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Today's Most Popular News: Judge: Web-Surfing Worker Can't Be Fired Top 10 Windows XP Tips Of All Time ABC to Launch `Lost' Interactive Game China's army bans snorers, tattoo-wearers Scientists Probe the Use of the Tongue Many Cancer Survivors Stop Mammographies China slow to awake to need for sex education 5 Killed As 2 Planes Collide in Alaska NYC School Among Victims of Changing Times Mughal-e-Azam goes to Pakistan 'Dorkbot' Meetings Develop Cult Following 'Perfect cyclone' bears down on Australian city Air Force One Subject of Internet Hoax Iran Hints at Exiting Nuclear Treaty The Top 10 Windows XP Tips Of All Time Ben & Jerry's sorry for Irish "Black & Tan" upset Denise and Charlie Get Ugly Nagin May Have to Court Whites for Runoff Bin Laden Says U.S. Waging War on Islam Busting Baseball Myths: Scientist Throws Big Curveballs Judge: Web-Surfing Worker Can't Be Fired Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:12 am PDT AP - Saying surfing the web is equivalent to reading a newspaper or talking on the phone, an administrative law judge has suggested that only a reprimand is appropriate as punishment for a city worker accused of failing to heed warnings to stay off the Internet. Full Story Top Top 10 Windows XP Tips Of All Time Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:51 pm PDT TechWeb - With Vista at least seven months away, we'll all be using Windows XP for some time to come. TechWeb proudly presents our all-time favorite Win XP hacks, tips, tricks, and fixes. 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 China's army bans snorers, tattoo-wearers Sun, 23 Apr 2006 10:01 pm PDT Reuters - China's army recruits can look forward to a better night's sleep thanks to a new regulation banning chronic snorers from joining up. 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 China slow to awake to need for sex education Fri, 21 Apr 2006 05:38 am PDT Reuters - When Lao Li was a boy, sex was never discussed at home or school. Full Story Top 5 Killed As 2 Planes Collide in Alaska Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:33 am PDT AP - Two small planes collided midair and crashed about 20 miles north of Anchorage on Sunday, killing five people, officials said. Full Story Top NYC School Among Victims of Changing Times Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:44 am PDT AP - When the George W. Wingate High School opened in 1955, excited students helped unpack the furniture and baseball legend Jackie Robinson attended the school's dedication. Trophy cases soon brimmed with accomplishments at the Brooklyn school that would graduate a future U.S. senator. Full Story Top Mughal-e-Azam goes to Pakistan Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:10 am PDT Reuters - The forbidden love of Pakistanis for Indian movies was allowed into the open on Sunday with the public screening of a 1960 classic beloved on both sides of the border. Full Story Top 'Dorkbot' Meetings Develop Cult Following Sat, 22 Apr 2006 04:53 pm PDT AP - About 200 people crammed into a sleek SoHo art gallery on a recent weekday night, sitting on chairs, on radiators and on the floor. Others jammed the entrance to catch a glimpse of the unusual presentation unfolding on a projection screen in front of them. Full Story Top 'Perfect cyclone' bears down on Australian city Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:23 am PDT AFP - A hugely destructive cyclone described as a "perfect" storm is bearing down on the isolated northern Australian city of Darwin, devastated by a killer cyclone in 1974. Full Story Top Air Force One Subject of Internet Hoax Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:40 am PDT AP - A startling Internet video that shows someone spraying graffiti on President Bush's jet looked so authentic that the Air Force wasn't immediately certain whether the plane had been targeted. 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 The Top 10 Windows XP Tips Of All Time Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:51 pm PDT TechWeb - With Vista at least seven months away, we'll all be using Windows XP for some time to come. TechWeb proudly presents our all-time favorite Win XP hacks, tips, tricks, and fixes. Full Story Top Ben & Jerry's sorry for Irish "Black & Tan" upset Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:39 am PDT Reuters - Ice cream makers Ben & Jerry's have apologized for causing offence by calling a new flavor "Black & Tan" -- the nickname of a notoriously violent British militia that operated during Ireland's war of independence. Full Story Top Denise and Charlie Get Ugly Sun, 23 Apr 2006 10:38 pm PDT E! Online - First she filed for divorce. Then she agreed to reconcile. Then she reinstated her divorce proceedings. Now, Denise Richards is explaining why. Full Story Top Nagin May Have to Court Whites for Runoff Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:54 pm PDT AP - In a complete reversal of support from four years ago, Mayor Ray Nagin scored heavily with black voters and was practically abandoned by whites as he and Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu won spots in a mayoral runoff election. Full Story Top Bin Laden Says U.S. Waging War on Islam Sun, 23 Apr 2006 11:44 pm PDT AP - Osama bin Laden issued new threats in an audiotape broadcast on Arab television Sunday and accused the United States and Europe of supporting a "Zionist" war on Islam by cutting off funds to the Hamas-led Palestinian government. Full Story Top Busting Baseball Myths: Scientist Throws Big Curveballs Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:00 am PDT SPACE.com / LiveScience.com - Your Little League coach probably didn't know it, but every time he sent you to the plate with the instructions "keep your eye on the ball," he was giving you an impossible task. Full Story Top

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