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Monday, Jul 21, 2008
  1. In this Monday, Dec. 3, 2007 file photo, radio talk show host Michael Savage poses with his dog Teddy in Tiburon, Calif. Radio talk show host Michael Savage, who described 99 percent of children with autism as brats, said Monday July 21, 2008 he was trying to 'boldly awaken' parents to his view that many people are being wrongly diagnosed. (AP Photo/John Storey)
    Radio host angers parents of autistic children AP - Mon Jul 21, 6:59 PM ET Sent 837 times

    NEW YORK - Radio talk show host Michael Savage, who described 99 percent of children with autism as brats, said Monday he was trying to "boldly awaken" parents to his view that many people are being wrongly diagnosed.

  2. An Andean woman cooks 'cuy', or guinea pigs, during a guinea pig festival in Huacho, northern Lima, July 20, 2008. T REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
    Primped Peru guinea pigs tossed in frying pans Reuters - Mon Jul 21, 3:18 PM ET Sent 671 times

    HUACHO, (Reuters Life!) - Furry guinea pigs squared off in Peru as their breeders tried to claim top prize for raising the fattest, fastest, most fashionable or tastiest rodent.

  3. FDA finds salmonella strain in jalapeno pepper AP - Mon Jul 21, 7:20 PM ET Sent 527 times

    WASHINGTON - Government inspectors finally have a big clue in the nationwide salmonella outbreak: They found the same bacteria strain on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper handled in Texas — and issued a stronger warning for consumers to avoid fresh jalapenos.

  4. An oil tanker nears the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Marine Terminal in Valdez, Alaska, August, 9 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
    AP IMPACT: Big Oil profits steered to investors AP - Mon Jul 21, 7:49 PM ET Sent 510 times

    HOUSTON - As giant oil companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips get set to report what will probably be another round of eye-popping quarterly profits, just where is all that money going?

  5. Tracy Roberts, 33, of Rockville, Md. has her toes nibbled on by a type of carp called garra rufa, or doctor fish, during a fish pedicure treatment at Yvonne Hair and Nails salon in Alexandria, Va. on Thursday July 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
    Fish pedicures: Carp rid human feet of scaly skin AP - Mon Jul 21, 9:08 AM ET Sent 419 times

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Ready for the latest in spa pampering? Prepare to dunk your tootsies in a tank of water and let tiny carp nibble away.

  6. Bottles of Vytorin are seen in an undated handout photo. REUTERS/Schering-Plough/Handout
    Vytorin fails to meet main goal of heart study Reuters - Mon Jul 21, 3:37 PM ET Sent 330 times

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The cholesterol fighter Vytorin sold by Merck & Co Inc and Schering-Plough Corp failed to meet the main goal of improving outcomes in a closely-watched heart study, according to data presented on Monday.

  7. Tricia Walsh-Smith arrives at the New York State Supreme Court in New York, July 21, 2008. Walsh-Smith, a British former actress, gained notoriety by posting video monologues on the internet site YouTube to attack her husband, Broadway producer Philip Smith. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES)
    Man wins divorce from angry wife in YouTube video AP - Mon Jul 21, 6:56 PM ET Sent 235 times

    NEW YORK - A Broadway mogul whose wife trashed him in a widely viewed Internet video was granted a divorce from her Monday.

  8. Obama ban: What not to wear where? Politico - Mon Jul 21, 7:42 PM ET Sent 191 times

    AMMAN, Jordan—An Obama campaign ban on green clothing during the candidate’s visits to Israel and Jordan has created wide puzzlement among observers of the Middle East.

  9. This image made from video shows police outside of the war crimes court in Belgrade Monday, July 21, 2008 where Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is reportedly held. Karadzic, accused architect of massacres making him one of the world's top war crimes fugitives, was arrested on Monday evening in a sweep by Serbian security forces, the country's president and the U.N. tribunal said. (AP Photo/RTS via AP Television News)
    Top war crimes suspect Karadzic arrested in Serbia AP - Mon Jul 21, 7:53 PM ET Sent 180 times

    BELGRADE, Serbia - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, accused architect of massacres making him one of the world's top war crimes fugitives, was arrested Monday evening in a raid that ended a near 13-year manhunt, the country's president and the U.N. tribunal said.

  10. A truck driver turns the pages of his bible at a truck stop in San Antonio, Texas May 11, 2008. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi
    Oldest New Testament Bible heads into cyberspace Reuters - Mon Jul 21, 12:46 PM ET Sent 178 times

    BERLIN (Reuters) - More than 1,600 years after it was written in Greek, one of the oldest copies of the Bible will become globally accessible online for the first time this week.

