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ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - A neo-Nazi gang member went on trial for murder on Monday with his swastika and other tattoos covered by makeup on the order of a Florida judge who thought they could prejudice jurors.

Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Americans have grown gloomier about both the economy and the nation’s direction over the past three months even as the U.S. shows signs of moving from recession to recovery.

COPENHAGEN - The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says she will take commonsense steps to regulate carbon emissions to protect the health of Americans.

OCOEE, Fla. - A panicking woman calls 911 from Tiger Woods' Orlando-area mansion, telling the dispatcher that her mother had collapsed.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will "show no mercy" toward opposition protesters seen as threatening national security, a judiciary official said on Tuesday, a day after thousands of students staged anti-government rallies.

Bogus reviews have landed Chinese iPhone app developer Molinker in deep trouble, resulting in all 1000-plus of its apps being removed and banned from the App Store. This is great news for consumers who are tired of downloading subpar apps based on inflated reviews, and bad news for companies looking to shill their products with internal misdeeds.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama called for a major new burst of federal spending Tuesday, perhaps $150 billion or more, aiming to jolt the wobbly economy into a stronger recovery and reduce painfully persistent double-digit unemployment.

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LUCASVILLE, Ohio - An Ohio killer was put to death in an efficient 10 minutes Tuesday in the first U.S. execution to use a single drug injection instead of the standard three-chemical combination that has come under legal attack because it can cause excruciating pain.

NEW YORK - Bryant Gumbel shocked a television audience with the news that he's recovering from cancer surgery and treatment. The former "Today" show anchor, 61, said a malignant tumor and part of his lung were removed two months ago. He revealed his condition to Kelly Ripa while subbing for Regis Philbin on Tuesday's edition of "Live With Regis and Kelly." (Philbin recently had hip replacement surgery.)

BAGHDAD - The prime minister appealed Wednesday on Iraqis to stand by their security forces, even as angry lawmakers demanded answers and called on top officials to resign following the third massive attack against government sites since summer.

PARIS - The United States ranks near the bottom in life expectancy among wealthy nations despite spending more than double per person on health care than the industrialized world's average, an economic group said Tuesday.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany spent more than 30 times as much collecting taxes on coffee beans ordered online from abroad than it received in the tax revenues, the accounting office said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON - The White House gate-crashers plan to invoke their Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to testify if they are subpoenaed to appear on Capitol Hill about the security breach.

For the next two weeks, until December 18, officials from more than 190 countries will be gathering in Copenhagen to write a new treaty on climate change. For much of the year, there have been questions about whether the conference would come together and, if so, what it could accomplish at a time when much of the world is preoccupied with the global recession. In recent weeks, however, many of the world's economic powerhouses and biggest polluters, including the United States and China, have said they're serious about hashing out an agreement. ...

Chad Ochocinco is donating dinero to the NFL yet again.

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi leaders came under fire Wednesday from enraged MPs for failing to prevent a spate of bombings in Baghdad that killed 127 people, the third major set of attacks to hit the capital since August.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Online fascination with the apparent infidelities of golf idol Tiger Woods has been a boon for Yahoo!, the firm's blunt-talking chief executive Carol Bartz said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON - In President Barack Obama's hands, the $700 billion financial rescue fund offers a bit of bookkeeping magic: an opportunity to pay down the deficit while also spending more — thereby adding to it.

I have no doubt that President Barack Obama and his advisors engaged in extensive discussions on what our policy should be in Afghanistan and came up with the solution they concluded would best protect the United States. The solution was to add 30,000 more U.S. troops to the 68,000 now in Afghanistan and to begin withdrawing our troops in 18 months based on conditions on the ground and success in turning over combat activities to the Afghan army.

MIAMI (AFP) - An ambulance responded early Tuesday to a call for medical assistance from the Florida home of Tiger Woods, US media reported.

NEW YORK - Procter & Gamble, the company responsible for the phrase "soap operas," is out of the daytime drama business after 76 years now that CBS is making "As the World Turns" stop spinning.

KAMPALA, Uganda - Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Even landlords could be imprisoned for renting to homosexuals.

TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Having a few more cups of coffee and running that extra mile each day can reduce a man's risk of dying of prostate cancer, two studies indicate.

FRANKLIN, N.J. - Police said a Franklin man dressed up as his mother in an attempt to withdraw money from her bank account. Tita Nyambi, 25, was still at the Chase Bank in Franklin, in Somerset County, when police arrived Monday afternoon. Tellers called to report that a man wearing women's clothes and speaking in a high pitched voice was trying to withdraw money through the bank's drive-through window.

WASHINGTON - The senior American general in Afghanistan is predicting success for President Barack Obama's revamped war strategy, telling Congress it's the best available approach.

Petunias and potatoes may actually be carnivorous plants, scientists now suggest.

PHOENIX - Danica Patrick received all kinds of advice during her lengthy flirtation with NASCAR. Some encouraged her to give it a try, while others openly wondered why IndyCar's biggest star would open herself up to such scrutiny.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden is an iconic figure among extremists who must be captured or killed in order to defeat al Qaeda, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said on Tuesday.

SAN FRANCISCO - Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams.