
Thursday, September 06, 2007
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A law allowing federal anti-terrorism agents to access information on the U.S. public without a warrant has been ruled as unconstitutional by a US judge in Washington D.C.
Victor Marrero said Congress exceeded its authority by allowing the FBI to keep requests secret under the Patriot Act, passed after the 9/11 attacks.

Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden said he vows to step up the battle in Iraq and mocks the United States in a new video released, his first such appearance in three years.
The video, which U.S. intelligence agencies confirmed as genuine, has sparked an immediate reaction from President George W Bush, who said it showed how dangerous the world remains and how the U.S. must show resolve in Iraq.

Republican Idaho Sen. Larry Craig is reconsidering his decision to step down after his arrest in a Minneapolis airport sex sting, according to the Associated Press.
Sidney Smith, Craig’s spokesman, said, “It's not such a foregone conclusion anymore, that the only thing he could do was resign.” Craig, who has represented Idaho in Congress for 27 years, announced Sept. 1 that he plans to resign from the Senate Sept. 30
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Apple freaks who waited in long lines in June to be the first to own hot new iPhones may have come to regret their purchases after discovering on Wednesday that Apple was cutting the price of the devices by $200. The market wasn't too happy either, as Apple's shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market fell a few dollars Wednesday following the news. They started the day lower on Thursday but began to slowly rebound.
Those who feel they were cheated, however, may find solace in one of the new or upgraded iPods that Apple also introduced this week, including the iPod touch and revamped iPod nano.

Facebook, the hugely popular social networking site, risks provoking anger from its users by opening up details of individuals to the web at large.
A new public search feature will soon mean that basic Facebook user profiles carrying names and photographs of the site’s members are accessible through search engines such as Google, Yahoo! and MSN.
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For some people, an apology from NFL quarterback Michael Vick for his role in fighting dogs was priceless.
But to someone, it's worth about $10,000.
The Humane Society of the United States is auctioning off what they say is a piece of paper with a list of six talking points Michael Vick used while making his public apology for his role in a dogfighting conspiracy at the Omni Hotel in Richmond last week.
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Jenna Fischer, 33, from the hit show "Office" who has been married to filmmaker James Gunn for six years, calls it quits.
"We need to announce that we have chosen to separate. We are sorry for any pain this causes family and friends," they said in a joint statement posted on their respective sites

Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry, who has been dating model Gabriel Aubry since the two met at a photo shoot for Versace in November 2005, is pregnant.
The actress announced her pregnancy in an email to accesshollywood.com. The website quoted her as saying: "Yes, I am three months pregnant. Gabriel (Aubry) and I are beyond excited and I've waited a long time for this moment in my life."
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Britney Spears' comeback has sprung a leak once again with another four tracks from her new album finding their way to the internet.
This brings the total number of Britney tracks that are circulating on the web up to seven, just two months before the official release of her comeback album on November 13.

La Scala opera house fell silent Thursday and the two remaining members of the Three Tenors led a chorus of tributes by the giants of opera, presidents and rock stars after the death of Luciano Pavarotti.
A minute's silence was held at the Milan opera house where Pavarotti, who died early Thursday at the age of 71, performed 140 times in a career that spanned four decades.
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A naked man driving along the Indiana Toll Road was arrested and charged because his lewd conduct distracted other motorists, police said.
The 37-year-old Chicago man was traveling east to Ohio to visit his mother, police said. He was nude and had petroleum jelly on his hands when a state trooper pulled him over about 10 miles from the Ohio line Wednesday, police said.

An Austrian woman lived with the mummified remains of her aunt for a year, Vienna police said Wednesday.
Officers found the corpse of the 96-year-old aunt under a blanket on a bed after ignoring the 51-year-old niece's claim that her aunt was sleeping and should not be disturbed, a police statement said.
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