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Monday, April 24, 2006 09:00 AM PDT

Today's Front Page News: Defense Asks to Deny Moussaoui Martyrdom Bush Tries to Refocus Immigration Debate Iran Hints at Exiting Nuclear Treaty 7 Car Bombs Explode in Baghdad, Killing 6 Lay: Enron's Fall Caused 'Enduring Pain' American Express Net Income Declines in 1Q Foreign Envoys Seek to Ease Nepal Crisis ABC to Launch `Lost' Interactive Game Poll: Fans Want More Done About Steroids Microsoft, EU Face Off Over Antitrust Schwarzenegger Blasts Idea of Border Wall Scientists Probe the Use of the Tongue Many Cancer Survivors Stop Mammographies TV seance claims to have reached John Lennon Is God an environmentalist? Defense Asks to Deny Moussaoui Martyrdom Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:39 am PDT AP - Zacarias Moussaoui's lawyer pleaded with jurors Monday to send his client to prison for life — "the long slow death of a common criminal" — rather than give him the martyrdom he seeks through execution. The prosecution argued for a death sentence for the Sept. 11 conspirator because "there is no place on this good Earth" for him. Full Story Top Bush Tries to Refocus Immigration Debate Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:15 am PDT AP - As Congress headed back Monday from a two-week recess, President Bush was in the country's most immigrant-rich state to push a stalled bill that would allow more foreigners to work legally in the United States. Full Story Top Iran Hints at Exiting Nuclear Treaty Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:01 am PDT AP - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hinted Monday that Iran was considering withdrawing from the worldwide Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and said he did not think the U.N. Security Council would impose sanctions on Iran. Full Story Top 7 Car Bombs Explode in Baghdad, Killing 6 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:15 am PDT AP - Seven car bombs exploded across the capital Monday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens, as politicians met to try to finalize a new Cabinet. Police discovered the bodies of 20 Iraqis — apparent victims of sectarian killings the United States hopes the new government can end. Full Story Top Lay: Enron's Fall Caused 'Enduring Pain' Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:17 am PDT AP - Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay testified Monday that the company's collapse has caused him more "enduring pain" than the loss of loved ones, and he again denied lying to investors about Enron's weak financial condition as it slid into bankruptcy. Full Story Top American Express Net Income Declines in 1Q Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:19 am PDT AP - American Express Co., which specializes in travel services and credit cards, said Monday that its net profit fell in the first quarter, reflecting the spinoff last year of its Ameriprise Financial Inc. advisory unit. Full Story Top Foreign Envoys Seek to Ease Nepal Crisis Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:35 am PDT AP - Communist rebels attacked army posts and government buildings early Monday in northern Nepal, engaging troops in a night-long gunfight that killed six people. In the capital, security forces fired rubber bullets at crowds of pro-democracy protesters. Full Story Top ABC to Launch `Lost' Interactive Game Mon, 24 Apr 2006 05:46 am PDT AP - ABC will launch a global interactive game based on the hit TV show "Lost," the network announced Monday. Full Story Top Poll: Fans Want More Done About Steroids Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:46 am PDT AP - More than half of America's baseball fans say the sport has not done enough to curb the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, an AP-AOL Sports poll found. Full Story Top Microsoft, EU Face Off Over Antitrust Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:20 am PDT AP - The European Commission forced the world's largest software maker to offer a product no one wanted and no one bought, Microsoft Corp. told the EU's second-highest court on Monday as it began trying to overturn a landmark antitrust ruling against it. Full Story Top Schwarzenegger Blasts Idea of Border Wall Sun, 23 Apr 2006 10:17 pm PDT AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sunday said that building a 700-mile wall along the Mexican border to deter illegal immigration would amount to "going back to the Stone Ages," and instead urged the use of high-tech gear and more patrols to secure the nation's southern boundary. Full Story Top Scientists Probe the Use of the Tongue Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:43 am PDT AP - In their quest to create the super warrior of the future, some military researchers aren't focusing on organs like muscles or hearts. They're looking at tongues. Full Story Top Many Cancer Survivors Stop Mammographies Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:18 am PDT AP - More than a third of breast cancer survivors gradually stop getting annual mammographies, according to a new study. Full Story Top TV seance claims to have reached John Lennon Sun, 23 Apr 2006 04:19 am PDT Reuters - A controversial television seance airing on Monday will claim it has reached the spirit of John Lennon, but viewers will have to pay $9.95 to find out what the peace-loving Beatle has to say. Full Story Top Is God an environmentalist? Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:00 am PDT USATODAY.com - "Every day is Earth Day if you are a landowner." So President Bush proclaimed to the leaders of several conservation organizations he had invited to tour his Texas ranch during his 2004 re-election campaign. Bush might well feel that way about his 1,600-acre spread outside of Crawford. But Earth Day 2006, this past Saturday, marked the greatest erosion in environmental protections in modern U.S. history. 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