for years at General Motors. Now he's a nurse's aide earning $12 an hour. "I've been humbled quite a bit," he said. ›12:15
Michelle Obama bringing glamour to Moscow: The first lady, who has wowed publics in the U.S. and Europe with her easy elegance and charm, will perhaps face a bigger challenge in winning over a Russian public that has scant respect for women who grab the limelight from their powerful husbands. ›13:30
Newsweek: First lady reaches out to D.C.s poor: Away from the cameras, Michelle Obama has made it a practice to almost every week visit some worthy non-profit. ›06:12
Obama delays release of CIA report: The Obama administration said Thursday that it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention and interrogation program before making it public. ›22:40 2 Jul, Thu
Key Senate Dems trim cost of health care bill: Determined to advance President Barack Obama's health care agenda, key Senate Democrats are calling for a government-run insurance option to compete with private plans, as well as a $750-per-worker annual fee on larger companies that do not offer coverage to employees. ›19:21 2 Jul, Thu
Gary Coleman's wife arrested in Utah: Police say the wife of actor Gary Coleman was booked into jail after an argument at the couple's Utah County home. ›21:48 2 Jul, Thu
Give Ice Age 3 the cold shoulder: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs seemingly exists only to give parents and children an air-conditioned activity between Up and the upcoming Ponyo. ›23:35 30 Jun, Tue
Jobless rate rises to 26-year high: Out-of-work with no place to land, the legions of America's unemployed are growing. The nation's unemployment rate rose to 9.5 percent in June, a 26-year high. ›17:57 2 Jul, Thu
Jolie trumps Aniston atop actress earning list: Angelina Jolie banked $27 million in the past year to beat out her partner Brad Pitt's ex-wife Jennifer Aniston, who made $25 million, a Forbes.com study of the highest-paid Hollywood actresses showed. ›19:45 2 Jul, Thu
Doris Lessings Nobel Prize: The unpredictable curmudgeon has written about everything from feminism to sci-fi to cats (twice). ›15:18 12 Oct, Fri
Marshals seize Madoffs $7 million penthouse: The U.S. Marshals Service on Thursday took possession of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's $7 million Manhattan penthouse, an action that forced his wife to move elsewhere. ›23:34 2 Jul, Thu
Terror Watch: Gonzales Lawyers Up: Still under investigation by Congress and Justice Department lawyers who once worked for him, the former attorney general has turned to a leading Washington attorney to help him beat the rap. ›18:12 10 Oct, Wed
NYC victims fight back against iPhone thieves: One device allows a user to remotely activate a loud siren designed to rattle the thief. Another application, designed for iPhones, can reveal the phone's location. ›19:27 2 Jul, Thu
Mississippi Burning town gets black mayor: Philadelphia, Miss., declares independence from an ugly past. NBCs Mark Potter reports. ›07:48
Facebook to let users control privacy settings: Facebook is overhauling its complicated privacy controls in an attempt to simplify them for its 200 million-plus users. ›22:08 1 Jul, Wed
Capital Sources: Mike Huckabee, Unplugged: The former Arkansas governor struggles to raise money, lags behind the GOP presidential front runners in the polls and has been maligned by Bushs former counsel. Why he keeps on keepin on. ›18:16 11 Oct, Thu
