Top headlines: Nine houses lost, investor reflects on stumbles: A California man who has defaulted on nine homes and expects banks to foreclose on all of them, forcing him into bankruptcy, says he now considers it a mistake to have invested in the real estate market. ›00:44, 12.05 NYT: Obama, McCain map fall strategies: Senators John McCain and Barack Obama are already drawing up strategies for taking each other on in the general election, focusing on the same groups, campaign aides said. ›10:46 Jury selection set to being in R. Kelly trial: R. Kelly arrived at a Cook County courthouse Friday to face child pornography charges filed after a videotape allegedly showed him having sex with a girl as young as 13. ›16:13, 9.05 Gospel singer Joyce 'Dottie' Rambo dies at 74: Joyce Dottie Rambo, an influential gospel singer and songwriter, died early Sunday when her tour bus ran off the highway and struck an embankment. She was 74. ›23:47 Free Viagra for seniors in Chilean town: A working class suburb of Chile's capital began handing out free Viagra to senior citizens on Wednesday. Says Lo Prado's mayor: "An active sexuality improves the overall quality of life." ›22:09, 30.04 Crude, pump prices keep rising: Oil rose above $126 a barrel for the first time Friday as investors questioned whether a possible confrontation between the U.S. and Venezuela could cut exports from the OPEC member. ›20:19, 9.05 6 die in minivan crash: A minivan crossed an interstate median, flipped and was hit by another vehicle in western Pennsylvania, killing six of seven people on board, state police said Sunday. ›21:20 Vote: Rate Tuesday night's 'Idol' performances: Rate the singers and the judges performances each week and see how they measure up ›13:39, 23.04 DNA puzzler at poet's tomb: No poet!: Who is buried in Friedrich Schiller's tomb? Several people, apparently, but none of them the famous poet and playwright, according to new research. ›18:03, 4.05 Embracing Japanese pop culture: If it's big in Japan, it could also hit big in the United States and these entrepreneurs are betting on it. ›16:46 'Prince Caspian' is a Cant Miss movie: The latest movie adaptation of C.S. Lewis writings promises to be imaginative. Plus: the season finale of NBC's "ER," a new Joe Cocker album and an "Indiana Jones" DVD collection. ›21:16 Mom pregnant with 18th child: What's a husband to do when his busy wife can't seem to find time for sex? Sexploration answers your most intimate queries. ›12:30, 8.05 Justice contrasts horse, inmate deaths: Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says the euthanized Kentucky Derby horse Eight Belles probably died more humanely than death row prisoners do. ›23:50, 10.05 When Mom packs a gadget: If you've ever fielded frantic technical support calls from your mom (everything from operating the DVD player to sending e-mail), you're bound to think all mothers are technologically inept. They're not. And Beth Blecherman, mother of three boys, wants to prove it. ›21:09, 9.05 Slide show: The week in celebrity sightings: Cameron and Ashton leave Las Vegas, Diddy gets a star, Miley goes to Disney World, and more. ›10:59, 6.05 Message board: Discuss the strangeness: Share your MySpace profile with everyone: Social networking site MySpace said Thursday it will soon enable users to quickly share profile data with Web sites operated by Yahoo Inc., eBay Inc. and others. ›15:49, 9.05 Stamp prices go up Monday: The cost of mailing a letter goes up a penny to 42 cents on Monday. The boost is part of what's expected to be an annual price adjustment by the Postal Service. ›09:20 Love and loss bind my other mother and me: When I was a baby, my mother and her friend Isabel, who'd been told her own child would die, decided to share me. Years later, Isabel and I were bound by something else we each learned what it means for a mother to lose a child. ›13:00, 9.05 Stuck man uses big toe to dial 911: Even with his arms stuck in a piece of machinery, one northwest Florida man was able to call 911 using his big toe. ›17:59, 5.05 Perils of the pocket call: Pocket calling, the accidental dialing of a cell phone, is an all-too-common 21st-century phenomenon. It's not hard to find anecdotes of pocket calls placed during the most embarrassing and intimate moments. ›12:53, 9.05 Will cars of the future drive themselves?: Your car is increasingly savvy about whats happening around it. How long until it is autopiloting? And what stands in the way? ›17:09 Oldest gorilla looks fabulous at 55: A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats. ›14:38, 9.05 5 bodies discovered in Houston: The bodies of five people, including three young children, were found Saturday afternoon on a sprawling property with several structures in northeast Houston, police said. ›13:31 |