  11. Men sentenced for setting friend's crotch ablaze AP - Mon Jul 21, 8:30 PM ET Sent 138 times

    SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Two practical jokers are behind bars for setting their passed-out drinking buddy's crotch ablaze while boozing in Grover Beach. Matthew Craig Pillers and Jack Brent Nicholas Keiffer pleaded no contest to a felony great bodily injury charge.

  12. Widespread earnings woes reflect consumer fears Reuters - Mon Jul 21, 7:53 PM ET Sent 129 times

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The deepening plight of the American consumer has started to take a big bite out of corporate earnings.

  13. A man holds his new Apple 3G iPhone at Telcel Center in Mexico City July 11, 2008. (Daniel Aguilar/Reuters)
    Bidding for IPhone 3G Tops $1,000 on EBay PC World - Mon Jul 21, 3:50 PM ET Sent 120 times

    Pent-up demand for the iPhone 3G is manifesting itself on auction site eBay.

  14. In this photo released by the U.S. army, U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama, left, and top U.S. military commander in Iraq, David Petraeus, talk as they take a helicopter ride over Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 21, 2008. Iraq's government welcomed Obama on Monday with a message of apparent common ground on American troop withdrawal goals: expressing hopes that combat forces could leave by 2010. (AP Photo/Ssg. Lorie Jewell, HO)
    Rice told embassies to limit aid for Obama, McCain AP - Mon Jul 21, 7:47 PM ET Sent 115 times

    WASHINGTON - As Democrat Barack Obama began an overseas tour, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told employees at U.S. embassies to provide only minimal help to visiting presidential candidates.

  15. In this courtroom illustration, Ali Hamza al Bahlul appears before a military commission at Guantanamo Naval Base August 26, 2004 in Guantanamo, Cuba. (Art Lien/POOL/Reuters)
    Bush law chief seeks conflict declaration on Qaeda Reuters - Mon Jul 21, 7:55 PM ET Sent 109 times

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress should explicitly declare a state of armed conflict with al Qaeda to make clear the United States can detain suspected members as long as the war on terrorism lasts, U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey said on Monday.

  16. A truck driver turns the pages of his bible at a truck stop in San Antonio, Texas May 11, 2008. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi
    Scholars plan to reunite ancient Bible — online AP - Mon Jul 21, 7:16 PM ET Sent 91 times

    LONDON - The oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, a 4th century version that had its Gospels and epistles spread across the world, is being made whole again — online.

  17. A cockroach is trapped on a sticky card after escaping from the race tracks during the Great Cockroach Derby in Singapore, August 10, 2006. REUTERS/Kimitsu Yogachi
    Man blows up apartment spraying for bugs? Reuters - Mon Jul 21, 1:35 PM ET Sent 90 times

    NEW YORK, July 21 - A New Jersey man trying to exterminate insects in his apartment blew it up instead, the New York Daily News reported on Monday.

  18. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is seen in a 1993 file photo. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic
    Top war crimes fugitive Karadzic arrested: Serbia Reuters - Mon Jul 21, 7:19 PM ET Sent 89 times

    BELGRADE (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men for his part in civilian massacres, was arrested on Monday, Serbian President Boris Tadic's office said.

  19. In this March 4, 1993 file photo, Bosnian Serbian leader Radovan Karadzic holds a map proposed by international negotiators Lord Owen and Cyrus Vance during a news conference at United Nations headquarters. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, accused architect of massacres making him one of the world's top war crimes fugitives, was arrested on Monday evening July 21, 2008 in a sweep by Serbian security forces, the country's president and the U.N. tribunal said. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)
    Karadzic: Genocide suspect had long evaded justice AP - Mon Jul 21, 8:23 PM ET Sent 85 times

    He was accused of masterminding massacres that the U.N. war crimes tribunal described as "scenes from hell, written on the darkest pages of human history."

  20. In this photo released by the Monroe Police Department, burglary suspect Kyle Burress is seen sleeping on pillows and pads allegedly stolen from storage containers at a nearby department store July 9, 2008, in Monroe, Wash. Burress was one of two men who were found asleep on apparent stolen goods after they allegedly broke into storage containers at Fred Meyer and left a trail of evidence to where they were found asleep. Police took some photographs before waking and arresting the pair, who have been charged with second-degree theft. (AP Photo/Monroe Police Department)
    Break-in suspects found asleep on stolen goods AP - Tue Jul 22, 1:53 AM ET Sent 79 times

    MONROE, Wash. - Police say a trail of pillows and backpacks led to two sleeping men who were arrested after a department store break-in. Kyle Burress, 25, and Allen Pierce, 27, have been charged with second-degree burglary.

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