| Did Charlie Sheen Pull a Knife on Brooke Mueller? Posted: 28 Dec 2009 05:53 AM PST  Sheen and Mueller still want to be together, knives and all. Charlie Sheen spent most of Christmas in jail for allegedly assaulting his wife, Brooke Mueller, and reportedly threatening her with a knife. The couple are now expected to seek professional help with their relationship.
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| Obama vows to use power to thwart terrorists (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 04:15 PM PST  AP - President Barack Obama on Monday vowed to use "every element of our national power" to keep Americans safe and said the failed Christmas Day plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner was "a serious reminder" of the need to continually adapt security measures against changing terrorist threats.
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| Moons Like Avatar's Pandora Could Be Found (SPACE.com) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 05:46 AM PST  SPACE.com - The new science fiction blockbuster "Avatar" is set on habitable and inhabited moon Pandora, which orbits the fictional gas giant Polyphemus in the real Alpha Centauri system.
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| Colts face great debate over pulling starters Posted: 28 Dec 2009 11:24 AM PST ![]() Colts coach Jim Caldwell will not second-guess the decision to rest his starters Sunday. He'll let everybody else do it for him. One day after Indianapolis pulled the plug on its perfect season by sitting Peyton Manning and others with 5:36 left in the third quarter of a 15-10 game, the great debate raged in Indianapolis.
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| U.S. Widens Terror War to Yemen, a Qaeda Bastion Posted: 27 Dec 2009 05:58 PM PST ![]() American officials said Yemen could become Al Qaeda's next operational and training hub, rivaling the tribal areas of Pakistan.
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| High expectations? States weigh marijuana reform Posted: 28 Dec 2009 09:36 AM PST ![]() OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington is one of four states where measures to legalize and regulate marijuana have been introduced, and about two dozen other states are considering bills ranging from medical marijuana to decriminalizing possession of small amounts of the herb.
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| NJ man in Brazil case: Son not yet calling me Dad (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 07:15 AM PST  AP - A man who brought his son home to the United States from Brazil after winning a bitter custody battle said in an interview aired Monday that he's thrilled they have been reunited but is still waiting to be called "Dad."
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| Iran forces kill 8 on Shi'ite holy day Posted: 28 Dec 2009 03:52 AM PST ![]() ISTANBUL | Iran's six-month political crisis escalated Sunday as security forces killed at least eight people, including the nephew of an opposition leader, and arrested hundreds, creating new martyrs and momentum for Iran's opposition on the holiest day for Shi'ite Muslims. Clashes continued well into the night after a day of renewed violence that some Iranians dubbed "Bloody Sunday." A reformist Web site said the Islamic republic had declared martial law for the first time since the 1978-79 revolution in Najafabad, the hometown of a dissident cleric who died last week. The protesters, in tur
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| INSTANT ANALYSIS: Monday Posted: 28 Dec 2009 02:25 PM PST ![]() Nothing says Texas preparation like the appearance of scout team numbers on the practice field. Check inside as Travis Reier provides an update from outside Monday's workout
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| Wild horse roundup to begin in Nevada amid protest (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 08:27 AM PST  AP - A two-month capture of about 2,500 wild horses from public and private lands in northern Nevada began Monday amid protests that the roundups are unnecessary and inhumane.
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| McGrady finished in Houston (Yahoo! Sports) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 08:36 AM PST ![]() It's time for Tracy McGrady to move on and end his awkward standing with the Rockets and their management.
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| Mom fights to be buried with soldier son (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 11:03 AM PST  AP - Denise Anderson lost her only son in the Iraq war. She's determined not to lose her fight to be buried with him in a national veterans cemetery.
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| Saints owner Tom Benson prematurely celebrates Saints win (Yahoo! Sports) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 10:13 PM PST ![]() It was one of the greatest moments in recent New Orleans Saints history. A 37-yard field goal by kicker Garrett...
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| Disinfectants Cause Some Bacteria to Adapt, Thrive (LiveScience.com) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 07:46 AM PST  LiveScience.com - To keep sickness at bay, many of us constantly wash hands and disinfect surfaces. But a new lab study shows one pesky bacterium eats cleansers for breakfast: When disinfectant was applied to lab cultures of the bacteria, they adapted to survive not only the disinfectant but also a common antibiotic.
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| Tyra Banks to end talk show and focus on new forms of ego-gratification Posted: 28 Dec 2009 09:30 AM PST ![]() Really? An Emmy? (Image by Getty Images via Daylife) And somewhere, Joel McHale is weeping… Tyra Banks will end her eponymous and unintentionally hilarious talk show at the end of its current season this spring, telling People.com that "I've been loving having fun, coming into your living rooms, bedrooms, hair salons for the past 5 years." The magazine reports that: Banks will focus on the launch of Bankable Studios, a N.Y.-based film production company currently reviewing possible projects. Sticking to her mission, Banks aims to bring "positive images of women to the big screen," says an
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