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Investigators in Kansas are looking into whether a secret life in
Internet pornography had anything to do with the
disappearance of a Kansas college student.

A seven-year old boy in the Kandal province of Cambodia has
a rather unusual best friend. Koun Samang has been spending
time with his pet reptile since he was born. They are the same
age and have hardly been separated in their whole lives.

A retail industry tracking group reports that sales over the past
two days rose more than 7 percent compared to the same time
last year. ShopperTrack tallies up a total of more than 16 billion
dollars for Friday and Saturday.

A Canadian man died on Saturday, four days after police used
a taser stun-gun on him. He is the third person to die in 3
weeks in Canada after being shocked by the hand-held weapon.

The Annapolis meeting is being billed as a chance to relaucnh
negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians with a view to
reaching an agreement on establishing a Palestinian state,
possibly before President Bush steps down in 14 months.

The AP’s Derrik J.Lang examines “Turning Point,” “Kwari” and
“Army of Two,” three shoot-’em-up video games scheduled for
release in 2008 that pull the trigger on new plot twists that could
rouse some “Manhunt 2″-type controversy.

Nationwide, thousands of college students are joining a group
that promotes the right for students with concealed handgun
licenses to bring guns on campus.

The Egyptian government has pledged to step up its fight
against female genital mutilation in Egypt, where the vast
majority of Muslim and Christian women are subjected to
excision. The authorities are threatening to punish doctors
carrying out the operations, and have laucnhed an information
campaign. One association has for years held seminars in the
Beni Sueif region to break the taboo surrounding the problem.

Check out a robot that can kick a soccer ball, dance and even
walk down stairs. The worldls most advanced humanoid robot
demonstrate its skills at the Honda Initiation Grant Technical
Horizon Symposium in California.

Police investigating the death of an 84-year-old woman and the
disappearance of her husband hope this photo can lead them
to the killer.

An Oklahoma man has made a machine that produces
lightning even Mother Nature would be proud of. Kevin
Eldredge likes lightning so much he’s found a way to bring the
fire in the sky down to his own back yard.

An investigation by the Associated Press finds herbal
impotency pills are emerging as a major public health concern.

But these aren’t your average beauty queens - they’re all
transsexuals competing in what’s billed as the largest beauty
contest for transvestites and transgendered individuals in the
world.

If you reach too far,m you can lose your balance and fall on your
face. That’s what happened with the design process for the
“Touch by HTC”, one of the smart phones fighting for our
attention this holiday season.

California officials say the recovery begins in earnest now in the
San Francisco Bay. One Coast Guard official says speed may
have been a factor in the ship crash that spilled nearly 60
thousand gallons of fuel into the bay.