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Saturday, December 22, 2007

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Santa on cross protests commercialism (AP)  

2007-12-22 20:54

AP - Art Conrad has an issue with the commercialism of Christmas, and his protest has gone way beyond just shunning the malls or turning off his television. The Bremerton resident nailed Santa Claus to a 15-foot crucifix in front of his house.
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Trial delayed due to LSU-Ohio St. game (AP)  

2007-12-22 14:25

AP - Justice can wait until after the LSU game. A state judge near the home of the Tigers has agreed to postpone a trial scheduled to start on the same day LSU plays Ohio State in the BCS national championship game.
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Spain's "El Gordo" lottery awards over 1.6 bln pounds (Reuters)  

2007-12-22 14:34

Lottery shop owner Pedro Fortuno (L) and his workers celebrate as one of his workers shows the second winning number 55469 in the world's richest lottery, known as El Gordo or Reuters - Spain's "El Gordo," the world's biggest lottery, gave out 2.2 billion euros (1.6 billion pounds) in Christmas prizes on Saturday.


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Chinese police dog may teach pandas to fight (Reuters)  

2007-12-22 08:30

Reuters - Scientists in China may use a police dog to teach pandas to fight after the first artificially bred panda released into the wild was apparently killed after a battle with other animals, local media reported on Saturday.
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Iraqi team irritated by national anthem mix-up (Reuters)  

2007-12-22 14:47

Reuters - Asian Cup holders Iraq were confused and annoyed when they were made to listen to the wrong national anthem before their opening match of the King's Cup tournament in Thailand on Saturday.
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