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The NFL's best players

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:40 GMT

The NFL has become the country's irreplaceable sport, and I maintain it's because the league always has a crop of new stars at the ready. LaDainian Tomlinson hits 29 and -- boom -- here come Adrian Peterson and Chris Johnson, both 23, to provide thrills at running back. Walter Jones of Seattle turns 35 this month, and there's a new all-world left tackle to take his best-in-the-game mantel: Tennessee's Michael Roos. The ever-whiny Terrell Owens is 35; so it's time for another great wideout in Texas, Houston's Andre Johnson, to assume his All-Pro slot.

CES preview: Touting tech in a brutal economy

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:13 GMT

As 130,000 techies converge on Las Vegas this week for the 42nd annual International Consumer Electronics Show, they're encountering an industry that's anxious about marketing high-tech gadgets in a tightwad economy.

Woman, 19, dies of bird flu

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:29 GMT

A 19-year-old woman who handled ducks in northern China has died in Beijing from bird flu, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

German billionaire kills self, family says

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:08 GMT

German billionaire Adolf Merckle, one of the richest men in the world, committed suicide Monday after his business empire got into trouble in the wake of the international financial crisis, Merckle's family said Tuesday in a statement.

Report: China targets Web sites with 'porn'

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:07 GMT

China has released a blacklist of 19 major online portals and Web sites, including Google and Baidu, that it claims provide and spread pornographic or obscene content, state media reported.

Burris arrives at Senate amid media circus

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:41 GMT

Roland Burris headed to the Capitol on Tuesday, where he was expected to be denied entry to the Senate chambers as he tried to claim the seat once held by President-elect Barack Obama.