Circuit City Gets $3.25 Bln Takeover Bid (Reuters)

Reuters - Circuit City Stores Inc. on Tuesday said it received an unsolicited takeover bid valuing the struggling electronics retailer at $3.25 billion, and its shares rose above the offer price, indicating expectations of a better offer.

Singer Jackson rushed to hospital

Michael Jackson is rushed to hospital on his way to court in California, with his lawyer saying he is "very ill".

Storm Blows Out Of Town Leaving Damage Behind (KGTV TheSanDiegoChannel.com vi...

State and federal emergency agencies are scheduled to meet with county and local city officials over the coming days to assess damage caused by the rainfall, which triggered mudslides, toppled trees and created sinkholes on local streets.

Candid cameras on campus (The Globe and Mail)

VANCOUVER -- There are no laugh-out-loud sex scenes in College Days, College Nights .

Adbusters: Buy Nothing Day

Adbusters wants you to buy nothing.

Spring breakers find tense border (Chicago Tribune)

Chicago Tribune - As tens of thousands of students make spring-break visits to south Texas, a resurgence of drug-related violence across the border in northern Mexico is forcing the U.S. and Mexico to consider how to court these and other tourists.

Tragic Bus Accident Leaves Scene of Devastation

A tragic bus accident has left a see of corpses in its wake.  Bodies were strewn close to the accident scene.  Witnesses said the passengers just lay motionless with a glazed look in their eyes.  Many of them...

Bush Takes Social Security Plan to States

Facing stiff resistance, President Bush began searching state-by-state for support for his plan to overhaul Social Security and conceded Thursday that not all lawmakers believe the program has a serious...

Gas Could Be Costly for Summer Motorists (AP)

AP - Gasoline prices rose more than 7 percent in January, which typically is one of the slowest driving months of the year. That's leading experts to predict pump prices may surge past last year's record highs when highway travel picks up late in the spring.

Worms on a Hook Don't Suffer? (Reuters)

Reuters - Worms squirming on a fishhook feel no pain -- nor do lobsters and crabs cooked in boiling water, a scientific study funded by the Norwegian government has found.

Sunlight May Have Unexpected Anti-Cancer Effects (Reuters)

Reuters - Two new studies suggest that exposure to sunlight might not be as risky for cancer as is generally believed.

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