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• Grrr! Russia's Putin gets tiger cub for birthday
MOSCOW - There's no doubt what Vladimir Putin's favorite birthday present is this year — a rare Ussuri tiger cub. State television showed the Russian prime minister affectionately petting the two-month-old female cub on Friday. The tiger weighs ...
• Venezuela shuts down nearly all McDonald’s
Agency head Jose David Cabello announced on state television that "inconsistencies" were found in sales and purchases books, as well as in taxes collected. The restaurants will be allowed to reopen on Saturday. Of the 132 McDonald's restaurants in ...
• Ex-Finnish president wins Nobel Peace Prize
Ahtisaari told AP Television News that while winning the prize would help his future mediation work, he is looking to other challenges, too, particularly youth unemployment worldwide. But he also conceded that the decades of work have taken a toll. ...
• Turbulence injures passengers on flight to Fla.
Television news footage showed a flight attendant with a bandage on her head wobbling away from the plane as she was escorted by paramedics. Lucas Giardelli, a passenger, said the turbulence started suddenly about a half hour before landing. "It ...
• Obama accuses McCain of smear tactics
As if expecting the attack, Obama's campaign quickly fired back with a television ad that charged McCain, a 72-year-old four-term senator from Arizona, was "Erratic in a crisis. Out of touch on the economy." The commercial, which starts playing ...