Oct. 30th, 2007

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WOODLAWN, Md. -- Several students gathered to watch the fight, and the officer had to wade into the crowd to break it up. One of the girls resisted the officer, so the officer pepper-sprayed her, officials said.
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WOODLAWN, Md. -- Several students gathered to watch the fight, and the officer had to wade into the crowd to break it up. One of the girls resisted the officer, so the officer pepper-sprayed her, officials said.
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CAIRO, Egypt -- Egypt's president announced plans Monday to build several nuclear power plants -- the latest in a string of ambitious such proposals from moderate Arab countries. The United States immediately welcomed the plan, in a sharp contrast to what it called nuclear ''cheating'' by Iran.
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CAIRO, Egypt -- Egypt's president announced plans Monday to build several nuclear power plants -- the latest in a string of ambitious such proposals from moderate Arab countries. The United States immediately welcomed the plan, in a sharp contrast to what it called nuclear ''cheating'' by Iran.
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Chicago Tribune -- "I was unemployed at the time, bored, experiencing family problems and it was curiosity," Murphy Jr. told Circuit Judge Mark Dwyer. "I had no intention of doing anything. It was a terrible mistake."

Murphy also has to register as a sex offender, submit to a DNA sample and forfeit his computer.
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Chicago Tribune -- "I was unemployed at the time, bored, experiencing family problems and it was curiosity," Murphy Jr. told Circuit Judge Mark Dwyer. "I had no intention of doing anything. It was a terrible mistake."

Murphy also has to register as a sex offender, submit to a DNA sample and forfeit his computer.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - A northern Chinese city has banned the use of "seductive" words like "foxy lady," "handsome guy" and "moneybags" in marriage advertisements in a bid to stamp out fraud.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - A northern Chinese city has banned the use of "seductive" words like "foxy lady," "handsome guy" and "moneybags" in marriage advertisements in a bid to stamp out fraud.