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Yahoo! Alerts Yahoo! News - My Alerts - Edit Alert Friday, December 02, 2005 01:00 AM PST Today's Top Stories: U.S. Executes 1,000th Person Since 1977 Two U.S. Allies Pulling Out of Iraq U.N.: Torture Still Widespread in China GOP Wants to Create Secretive Gov't Agency Alito abortion memo stirs more controversy Plan to Allow Scissors on Planes Opposed U.S. to Release New $10 Bills on March 2 Garner and Affleck Have Baby Girl Black Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud Charges Parker's 30 Helps Spurs Hold Off Mavs N. Carolina carries out 1,000th execution White House wants answers on planted Iraq stories Annan: 'We must do far, far more' against AIDS Academics consider "intelligent design" museum talk White House calls Democrats irresponsible on Iraq US carries out 1,000th execution since landmark ruling Secret CIA flights: at least two stopovers in France Singapore hangs Australian drug trafficker Algerian bomb suspect jailed in France after extradition from Britain Blair to face strong opposition on budget plans from biggest new EU states U.S. Executes 1,000th Person Since 1977 Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:19 am PST AP - A convicted murderer was put to death Friday in the nation's 1,000th execution since capital punishment resumed in 1977. Full Story Top Two U.S. Allies Pulling Out of Iraq Thu, 01 Dec 2005 11:52 pm PST AP - Two of America's allies in Iraq are withdrawing forces this month and a half-dozen others are debating possible pullouts or reductions, increasing pressure on Washington as calls mount to bring home U.S. troops. Full Story Top U.N.: Torture Still Widespread in China Thu, 01 Dec 2005 11:21 pm PST AP - The first U.N. investigator to visit China's detention centers in years found that torture is still common and accused the government of obstructing his work. Full Story Top GOP Wants to Create Secretive Gov't Agency Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:44 am PST AP - The proposed Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency, or BARDA, would be exempt from long-standing open records and meetings laws that apply to most government departments, according to legislation approved Oct. 18 by the Senate health committee. Full Story Top Alito abortion memo stirs more controversy Thu, 01 Dec 2005 03:59 pm PST Reuters - A prominent Senate Democrat on Thursday demanded Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito explain why he did not mention a controversial 1985 memo on abortion in a lengthy questionnaire tracing his legal career. Full Story Top Plan to Allow Scissors on Planes Opposed Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:37 am PST AP - A proposal to allow small scissors and tools back onto airliners is drawing strident opposition from flight attendants, families of victims of the Sept. 11 hijackings and several lawmakers. Full Story Top U.S. to Release New $10 Bills on March 2 Thu, 01 Dec 2005 11:54 pm PST AP - The trees won't be the only thing sprouting new colors come springtime. Americans' wallets will have more red, yellow and orange as the first of 800 million redesigned $10 bills start showing up in cash registers and ATM machines on March 2. Full Story Top Garner and Affleck Have Baby Girl Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:20 am PST AP - Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck had a baby girl Thursday. "Mother, father and baby are doing great," their publicists, Ken Sunshine and Nicole King, told The Associated Press. Full Story Top Black Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud Charges Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:21 am PST AP - Embattled ex-newspaper tycoon Conrad Black showed up at his arraignment to deny fraud charges and "meet my accusers," claiming he has the advantage now that federal prosecutors' lengthy campaign against him has moved to the courtroom. Full Story Top Parker's 30 Helps Spurs Hold Off Mavs Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:26 am PST AP - Tony Parker's season-high 30 points included a go-ahead layup with 35 seconds left, Michael Finley made three key free throws, and the San Antonio Spurs held on to beat the Dallas Mavericks 92-90 Thursday night and remain alone atop the Western Conference. Full Story Top N. Carolina carries out 1,000th execution Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:41 am PST Reuters - Double murderer Kenneth Lee Boyd became the 1,000th prisoner executed in the United States since the reinstatement of capital punishment when he was put to death by lethal injection on Friday. Full Story Top White House wants answers on planted Iraq stories Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:31 pm PST Reuters - The White House and a senior Republican lawmaker expressed concern on Thursday about secret military payments to get Iraqi newspapers to print pro-American articles, but the military said it was important to spread the truth while insurgents were "lying to the Iraqi people." Full Story Top Annan: 'We must do far, far more' against AIDS Thu, 01 Dec 2005 03:43 pm PST Reuters - Around the globe, leaders, activists and victims used World AIDS Day on Thursday to send the message that far stronger action is needed in the battle against the disease that kills millions of people every year. Full Story Top Academics consider "intelligent design" museum talk Thu, 01 Dec 2005 10:18 pm PST Reuters - A panel of academics took a cool look at the increasingly heated issue of evolution versus "intelligent design" on Thursday, variously holding up the latter as a cultural battle, a global phenomenon or even a brilliant marketing scheme. Full Story Top White House calls Democrats irresponsible on Iraq Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:40 pm PST Reuters - The White House called irresponsible on Thursday those Democrats who said that President George W. Bush lacked a strategy on Iraq, as Sen. John Kerry said a policy shift was needed to reflect realities on the ground. Full Story Top US carries out 1,000th execution since landmark ruling Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:02 am PST AFP - The United States executed the 1,000th person since capital punishment was reintroduced in 1976, when Kenneth Boyd was given a lethal injection at a North Carolina jail, authorities said. Full Story Top Secret CIA flights: at least two stopovers in France Thu, 01 Dec 2005 11:29 pm PST AFP - Aircraft hired by the US Central Intelligence Agency possibly to transport Islamist prisoners have made at least two stopovers in France, in 2002 and 2005, the daily Le Figaro reported. Full Story Top Singapore hangs Australian drug trafficker Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:30 am PST AFP - Singapore has hanged an Australian heroin smuggler who pleaded he was trying to pay off his twin brother's debts, ignoring a high-level diplomatic campaign to save the 25-year-old's life. Full Story Top Algerian bomb suspect jailed in France after extradition from Britain Thu, 01 Dec 2005 11:28 pm PST AFP - An Algerian wanted over deadly 1995 bombings on the Paris metro was imprisoned after being extradited from Britain to France to face trial over the attacks, his lawyer said. Full Story Top Blair to face strong opposition on budget plans from biggest new EU states Thu, 01 Dec 2005 09:51 pm PST AFP - British Prime Minister Tony Blair is set to face strong opposition from the four biggest new European Union members who have vowed to fight his proposals to reduce development funding in the bloc's 2007 to 2013 budget. Full Story Top You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.